description: <p>This is the young Chris, old Chris will be uploaded separately. </p><p></p><p>Be nice, have fun!</p><p></p><p><strong>Christopher Walken</strong> (born <strong>Ronald Walken</strong>; March 31, 1943) is an American actor. Prolific in film, television, and on stage, Walken is the recipient of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Christopher_Walken">numerous accolades</a>. He has earned an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award">Academy Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards">BAFTA Award</a>, a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award">Screen Actors Guild Award</a>, as well as nominations for two <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> and two <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Awards">Tony Awards</a>. His films have grossed more than $1.6 billion in the United States alone.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-1">[1]</a></p><p>Walken has appeared in supporting roles in films such as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes"><em>The Anderson Tapes</em></a> (1971), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Stop,_Greenwich_Village"><em>Next Stop, Greenwich Village</em></a> (1976), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland_(film)"><em>Roseland</em></a> (1977) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall"><em>Annie Hall</em></a> (1977), before coming to wider attention as the troubled <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</a> veteran Nick Chevotarevich in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Hunter"><em>The Deer Hunter</em></a> (1978). His performance earned him an <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor</a>. He was nominated for the same award for portraying con artist <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale">Frank Abagnale</a>'s father in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can"><em>Catch Me If You Can</em></a> (2002).</p><p>Since his <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_role">breakthrough</a>, Walken has appeared in films in various genres, both in lead and supporting roles.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-2">[2]</a> These include <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dogs_of_War_(film)"><em>The Dogs of War</em></a> (1980), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(film)"><em>The Dead Zone</em></a> (1983), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_View_to_a_Kill"><em>A View to a Kill</em></a> (1985), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Close_Range"><em>At Close Range</em></a> (1986), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi_Blues_(film)"><em>Biloxi Blues</em></a> (1988), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_New_York"><em>King of New York</em></a> (1990), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comfort_of_Strangers_(film)"><em>The Comfort of Strangers</em></a> (1990), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns"><em>Batman Returns</em></a> (1992), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Romance"><em>True Romance</em></a> (1993), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction"><em>Pulp Fiction</em></a> (1994), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Kings"><em>Suicide Kings</em></a> (1997), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow_(film)"><em>Sleepy Hollow</em></a> (1999), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_on_Fire_(2004_film)"><em>Man on Fire</em></a> (2004), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_Crashers"><em>Wedding Crashers</em></a> (2005), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)"><em>Hairspray</em></a> (2007), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Psychopaths"><em>Seven Psychopaths</em></a> (2012), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Late_Quartet"><em>A Late Quartet</em></a> (2012), the first three <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prophecy_(film_series)"><em>Prophecy</em></a> films, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_(2020_film)"><em>Percy</em></a> (2020). He has also provided voice work for the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_films">animated films</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antz"><em>Antz</em></a> (1998) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle_Book_(2016_film)"><em>The Jungle Book</em></a> (2016).</p><p>On television, Walken has appeared in films such as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Am_I_This_Time%3F_(film)"><em>Who Am I This Time?</em></a> (1982), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah,_Plain_and_Tall_(film)"><em>Sarah, Plain and Tall</em></a> (1991), for which he received a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actor_in_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie">Primetime Emmy Award</a> nomination. More recently, he has starred in television series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaws_(2021_TV_series)"><em>The Outlaws</em></a> (2021-), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)"><em>Severance</em></a> (2022-), the latter of which earned him a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series"><u>Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series</u></a> nomination. He is a popular guest-host of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live"><em>Saturday Night Live</em></a>, hosting seven times. His most notable roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Cowbell">More Cowbell</a>" sketch, the disgraced Confederate officer Colonel Angus, and multiple appearances as an aging, unsuccessful <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothario">lothario</a> in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Continental_(Saturday_Night_Live)">Continental</a> sketch.</p><p>As a stage actor, Walken starred with Irene Worth in a 1975 Broadway revival of “Sweet Bird of Youth.” Walken has played the lead in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a> plays <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet"><em>Hamlet</em></a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth"><em>Macbeth</em></a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet"><em>Romeo and Juliet</em></a><em>,</em> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolanus_(play)"><em>Coriolanus</em></a>. His performance in the original rendition of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce%27s_The_Dead"><em>James Joyce's The Dead</em></a> (2000), earned him a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Musical">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical</a> nomination. He was nominated for the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Play">Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play</a> for his role in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Behanding_in_Spokane"><em>A Behanding in Spokane</em></a> (2010). He also wrote and played the lead role in the 1995 play <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Him_(Walken_play)"><em>Him</em></a><em>,</em> about his idol <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley">Elvis Presley</a>.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken#cite_note-3">[3]</a></p>
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