Christopher Walken

Name: Christopher Walken
Date of Birth: March 31, 1943
Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Mini-bio: Christopher Walken is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to more serious roles in theatre and then film....( read more)

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"People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding." ~ Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken's Mini-Bio

Walken is an American film and theatre actor. He is a prolific actor who has spent more than 50 years on stage and screen. He has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles. Walken has a reputation for playing unbalanced characters on-screen, such as his "claim to fame" role in The Deer Hunter, where he played a disturbed Vietnam Veteran, which won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Walken was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a heart broken and apologetic father to Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can in 2002. Walken has a considerable body of work in theatre.

He won the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in The Lion in Winter in 1966 and an Obie for his 1975 performance in Kid Champion. He has played the main role in a number of Shakespeare plays, notably Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. His movie talents continue to remain in high demand and movie audiences relish watching how capably he reinvents himself for each new challenging role. In the United States alone, films featuring Walken have grossed over $2 billion dollars. He has stated in interviews that he will never turn down a role unless he is simply too busy on other projects, and regards each role as a new learning experience.

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Family and Early Life:
Walken was born Ronald Walken, the youngest of three sons, into a Methodist family in Astoria Queens, New York, on March 31, 1943. His mother, Rosalie, was a Scottish immigrant, and his father, Paul Walken, emigrated from Germany. His father ran a bakery, while his mother was convinced her sons had talent and was determined they take advantage of it. Walken landed his first job in front of a camera at the age of 14 months when he posed for a calendar photo with a pair of kittens. Like his siblings, he received tap and dance lessons as a youngster, and by the age of ten he was making frequent appearances on television and radio shows. In his free time from television and theater, he and his brothers would help their father with the bakery.

Walken and his brothers, Kenneth and Glenn, also enrolled at New York's Professional Children's School. In 1961, he enrolled in Hofstra University. But, little more than a year later, he landed a role in the Broadway-bound musical Best Foot Forward and decided to leave college.

Spending the next several years working in a variety of musicals--both in New York and on the road--the young actor appeared in a 1964 touring production of West Side Story, and there he met actress and dancer Georgianne Thon. The two began dating, and eventually married in 1969. Walken and Georgianne decided early on in their marriage not to have children because it would have been difficult with the amount of travel required for their occupation.

~Christopher and Georgianne Walken~

Vital Stats
Eye Color	Walken has a genetic condition known has heterochromia, which is a difference in the color of each eye. He has one blue eye and the other hazel.
Height	6' (1.83m)
Nicknames	Chris or Ronnie
Trade Mark	Walken always tries to work a dance (jig) into his movies. His haunting, dark humour filled monologues.
Education	Walken graduated from Professional Children's School and also attended Hofstra University, but he dropped out a year later.
Family	Father: Paul Walken Mother: Rosalie Walken Siblings: Kenneth and Glenn Spouse: Georgianne Walken Children: None
Resides In	Wilton, Connecticut and New York, New York
Religious Affiliations	Methodist
Hobbies	Working, Cooking, Painting
Zodiac Sign	Aries ~ The Ram
Awards Won	Academy Award ~ 1978 The Deer Hunter NYFCC Award ~ 1978 The Deer Hunter Screen Actor Guild Award ~ 2002 Catch Me If You Can BAFTA Award ~ 2002 Catch Me If You Can Theatre World Award ~ 1967 The Rose Tattoo Harvards "Hasty Pudding Man of the Year" for 2008 MTV Video Music Award for choreographing his own moves in Fatboy Slim's 2001 music video "Weapon Of Choice." Shakespeare Theater's Will Award in 1994 for his contributions to classical theater
Things You May Not Know About Walken	Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 8, 2004 He is a very skilled chef Has never learned to swim Has a phobia of going too fast in cars Has an intense dislike of handguns Doesn't own a computer Does not own a cell phone Loves horror films featuring zombies Was on Natalie Wood's yacht the night she drowned Worked briefly as a lion tamer in a circus at age 15

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bluevixen1

Can someone add this to the facts about him. For some reason I can't. Even though it's barely noticeable now he was born with different coloured eyes. One is green and the other is blue.

posted 60 days ago
Erinofbriarose

Now here is a man I'd love to meet in a dark alley

posted 95 days ago
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posted 138 days ago
maruschk

You're a fucking icon.

posted 143 days ago
figureitdid

Wow!

ND Wolf

I especially love to watch you dance! I'd love to have, "A little bit of this and a little bit of that".

posted 172 days ago
rosiecozie225

I think he is a very good actor but i luvvvvvv PAul RUdd

posted 218 days ago
canucks1624

i love this guy! he is sooo diverse with his roles...hes a mobster in one movie and a quirky musical guy...wow, brilliant!

posted 234 days ago
punkroxskid

i remember the first time i seen you in the jack the ripper game for the pc before seeing you in a movie.

posted 235 days ago
MellowCool14

I loved you in Joe Dirt. But it's not listed in your list of movies.

posted 236 days ago
pokeygal

crazy...

posted 266 days ago