THE DEER HUNTER

(Drama - R)

Christopher Walken won his Supporting Oscar playing a Vietnam War veteran in a Pennsylvania steel town.

About Christopher Walken (1943 - )

Born Ronald Walken to immigrant parents. Christopher Walken began performing at a very young age, for his mother was a member of The Stage Mother's Society, and began to bring Christopher and his two brothers to auditions when they were very small. By the early 1950's, the three boys attended the Professional Children's School in New York and were regularing appearing on television variety shows. Walken's off-broadway debut was at age 15 in the play J.B.

Christopher Walken attended Hofstra University for one year, but then dropped out. Over the next few years he was primarily in theatre musicals such as Best Foot Forward, West Side Story; (during its production, he met and married his wife), and Baker Street. At age 22 he changed his name to Christopher.

Walken made his film debut at age 25, and was very memorable in small parts in such films as Annie Hall (as Diane Keaton's creepy brother) and in The Anderson Tapes. In the majority of his films, Walken usually plays either evil, or psychologically unbalanced characters. Christopher Walken has hosted SNL five times . Some of his recent films include Pulp Fiction (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and America's Sweethearts (2001).

Christopher Walken's other film credits include:

THE ANDERSON TAPES (1971)
ANNIE HALL (1977)
HEAVEN'S GATE (1980)
THE DOGS OF WAR (1980)
THE DEAD ZONE (1983)
A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
KING OF NEW YORK (1990)
COMMUNION (1989)
BRAINSTORM (1989)
SARAH, PLAIN & TALL: A WINTER'S END (TV Movie) (1999)
McBAIN (1991)
ALL AMERICAN MURDER (1991)
BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
THE PROPHECY (1995)
SEARCH AND DESTROY (1995)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)
THE OPPORTUNISTS (2000)
SCOTLAND, PA (2001)
JOE DIRT (2001)
AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (2001)
CHELSEA WALLS (2001)
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE (2001)
POOLHALL JUNKIES (2002)
THE PAPP PROJECT (2001)
JUNGLE JUICE (2002)
THE COUNTRY BEARS (2002)
PLOTS WITH A VIE
KANGARO JACK (2003)
GIGLI (2003)
THE RUNDOWN (2003)
MAN ON FIRE (2004)
ENVY (2004)
THE STEPFORD WIVES (2004)
AROUND THE BEND (2004)
WEDDING CRASHERS (2005)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002)
ROMANCE & CIGARETTES (2005)
DOMINO (2005)
CLICK (2006)
FADE TO BLACK (2006)
MAN OF THE YEAR (2006)
HAIRSPRAY (2007)
BALLS OF FURY (2007)
ALONE IN THE DARK
$5 A DAY (2008)
THE MAIDEN HEIST (2009)
LIFE'S A BEACH (2010)
KILL THE IRISHMAN (2011)

Walken's television credits include:

THE WONDERFUL JOHN ACTON (TV Series (1953)
THE GUIDING LIGHT (TV Series: 1954-1956)
BAREFOOT IN ATHENS (1966)
WHO AM I THIS TIME? (1982)
SKYLARK (1993)
SARAH, PLAIN & TALL (TV Movie) (1991)
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL: WINTER'S END (1999)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (guest host) (
JULIUS CAESAR (Mini-Series)

Christopher Walken in BATMAN RETURNS (1992)

Christopher Walken in WEDDING CRASHERS (2005)

Walken in THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999)

Christopher Walken in THE RUNDOWN (2003)

Christopher Walken in THE STEPFORD WIVES 2 (2004)

The Christopher Walken Acting Review

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