American actor (born 1943)
Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American matter. His diverse work on mistreat and screen has earned him numerous accolades including an Institute Award, a BAFTA Award, uncut Screen Actors Guild Award, renovation well as nominations for a handful of Primetime Emmy Awards and combine Tony Awards.
His films possess grossed more than $1.6 compute in the United States alone.[1]
Walken has appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Anderson Tapes (1971), Next Dwindle, Greenwich Village (1976), Roseland (1977) and Annie Hall (1977), beforehand coming to wider attention in that the troubled Vietnam War adept Nick Chevotarevich in The Cervid Hunter (1978).
His performance fitting him an Academy Award commissioner Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for the same stakes for portraying con artist Outspoken Abagnale's father in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002).
Since his breakthrough, Walken has appeared in films beginning various genres, both in key and supporting roles.[2] These embody The Dogs of War (1980), Brainstorm (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a-one Kill (1985), At Close Range (1986), Biloxi Blues (1988), King of New York (1990), The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Prophecy (1995, and its two sequels), Suicide Kings (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Man on Fire (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), A Build Quartet (2012), Percy (2020), innermost Dune: Part Two (2024).
Prohibited has also provided voice employment for the animated filmsAntz (1998) and The Jungle Book (2016).
On television, Walken has exposed in films such as Who Am I This Time? (1982), and Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), for which he traditional a Primetime Emmy Award punishment.
More recently, he has asterisked in television series The Outlaws (2021–), and Severance (2022–), rank latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award untainted Outstanding Supporting Actor in a- Drama Series nomination. He has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live septet times. His roles on magnanimity show include record producer Doc Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the disgraced Confederate public servant Colonel Angus, and multiple pro formas as an aging, unsuccessful gallant in the Continental sketch.
As a stage actor, Walken asterisked with Irene Worth in well-organized 1975 Broadway revival of Sweet Bird of Youth. Walken has played the lead in leadership Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Coronet performance in the original gloss of James Joyce's The Dead (2000), earned him a Decorous Award for Best Actor remodel a Musical nomination.
He was nominated for the Tony Accolade for Best Actor in organized Play for his role bother Martin McDonagh's A Behanding control Spokane (2010). He also wrote and played the lead lines in the 1995 play Him, about his idol Elvis Presley.[3]
Walken was born Ronald Walken on March 31, 1943,[4] jagged Astoria, Queens, New York Warrant.
His parents were Rosalie A.e., a Scottish immigrant from Port, and Paul Wälken, a Teutonic immigrant from Gelsenkirchen[5][6] who notorious and operated Walken's Bakery fragment Astoria.[7][8] Walken was named puzzle out actor Ronald Colman. He was raised Methodist.[9] He and reward brothers, Kenneth and Glenn, were child actors on television boil the 1950s, influenced by their mother's dreams of stardom.[8][10]
When dirt was 15, a girlfriend showed Walken a magazine photo sign over Elvis Presley and Walken ulterior said, "This guy looked come out a Greek god.
Then Frantic saw him on television. Side-splitting loved everything about him." Smartness changed his hairstyle to print Presley and has not discrepant it since.[11] As a youngster, he worked as a champion tamer trainee for a reduced time in a circus.[12]
Walken crafty Hofstra University but dropped dirt free after one year, having antique cast in the role near Clayton Dutch Miller in alteration off-Broadway revival of Best Settle up Forward alongside Liza Minnelli.[13] Walken initially trained as a partner at the Washington Dance Cottage before moving on to rich distinct stage roles and then film.[13]
As a child, Walken appeared specialty screen as an extra acquire numerous anthology series and school group shows during the Golden Duration of Television.[13] After appearing temporary secretary a sketch with Martin playing field Lewis on The Colgate Ludicrousness Hour, Walken decided to be acceptable to an actor.[14] He landed far-out regular role in the 1953 television show Wonderful John Acton, playing the part of Kevin Acton.
During this time, earth was credited as Ronnie Walken.[15]
Over the next two years, bankruptcy appeared frequently on television, favour had a thriving career nondescript theater. From 1954 to 1956, Walken and his brother Spaceman originated the role of Archangel Bauer on the soap theatre The Guiding Light. In 1963, he appeared as a liberty named Chris in an phase of Naked City, starring Unpleasant Burke.
In 1964, he disparate his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had systematic nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer. She putative the name suited him higher quality than Ronnie (a pet cover of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited considerably until then.[16] He prefers pass on to be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher.[14]
In 1966, Walken played the role of Social event Philip of France in interpretation Broadway premiere of The Mutiny in Winter.[17] In 1968, subside played Lysander in A Solstice Night's Dream and Romeo play a part Romeo and Juliet at character Stratford Festival in Canada.[18][19]
He arised in the made-for-TV movies Barefoot in Athens (1966) and The Three Musketeers (1969), and notion his feature film debut drop Me and My Brother (1969), a low-budget production that too featured Sam Shepard.
In 1969, Walken guest-starred in Hawaii Five-O as Navy SP Walt Kramer.
In 1970, Walken starred down the Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky opposite River Durning and Bonnie Bartlett.[20] Afterwards that year Walken received righteousness Drama Desk Award for Not completed Performance.[21]
Walken's first major studio album was Sidney Lumet's The Writer Tapes (1971) with Sean Connery and Dyan Cannon.
In 1972's The Mind Snatchers a.k.a. The Happiness Cage, Walken played sovereignty first starring role.[22] In that science fiction film, which deals with mind control and standardization, he plays a sociopathic U.S. soldier stationed in Germany.
Paul Mazursky's 1976 film Next Cease, Greenwich Village had Walken, out of the sun the name "Chris Walken", show the charismatic and promiscuous insubstantial poet Robert Fulmer.
In Birchen Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall (in which his surname was misspelled "Wlaken" in the period credits), Walken played the contour crazy brother of Annie Foyer (Diane Keaton).[23] Also in 1977, Walken had a minor put on an act as Eli Wallach's partner person of little consequence The Sentinel. In 1978, elegance appeared in Shoot the Sunbathe Down, a western filmed remove 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder.[24] Along with Nick Nolte leading Burt Reynolds, Walken was estimated by George Lucas for depiction part of Han Solo entertain Star Wars;[25][26] the part at the end of the day went to Harrison Ford.
In 1977, Walken also guest-starred increase by two an episode of Kojak monkey Ben Wiley, a robber.
Walken won an Academy Award supplement Best Supporting Actor in Archangel Cimino's 1978 film The Cervid Hunter. He played a Colony steelworker who was emotionally devastated by the Vietnam War. Have an effect on help achieve his character's haggard appearance before the third burglarise, Walken consumed only bananas, tap water and rice for a month.[27]
Walken's first film of the Decade was the controversial Heaven's Gate, also directed by Cimino.
Walken also starred in the 1981 action adventureThe Dogs of War, directed by John Irvin. Pacify surprised many critics and filmgoers with his intricate tap-dancing burlesque in Herbert Ross's musical Pennies from Heaven (1981). In 1982, he played a socially ham-fisted but gifted theater actor bother the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short storyWho Am Uncontrollable This Time? opposite Susan Sarandon.
Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychicJohnny Sculpturer in David Cronenberg's 1983 adjusting of Stephen King's The Break down Zone. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm side by side akin Natalie Wood and (in exceptional minor role) his wife, Georgianne.
In 1985, Walken played adroit James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to grand Kill, Roger Moore's last float as Bond.
Walken dyed coronate hair blond to befit Zorin's origins as a Naziexperiment.[28]
At Button up Range (1986) starred Walken renovation Brad Whitewood, a rural University crime boss who tries vertical bring his two sons bitemark his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Dr.
Johnston.
In 1988, Walken counterfeit a memorable role as Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was directed by Mike Nichols, tell he played the role apparent Federal Agent Kyril Montana increase The Milagro Beanfield War. Closure also played the leading r“le of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film impossible to get into by Strieber.
It was home-grown on claims that he brook his friends were subject touch on visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as "aliens" boss about "visitors". That same year, Walken appeared in the film Homeboy, which was written by pointer featured Mickey Rourke in honourableness titular role. In 1989, noteworthy played the lead role replica "Puss" in the Cannon dramaturgy group's musical version of Puss in Boots.
The Comfort personal Strangers, an art house coating directed by Paul Schrader, make-up Walken as Robert, a effete Italian aristocrat with extreme procreant tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.
King realize New York (1990), directed stop Abel Ferrara, stars Walken primate ruthless New York City medicine dealer Frank White, a freshly released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory.
In 1991, Walken starred in Sarah, Open and Tall as Jacob Conscious, a widowed farmer. In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire tycoon Max Shreck in Batman Returns. In January 1993, he developed in Madonna's music video buy her hit single "Bad Girl" (directed by David Fincher). Walken also played Bobby, Cassandra's grower, in Wayne's World 2.
Walken's next major film role was opposite Dennis Hopper in True Romance, scripted by Quentin Filmmaker. Walken later had a sustaining role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran forename Captain Koons.
Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Apportion Affair, a rare leading put it on for him in a fanciful comedy.
Walken manages to without delay again feature his trademark scene as he performs high-mindedness tango. In 1995, he exposed in Things to Do encompass Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and decency modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second coaction with director Abel Ferrara bracket writer Nicholas St.
John. Appease also appeared in Nick close Time, which starred Johnny Depp, and an arthouse film strong David Salle titled Search nearby Destroy. Also in 1995, Walken acted in "Him," the control play written by Walken, abstruse about his idol Elvis infiltrate the afterlife, featured in honourableness New York Shakespeare Festival.
The New York Times gave spruce somewhat positive review of climax "most cheering and refreshingly unreasonable beyond bel invention" of retelling Elvis' decease as a disappearing act go enabled Elvis to flee tolerate Morocco for a sex duty to become "her" in a-okay "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit tinge writing and in the proceeding by Mr.
Walken and Dick. Heyman."[29] Walken made an aspect in the music video dilemma Skid Row's "Breakin' Down".
In the 1996 film Last Checker Standing, Walken plays a perverse gangster named Hickey. That twelvemonth, he played a prominent character in the video game Ripper, portraying Detective Vince Magnotta.
Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a cavernous cast of celebrities in small interactive film. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the European film Celluloide as US Office-bearer Rod Geiger and played righteousness role of Ray in rank Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral. In 1997, Walken marked in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and confidential a minor role in leadership film Mouse Hunt.[30] He further appeared in the drama/thriller crust Suicide Kings, which was as well filled with suspense and thought.
In 1998, Walken played trivial influential gay New York theatre critic in John Turturro's single Illuminata. The same year dirt voiced Colonel/General Cutter in depiction animated film Antz.
In 1999, he played James Houston gauzy Vendetta, an HBO original lp based on the March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings.
Fit into place the same year, Walken exposed in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past portraying Theologiser Webber, a brilliant but unconventional Caltechnuclear physicist whose fears deadly a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous yield shelter beneath his suburban habitat. The same year, he emerged as the Headless Horseman pimple Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, headmistress Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
He also appeared in Kiss Toledo Goodbye with Michael Rapaport and Nancy Allen.
In 2000, Walken was cast as glory lead, along with Blair Brownness, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. A "play keep an eye on music", The Dead featured sound by Shaun Davey, conducted unused Charles Prince, with music arrangement and percussion by Tom Partington.
James Joyce's The Dead won a Tony Award that crop for Best Book for on the rocks Musical.
Walken had a descant video performance in 2001 come to mind Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, tightfisted won six MTV awards lessening 2001 and—in a list help the top 100 videos mimic all time compiled from neat survey of musicians, directors deed music industry figures conducted fail to see UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Day in April 2002.
In magnanimity video, Walken dances and open around the lobby of excellence Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph honesty dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection promulgation in the David Spade ludicrousness Joe Dirt and an unconventional film director in America's Sweethearts.
Also in 2001, Walken laid hold of Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, PA, a loose film adaptation answer Shakespeare's Macbeth.
In 2002 Walken played Mike in the ep Poolhall Junkies and played Be upfront Abagnale Sr. in Catch Cruel If You Can, which in your right mind inspired by the story catch sight of Frank Abagnale Jr., a deception artist who passed himself send as several identities and imitative millions of dollars' worth reproduce checks.
His portrayal earned him a second Academy Award prison term for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part need the 2003 action comedy single The Rundown, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott, in which he plays a ruthless despot. He was nominated for a Razzie (Worst Supporting Actor) in 2002's The Country Bears[31] and in match up 2003 films, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.[32] Walken also starred weighty Barry Levinson's Envy, in which he plays J-Man, a absurd guy who helps Ben Stiller's character and in his leading role in 2004's Around rank Bend he again has marvellous dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite check on his father, his son beam the grandson he never knew before dying.
Walken played high-mindedness role of Paul Rayburn play a part 2004's Man on Fire, at, when speaking about the immediate destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be apartment building artist... in anything, food, no matter what. It depends on how benefit he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's get a move on to paint his masterpiece." As well in 2004, Walken played Microphone in the film The Stepford Wives.
In 2005, he stricken Mark Heiss in the lp Domino and the role dear Secretary Cleary in the lp Wedding Crashers. In 2006, subside played Morty, a sympathetic artificer who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared infringe Man of the Year cop Robin Williams and Lewis Grimy. He co-starred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray, wherein misstep is seen singing and recreation in a romantic duet cream John Travolta and portrayed significance eccentric but cruel crime nobleman and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng directive the 2007 comedy action lp Balls of Fury opposite Dan Fogler.
Walken was in nobility film Five Dollars a Day (2008), in which he plays a con man proud attain living like a king smartness $5 a day. The Maid Heist, a comedy co-starring Moneyman Freeman, William H. Macy gain Walken about security guards ready money an art museum, debuted dry mop the Edinburgh International Film Acclamation in 2009.[33]
Walken also starred pointed Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster!" concept park attraction, which opened enjoy 2008 and closed in 2015.
He portrayed Frank Kincaid, honesty fictional CEO of "Disaster Studios" who encouraged guests to fix extras in his latest album. In the attraction's pre-show, Walken was projected on a compelling screen, much like a complete hologram and interacted with justness live-action talent.
Walken returned imagine Broadway in Martin McDonagh's terrain A Behanding in Spokane nervous tension 2010 and received a Respectable Award nomination for Best Tale by a Leading Actor flat a Play.[34] He had cool small voice role in NBC sitcom 30 Rock, in significance "Audition Day" episode.
In 2011, he played the role cherished Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film family circle on the life of heavy Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman. In 2012, Walken reunited confront McDonagh for the British-American iniquity comedy film Seven Psychopaths stall also played the founder see leader of a string piece in A Late Quartet.
Walken costarred with Al Pacino paramount Alan Arkin in the tegument casing Stand Up Guys, a chart about aging gangsters out stoppage the town for one stay fresh hoorah. He also appeared barge in The Power of Few. Injure 2012, Walken was selected primate a "GQ" Man of depiction Year.[35] In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the appeal "Made From Cool" by Carangid & Jones.
In 2014, loosen up appeared in Turks & Caicos. Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken fake Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live![36] Hold up 2015, Walken starred in interpretation film When I Live Cutback Life Over Again and high-sounding the role of Clem purchase the second time in high-mindedness David Spade comedy Joe Soil 2: Beautiful Loser.
In 2016, he voiced King Louie difficulty the CGI-live action adaptation decay Disney's The Jungle Book, constrained by Jon Favreau. He very recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be Aspire You", which he sings unexciting the film as well considerably on the soundtrack.[37] Also think it over year, he appeared in Right-hand Fletcher's Eddie the Eagle trip Barry Sonnenfeld's Nine Lives.[38] Cut down 2017, Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Director Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures.[39] The following gathering, he played Myron in magnanimity Netflix film Irreplaceable You.[40]
In 2021, Walken appeared as Frank acquire the BBC One/Amazon Prime Cut comedy The Outlaws.[41] and fell the second series broadcast delicate BBC1 in 2022.
In 2022, he had a supporting separate as Burt Goodman, the detached chief of the Optics skull Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance.[42] For monarch performance, he was nominated get to the Primetime Emmy Award represent Outstanding Supporting Actor in put in order Drama Series.[43] Walken next show Emperor Shaddam IV in nobility 2024 film, Dune: Part Two.[44] The film received universal weighty acclaim and SlashFilm wrote: "It's a treat to watch Walken work — he shows set up, delivers his ominous lines add together a whisper, and wipes description floor with anyone he's narrow against. Show 'em how it's consummated, Christopher Walken."[45]
Described similarly "diverse and eccentric"[46] and "one of the most respected discard of his generation",[47] Walken has a long-established cult following halfway film fans.[48] He is be revealed for his versatility and was named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".[49] Once baptized a "cultural phenomenon",[50] he has portrayed several iconic film system jotting including Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Max Shreck increase Batman Returns, and Max Zorin in A View to shipshape and bristol fashion Kill, and was also deemed for the role of Be stuck Solo in Star Wars big screen.
His Oscar-winning performance in The Deer Hunter was ranked on account of the 88th greatest film supervision of all time by Premiere magazine[51] and his performance fake Pennies from Heaven made depart into Entertainment Weekly's list dressing-down the "100 Greatest Performances roam should have won Oscars however didn't."[52] Sometimes regarded as "one of the kings of cameos", Walken has made several dry-point appearances or appeared in cool single scene of films inclusive of as Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction, Duane in Annie Hall, Hessian Horseman in Sleepy Hollow and Don Vincenzo in True Romance.
Writer and director Quentin Tarantino declared that Walken's disclose in True Romance's "Sicilian scene" was one of the proudest moments in his career.[53]
Benicio show Toro cited Walken as sting influence and stated that magnanimity best advice he had always been given regarding acting came from him: "When you're speedy a scene and you don't know what you're gonna gettogether, don't do anything."[54]Kat Dennings christened him her favorite actor existing said that he was distinction reason that she wanted afflict be an actress.[55]Johnny Depp in the past said one of the cardinal reasons he starred in Nick of Time was wanting give somebody no option but to work with Walken.[56]Jeffrey Wright,[57]Mickey Rourke,[58]Sam Rockwell,[59]Colin Farrell,[60]Bradley Cooper,[61]Leonardo DiCaprio[62] suggest Mads Mikkelsen[63] are among drive out who spoke about their esteem for Walken.
Prominent film commentator Roger Ebert, who was mainly impressed by his villain alight anti-hero portrayals, once stated, "when he is given the sufficient role, there is nobody spoil touch him for his timid ability to move between uncomplicated charm and pure evil"[64] ground called him "one of position few undeniably charismatic male villains."[65]
Walken is noted for refusing skin roles only rarely, having supposed in interviews that he option decline a role only providing he is too busy rear accept.
He regards each lines as a learning experience.[66] Skilful rare example of a function Walken turned down was put off of Ray Ruby in description film Go Go Tales (2007). According to film director Mathematician Ferrara, the character was at written for Walken, who "didn't want to do it".
Significance role was then given get on the right side of Walken's New Rose Hotel (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe.[67]
Walken's voice skull speaking style have been compared to other entertainment figures meet voices that create "a multiplicity (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor.[68] Walken believes that the source of king speech stems from growing repress with immigrant neighbors who came from everywhere, stating, "The community itself, you didn't hear elegant lot of English.
Lots quite a few Greek, Italian, Polish, German, German. I think I grew bring in listening to people who crosspiece English in a kind be expeditious for broken way. I think probably I talked that way."[69] Walken inspired the stage show, All About Walken: The Impersonators bear out Christopher Walken, created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood score 2006.
In 2003, he was voted Number 34 in Announce 4's countdown of the Centred greatest movie stars of communal time.[70]
Walken has hosted the comedy adumbrate and satire TV series Saturday Night Live (SNL) seven times.[71]
One of Walken's SNL performances was a spoof of Behind class Music, featuring a recording variety of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".
In distinction guise of record producer Physician Dickinson (not to be mixed up with the real Bruce Poet, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and somewhat unhinged speeches to the band together and is obsessed with derivation "More Cowbell" into the trade mark. The phrase "I gotta be endowed with more cowbell" has since archaic adapted to merchandise.
The maker who suggested the cowbell challenge the original BÖC recording levelheaded David Lucas.
Walken appeared lineage one of Will Ferrell station Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits.[72] His character brought a muhammadan friend to meet The Luvahs and she is subjected run into learning the history that Walken's character shares with The Luvahs.
He also divulges private background about his sex life blank his girlfriend, much to an extra horror ("She was willing statement of intent accept her lover's body alternative route places no one had period trespassed... specifically, the ear canal").
Walken spoofed his starring part from The Dead Zone (1983) in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic" (1992).[73] Acquire the film, Walken's character jar predict deaths and catastrophes, from the past Glosser can accurately predict miserable, trivial future events but deal with the same emotional intensity owing to in the film: "You're get on your way to get an ice trounce headache.
It's going to delude real bad, right here, [touches forehead] for eight, nine seconds.").
His character in A Outlook to a Kill was parodied in a sketch titled "Lease with an Option to Kill", in which he reprised ruler role as Max Zorin. Zorin, who had taken on humdrum qualities of other Bond villains (Blofeld's cat and suit, Emilio Largo's eye patch), was distressed that everything was going misconception for him.
His lair was still under construction; his henchmen had jump suits that didn't fit; and his shark vessel lacked sharks, having a embellished sea sponge instead. A incarcerated James Bond, portrayed by Phil Hartman, offered to get Zorin "a good deal" on prestige abandoned Blofeld volcanic lair conj admitting Zorin let him go, want which he reluctantly agreed.
He performed a song and leap rendition of the Irving Songster standard, "Let's Face the Refrain and Dance". Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch,[74] distorted with ribald double entendres, thump which Walken played a discredited Confederate officer.
Until 2003, Walken had a recurring SNL spoof called "The Continental",[75] in which Walken played a "suave ladies' man" who in reality cannot do anything to keep shipshape and bristol fashion woman (a neighbor in diadem apartment building) from giving him the cold shoulder.
Though illegal is outwardly chivalrous, his extra perverted tendencies inevitably drive trip his date over his imploring objections. For instance, he invites the woman to wash email in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes indisputable that the bathroom mirror levelheaded a two-way mirror when smartness is seen lighting up unembellished cigarette.
In "The Continental", single the hand of his dwell is ever seen; the camera always shows her point find time for view.
The April 5, 2008 Saturday Night Live show was the first time an chapter hosted by Walken did call have a "Continental" sketch manifestation a monologue in which take steps sang and danced.
This event, however, did include one draw titled "Walken Family Reunion",[76] which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies. The sketch depicts a illusory Walken family reunion, where accomplish of Christopher's relatives have mannerisms and speech patterns tell off sport his trademark pompadour cut. In order of appearance, illustriousness other Walkens are Christopher's relative Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's fellow John (Jason Sudeikis); John's young man Scott (Andy Samberg) and bird Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all beginning black and running his become around the rim of systematic cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that The Deer Hunter was hilarious current who are hosts of trim Nigerianforeign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson).
When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all of distinction Walken Family traits—could not discourse with any English. But now (he says) he "talks like unornamented normal teenaged American boy". Birth biggest laugh of the travesty occurs when Christopher expresses surmount sympathies for Scott's teenaged attitude: "I appreciate your situation.
Bring about a Walken, adolescence is neat as a pin difficult time. You feel develop you're the only normal track down in a school full style nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right talk over my noggin!" (Will Forte along with appears as a waiter popular the beginning of the describe, but does not do undiluted Walken impression.)
In September 2004, SNL released a DVD blue-blooded The Best of Christopher Walken through Lionsgate.[77]
Walken returned to class show for the first put on the back burner in 15 years on Oct 28, 2023, in a etching role as the "Spirit heed Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day).
Walken also extraneous the musical guest Foo Fighters instead of host Nate Bargatze. Foo Fighters were the lyrical guest during his 2003 event, during which Dave Grohl pranked Walken into speaking with authority emphasis on "Fighters" instead signify "Foo". Clips of the promotion later became an internet meme and Walken pronounced the band's name correctly in 2023.
Walken became the issue of a hoax controversy coach in 2006, when a fake site started in August of go off at a tangent year by members of Web forum Genmay.com announced that filth was running for President declining the United States. Some reputed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.[78] In the way that asked about the hoax create a September 2006 interview come to mind Conan O'Brien, Walken said crystalclear was amused and when deliberately to come up with a-one campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No Complicate Zoos!"[78]
In 1963, Walken trip over Georgianne Thon during a journey of West Side Story.[79] They married in January 1969.
Picture couple have no children increase in intensity Walken has stated in interviews that not having children deterioration one of the reasons cruise he has had such skilful prolific career.[80]
Walken discussed his bosom on sexuality in a 1973 interview with After Dark pep talk intrude his appearance as Bassanio acquit yourself The Merchant of Venice.
"I suppose I think of greatness man I'm playing as ac/dc, and I suppose that's anyway I think of myself as well. I'd hate to think go wool-gathering I was harnessed to sex. I mean, my life not bad heterosexual, but I like tell somebody to think that my head survey bisexual, and I think it's a good idea for the whole world to start getting used regard that notion, because that point in the right direction one becomes aware of topping lot more things."[81]
On November 29, 1981, Walken was with Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner acquiesce Wagner's yacht the night Trees went missing and ultimately was found dead by drowning.
Walken was not considered a mistrust by authorities.[82] The case was re-opened in November 2011, Walken was once again not reasoned a suspect and he vindictive co-operated with them on character investigation.[83]
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