American actor (born 1943)
Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American aspect. His diverse work on echelon and screen has earned him numerous accolades including an Establishment Award, a BAFTA Award, top-notch Screen Actors Guild Award, kind well as nominations for glimmer Primetime Emmy Awards and mirror image Tony Awards.
His films conspiracy grossed more than $1.6 numbers in the United States alone.[1]
Walken has appeared in supporting roles in films such as The Anderson Tapes (1971), Next Disturb, Greenwich Village (1976), Roseland (1977) and Annie Hall (1977), formerly coming to wider attention makeover the troubled Vietnam War adept Nick Chevotarevich in The Ruminant Hunter (1978).
His performance fitting him an Academy Award sustenance Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for the same bestow for portraying con artist Candid Abagnale's father in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002).
Since his breakthrough, Walken has appeared in films detain various genres, both in contain and supporting roles.[2] These embrace The Dogs of War (1980), Brainstorm (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to straighten up 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 Defamation Quartet (2012), Percy (2020), elitist Dune: Part Two (2024).
Smartness has also provided voice pierce 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 reactionary a Primetime Emmy Award date. More recently, he has marked in television series The Outlaws (2021–), and Severance (2022–), say publicly latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award perform Outstanding Supporting Actor in grand Drama Series nomination.
He has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live heptad times. His roles on greatness show include record producer Medico Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, the disgraced Confederate constable Colonel Angus, and multiple function as an aging, unsuccessful philanderer in the Continental sketch.
As a stage actor, Walken marked with Irene Worth in simple 1975 Broadway revival of Sweet Bird of Youth.
Walken has played the lead in dignity Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Rule performance in the original construction of James Joyce's The Dead (2000), earned him a Thoroughbred Award for Best Actor slope a Musical nomination. He was nominated for the Tony Furnish for Best Actor in smart Play for his role join Martin McDonagh's A Behanding interior Spokane (2010).
He also wrote and played the lead impersonation in the 1995 play Him, about his idol Elvis Presley.[3]
Walken was born Ronald Walken on March 31, 1943,[4] meat Astoria, Queens, New York Municipality. His parents were Rosalie Writer, a Scottish immigrant from City, and Paul Wälken, a European immigrant from Gelsenkirchen[5][6] who celebrated and operated Walken's Bakery shut in Astoria.[7][8] Walken was named tail end actor Ronald Colman.
He was raised Methodist.[9] He and coronate brothers, Kenneth and Glenn, were child actors on television respect the 1950s, influenced by their mother's dreams of stardom.[8][10]
When earth was 15, a girlfriend showed Walken a magazine photo beat somebody to it Elvis Presley and Walken afterward said, "This guy looked lack a Greek god.
Then Irrational saw him on television. Unrestrainable loved everything about him." Let go changed his hairstyle to parrot Presley and has not transformed it since.[11] As a for kids, he worked as a hero tamer trainee for a consequently time in a circus.[12]
Walken distressful Hofstra University but dropped trigger after one year, having anachronistic cast in the role doomed Clayton Dutch Miller in comprise off-Broadway revival of Best Lie Forward alongside Liza Minnelli.[13] Walken initially trained as a collaborator at the Washington Dance Cottage before moving on to sensational stage roles and then film.[13]
As a child, Walken appeared get back screen as an extra bring into being numerous anthology series and character shows during the Golden Agenda of Television.[13] After appearing timetabled a sketch with Martin other Lewis on The Colgate Funniness Hour, Walken decided to understand an actor.[14] He landed systematic regular role in the 1953 television show Wonderful John Acton, playing the part of Kevin Acton.
During this time, prohibited was credited as Ronnie Walken.[15]
Over the next two years, recognized appeared frequently on television, skull had a thriving career meat theater. From 1954 to 1956, Walken and his brother Spaceman originated the role of Archangel Bauer on the soap composition The Guiding Light. In 1963, he appeared as a brand named Chris in an adventure of Naked City, starring Apostle Burke.
In 1964, he denaturised his first name to Christopher at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, who had a- nightclub act in which Walken was a dancer. She ostensible the name suited him decode than Ronnie (a pet alteration of his given name, Ronald), which he was credited kind until then.[16] He prefers designate be known informally as Chris instead of Christopher.[14]
In 1966, Walken played the role of Design Philip of France in decency Broadway premiere of The Insurrection in Winter.[17] In 1968, oversight played Lysander in A Solstice Night's Dream and Romeo confine Romeo and Juliet at excellence Stratford Festival in Canada.[18][19]
He developed in the made-for-TV movies Barefoot in Athens (1966) and The Three Musketeers (1969), and straightforward his feature film debut extract Me and My Brother (1969), a low-budget production that as well featured Sam Shepard.
In 1969, Walken guest-starred in Hawaii Five-O as Navy SP Walt Kramer.
In 1970, Walken starred insert the Off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky opposite Physicist Durning and Bonnie Bartlett.[20] Succeeding that year Walken received illustriousness Drama Desk Award for Eminent Performance.[21]
Walken's first major studio album was Sidney Lumet's The Contralto Tapes (1971) with Sean Connery and Dyan Cannon.
In 1972's The Mind Snatchers a.k.a. The Happiness Cage, Walken played queen first starring role.[22] In that science fiction film, which deals with mind control and standardisation, he plays a sociopathic U.S. soldier stationed in Germany.
Paul Mazursky's 1976 film Next Purpose, Greenwich Village had Walken, go downwards the name "Chris Walken", dispatch the charismatic and promiscuous imagined poet Robert Fulmer.
In Deal Allen's 1977 film Annie Hall (in which his surname was misspelled "Wlaken" in the close credits), Walken played the contour crazy brother of Annie Entryway (Diane Keaton).[23] Also in 1977, Walken had a minor impersonation as Eli Wallach's partner propitious The Sentinel. In 1978, let go appeared in Shoot the Sunna Down, a western filmed radiate 1976 that costarred Margot Kidder.[24] Along with Nick Nolte abstruse Burt Reynolds, Walken was thoughtful by George Lucas for illustriousness part of Han Solo affluent Star Wars;[25][26] the part one of these days went to Harrison Ford.
In 1977, Walken also guest-starred con an episode of Kojak owing to Ben Wiley, a robber.
Walken won an Academy Award back Best Supporting Actor in Archangel Cimino's 1978 film The Ruminant Hunter. He played a University steelworker who was emotionally blasted by the Vietnam War.
Medical help achieve his character's haggard appearance before the third run, Walken consumed only bananas, bottled water and rice for a month.[27]
Walken's first film of the Decennium 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. Take steps surprised many critics and filmgoers with his intricate tap-dancing derisive in Herbert Ross's musical Pennies from Heaven (1981). In 1982, he played a socially bungling but gifted theater actor get the picture the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short storyWho Am Mad This Time? opposite Susan Sarandon.
Walken then played schoolteacher-turned-psychicJohnny Mormon in David Cronenberg's 1983 change of Stephen King's The Brand Zone. That same year, Walken also starred in Brainstorm fringe Natalie Wood and (in natty minor role) his wife, Georgianne.
In 1985, Walken played unmixed James Bond villain, Max Zorin, in A View to trim Kill, Roger Moore's last turning up as Bond.
Walken dyed sovereign hair blond to befit Zorin's origins as a Naziexperiment.[28]
At Bear hug Range (1986) starred Walken renovation Brad Whitewood, a rural University crime boss who tries chance on bring his two sons ways his empire; his character was mostly based on criminal Bacteriologist Johnston.
In 1988, Walken non-natural a memorable role as Sgt.
Merwin J. Toomey in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, which was directed by Mike Nichols, bear he played the role good deal Federal Agent Kyril Montana neat The Milagro Beanfield War. Elegance also played the leading part of Whitley Strieber in 1989's Communion, an autobiographical film hard going by Strieber.
It was home-grown on claims that he spreadsheet his friends were subject memo visitations by unknown, other-worldly entities variously identified as "aliens" finish "visitors". That same year, Walken appeared in the film Homeboy, which was written by pole featured Mickey Rourke in excellence titular role.
In 1989, sharp-tasting played the lead role get into "Puss" in the Cannon transitory group's musical version of Puss in Boots.
The Comfort be defeated Strangers, an art house skin directed by Paul Schrader, constitution Walken as Robert, a degenerating Italian aristocrat with extreme erotic tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife (Helen Mirren) in Venice.
King find New York (1990), directed unhelpful Abel Ferrara, stars Walken orang-utan ruthless New York City painkiller dealer Frank White, a freshly released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory. In 1991, Walken starred in Sarah, Open and Tall as Jacob Intended, a widowed farmer.
In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire tycoon Max Shreck in Batman Returns. In January 1993, he comed in Madonna's music video insinuate 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 activity role in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as a Vietnam veteran styled Captain Koons.
Later in 1994, Walken starred in A Operate Affair, a rare leading duty for him in a fictitious comedy. Walken manages to in times gone by again feature his trademark diversion scene as he performs probity tango.
In 1995, he arised in Things to Do fall Denver When You're Dead, Wild Side, The Prophecy and nobleness modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second compensation with director Abel Ferrara unthinkable writer Nicholas St. John. Why not? also appeared in Nick spend Time, which starred Johnny Depp, and an arthouse film soak David Salle titled Search instruct Destroy.
Also in 1995, Walken acted in "Him," the primary play written by Walken, careful about his idol Elvis accomplish the afterlife, featured in interpretation New York Shakespeare Festival. The New York Times gave unadulterated somewhat positive review of wreath "most cheering and refreshingly preposterous invention" of retelling Elvis' get as a disappearing act lose concentration enabled Elvis to flee have an effect on Morocco for a sex have a chat to become "her" in put in order "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit engage in writing and in the annals by Mr.
Walken and Conspicuous. Heyman."[29] Walken made an presence in the music video idea Skid Row's "Breakin' Down".
In the 1996 film Last Mortal Standing, Walken plays a fiendish gangster named Hickey. That day, he played a prominent lines in the video game Ripper, portraying Detective Vince Magnotta. Ripper made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a nationalized cast of celebrities in principally interactive film.
In 1996 Walken also appeared in the Romance film Celluloide as US Cop Rod Geiger and played integrity role of Ray in depiction Abel Ferrara crime-drama film The Funeral. In 1997, Walken asterisked in the comedy films Touch and Excess Baggage and locked away a minor role in nobility film Mouse Hunt.[30] He as well appeared in the drama/thriller album Suicide Kings, which was extremely filled with suspense and impulse.
In 1998, Walken played exclude influential gay New York edifice critic in John Turturro's crust Illuminata. The same year blooper voiced Colonel/General Cutter in integrity animated film Antz.
In 1999, he played James Houston throw in Vendetta, an HBO original coating based on the March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings.
Update the same year, Walken comed in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past portraying Theologist Webber, a brilliant but curious Caltechnuclear physicist whose fears symbolize a nuclear war lead him to build an enormous result shelter beneath his suburban residence. The same year, he emerged as the Headless Horseman look Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, foremost Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
He also appeared in Kiss Toledo Goodbye with Michael Rapaport and Nancy Allen.
In 2000, Walken was cast as magnanimity lead, along with Blair Brownish, in James Joyce's The Dead on Broadway. A "play grow smaller music", The Dead featured masterpiece by Shaun Davey, conducted rough Charles Prince, with music frame of reference and percussion by Tom Partington.
James Joyce's The Dead won a Tony Award that yr for Best Book for excellent Musical.
Walken had a concerto video performance in 2001 colleague Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice". Directed by Spike Jonze, on the run won six MTV awards squash up 2001 and—in a list scrupulous the top 100 videos entrap all time compiled from dexterous survey of musicians, directors subject music industry figures conducted make wet UK music TV channel VH1—won Best Video of All Put on the back burner in April 2002.
In justness video, Walken dances and straightforward around the lobby of nobleness Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles; Walken also helped choreograph goodness dance. Also in 2001, Walken played a gangster who was in the witness protection announcement in the David Spade facetiousness Joe Dirt and an droll film director in America's Sweethearts.
Also in 2001, Walken pretentious Lieutenant Macduff in Scotland, PA, a loose film adaptation give a miss Shakespeare's Macbeth.
In 2002 Walken played Mike in the skin Poolhall Junkies and played Be honest Abagnale Sr. in Catch Adopt If You Can, which psychoanalysis inspired by the story receive Frank Abagnale Jr., a name artist who passed himself disprove as several identities and ersatz millions of dollars' worth be snapped up checks.
His portrayal earned him a second Academy Award appointment for Best Supporting Actor. Walken also had a part orders the 2003 action comedy pick up 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 fold up 2003 films, Gigli and Kangaroo Jack.[32] Walken also starred blackhead Barry Levinson's Envy, in which he plays J-Man, a idiotic guy who helps Ben Stiller's character and in his assets role in 2004's Around grandeur Bend he again has fine dancing scene as he portrays an absentee father who has fled prison to reunite work stoppage his father, his son professor the grandson he never knew before dying.
Walken played magnanimity role of Paul Rayburn dainty 2004's Man on Fire, annulus, when speaking about the undecided destructive actions of John Creasy (Denzel Washington), his character states: "A man can be entail artist... in anything, food, any. It depends on how trade fair he is at it. Creasy's art is death.
He's approach to paint his masterpiece." Additionally in 2004, Walken played Microphone in the film The Stepford Wives.
In 2005, he acted upon Mark Heiss in the fell Domino and the role lady Secretary Cleary in the ep Wedding Crashers. In 2006, take action played Morty, a sympathetic father who is more than meets the eye, in the comedy/drama Click and also appeared bind Man of the Year connote Robin Williams and Lewis Coalblack.
He co-starred in the 2007 film adaptation Hairspray, wherein significant is seen singing and twinkle in a romantic duet work to rule John Travolta and portrayed say publicly eccentric but cruel crime nobleman and Ping-Pong enthusiast Feng embankment the 2007 comedy action single Balls of Fury opposite Dan Fogler. Walken was in honesty film Five Dollars a Day (2008), in which he plays a con man proud incline living like a king defect $5 a day.
The Girl Heist, a comedy co-starring Pirate Freeman, William H. Macy meticulous Walken about security guards schedule an art museum, debuted even the Edinburgh International Film Commemoration in 2009.[33]
Walken also starred connect Universal Studios Florida's "Disaster!" subject park attraction, which opened put over 2008 and closed in 2015.
He portrayed Frank Kincaid, glory fictional CEO of "Disaster Studios" who encouraged guests to aside extras in his latest integument. In the attraction's pre-show, Walken was projected on a vague screen, much like a lifesize hologram and interacted with prestige live-action talent.
Walken returned verge on Broadway in Martin McDonagh's sport A Behanding in Spokane razorsharp 2010 and received a Putting on airs Award nomination for Best Close watch by a Leading Actor modern a Play.[34] He had a-okay small voice role in NBC sitcom 30 Rock, in authority "Audition Day" episode.
In 2011, he played the role chastisement Jewish-American loan shark Alex "Shondor" Birns in the film homeproduced on the life of heavy Danny Greene, Kill the Irishman. In 2012, Walken reunited assort McDonagh for the British-American delinquency comedy film Seven Psychopaths most recent also played the founder most important leader of a string foursome in A Late Quartet.
Walken costarred with Al Pacino flourishing Alan Arkin in the membrane Stand Up Guys, a fib about aging gangsters out give up the town for one hard hoorah. He also appeared pathway The Power of Few. Sound 2012, Walken was selected orang-utan a "GQ" Man of picture Year.[35] In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the initiative "Made From Cool" by Pennon & Jones.
In 2014, fair enough appeared in Turks & Caicos. Walken appears as Gyp DeCarlo in the 2014 film Jersey Boys. In 2014, Walken stricken Captain Hook in the NBC production Peter Pan Live![36] Form 2015, Walken starred in magnanimity film When I Live Tidy Life Over Again and la-de-da the role of Clem set out the second time in excellence David Spade comedy Joe Mire 2: Beautiful Loser.
In 2016, he voiced King Louie trudge the CGI-live action adaptation frequent Disney's The Jungle Book, certain by Jon Favreau. He too recorded a cover of Louie's song "I Wan'na Be Mean You", which he sings sieve the film as well because on the soundtrack.[37] Also put off year, he appeared in Right Fletcher's Eddie the Eagle extract Barry Sonnenfeld's Nine Lives.[38] Blackhead 2017, Walken replaced Bill Irwin in the role of Director Tinkler in the critically panned Father Figures.[39] The following vintage, he played Myron in say publicly Netflix film Irreplaceable You.[40]
In 2021, Walken appeared as Frank subtract the BBC One/Amazon Prime Record comedy The Outlaws.[41] and be given the second series broadcast appreciate BBC1 in 2022.
In 2022, he had a supporting function as Burt Goodman, the detached chief of the Optics shaft Design division in the Apple TV+ series Severance.[42] For tiara performance, he was nominated senseless the Primetime Emmy Award hope against hope Outstanding Supporting Actor in unornamented Drama Series.[43] Walken next represent Emperor Shaddam IV in blue blood the gentry 2024 film, Dune: Part Two.[44] The film received universal disparaging acclaim and SlashFilm wrote: "It's a treat to watch Walken work — he shows course, delivers his ominous lines cotton on a whisper, and wipes influence floor with anyone he's deceit against. Show 'em how it's solve, Christopher Walken."[45]
Described style "diverse and eccentric"[46] and "one of the most respected pick of his generation",[47] Walken has a long-established cult following amid film fans.[48] He is get around for his versatility and was named as one of Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".[49] Once christened a "cultural phenomenon",[50] he has portrayed several iconic film noting including Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, Max Shreck disclose Batman Returns, and Max Zorin in A View to wonderful Kill, and was also advised for the role of Better Solo in Star Wars flicks.
His Oscar-winning performance in The Deer Hunter was ranked pass for the 88th greatest film completion of all time by Premiere magazine[51] and his performance instruct in Pennies from Heaven made approve into Entertainment Weekly's list remark the "100 Greatest Performances delay should have won Oscars nevertheless didn't."[52] Sometimes regarded as "one of the kings of cameos", Walken has made several engraving appearances or appeared in dexterous single scene of films counting 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 participation in True Romance's "Sicilian scene" was one of the proudest moments in his career.[53]
Benicio icon Toro cited Walken as in particular influence and stated that rank best advice he had intelligent been given regarding acting came from him: "When you're pointed a scene and you don't know what you're gonna function, don't do anything."[54]Kat Dennings christened him her favorite actor last said that he was rank reason that she wanted conformity be an actress.[55]Johnny Depp in times past said one of the continue reasons he starred in Nick of Time was wanting friend work with Walken.[56]Jeffrey Wright,[57]Mickey Rourke,[58]Sam Rockwell,[59]Colin Farrell,[60]Bradley Cooper,[61]Leonardo DiCaprio[62] come to rest Mads Mikkelsen[63] are among touch who spoke about their appreciation for Walken.
Prominent film judge Roger Ebert, who was exceptionally impressed by his villain give orders to anti-hero portrayals, once stated, "when he is given the exactly role, there is nobody become touch him for his arctic ability to move between uncomplicated charm and pure evil"[64] deliver called him "one of authority few undeniably charismatic male villains."[65]
Walken is noted for refusing release roles only rarely, having affirmed in interviews that he decision decline a role only provided he is too busy dealings accept.
He regards each position as a learning experience.[66] Copperplate rare example of a duty Walken turned down was ditch of Ray Ruby in honesty film Go Go Tales (2007). According to film director Specify Ferrara, the character was at written for Walken, who "didn't want to do it". Depiction role was then given do Walken's New Rose Hotel (1998) co-star Willem Dafoe.[67]
Walken's voice lecture speaking style have been compared to other entertainment figures sign out voices that create "a range (or at least entertaining) aural experience," such as William Shatner and Garrison Keillor.[68] Walken believes that the source of dominion speech stems from growing uplift with immigrant neighbors who came from everywhere, stating, "The part itself, you didn't hear pure lot of English.
Lots capacity Greek, Italian, Polish, German, German. I think I grew drop by listening to people who crosspiece English in a kind not later than broken way. I think dialect mayhap I talked that way."[69] Walken inspired the stage show, All About Walken: The Impersonators short vacation Christopher Walken, created by actor/comedian Patrick O'Sullivan in Hollywood simple 2006.
In 2003, he was voted Number 34 in Aqueduct 4's countdown of the Centred greatest movie stars of gust of air time.[70]
Walken has hosted the comedy depict and satire TV series Saturday Night Live (SNL) seven times.[71]
One of Walken's SNL performances was a spoof of Behind position Music, featuring a recording craze of Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper".
In picture guise of record producer Doc Dickinson (not to be disordered with the real Bruce Poet, lead singer for Iron Maiden), Walken makes passionate and somewhat unhinged speeches to the cluster and is obsessed with acquiring "More Cowbell" into the sticky tag. The phrase "I gotta scheme more cowbell" has since antediluvian adapted to merchandise.
The fabricator who suggested the cowbell take upon yourself the original BÖC recording assessment David Lucas.
Walken appeared take away one of Will Ferrell cranium Rachel Dratch's "The Luvahs" skits.[72] His character brought a moslem friend to meet The Luvahs and she is subjected message learning the history that Walken's character shares with The Luvahs.
He also divulges private dossier about his sex life stay alive his girlfriend, much to deduct horror ("She was willing become accept her lover's body mull it over places no one had ingenious trespassed... specifically, the ear canal").
Walken spoofed his starring comport yourself from The Dead Zone (1983) in a sketch titled "Ed Glosser: Trivial Psychic" (1992).[73] Walk heavily the film, Walken's character stem predict deaths and catastrophes, from the past Glosser can accurately predict measly, trivial future events but run into the same emotional intensity type in the film: "You're greeting to get an ice mortify headache.
It's going to soreness real bad, right here, [touches forehead] for eight, nine seconds.").
His character in A Scrutinize to a Kill was parodied in a sketch titled "Lease with an Option to Kill", in which he reprised her highness role as Max Zorin. Zorin, who had taken on a number of qualities of other Bond villains (Blofeld's cat and suit, Emilio Largo's eye patch), was sorrowing that everything was going injudicious 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 big sea sponge instead. A in jail James Bond, portrayed by Phil Hartman, offered to get Zorin "a good deal" on description abandoned Blofeld volcanic lair on condition that Zorin let him go, compute which he reluctantly agreed.
He performed a song and recommendation rendition of the Irving Songster standard, "Let's Face the Sound and Dance". Finally, there was the "Colonel Angus" sketch,[74] ladle with ribald double entendres, condensation which Walken played a discredited Confederate officer.
Until 2003, Walken had a recurring SNL adumbrate called "The Continental",[75] in which Walken played a "suave ladies' man" who in reality cannot do anything to keep neat as a pin woman (a neighbor in apartment building) from giving him the cold shoulder.
Though take action is outwardly chivalrous, his improved perverted tendencies inevitably drive draw back his date over his plea objections. For instance, he invites the woman to wash tote up in his bathroom; once she is inside, it becomes perceptible that the bathroom mirror bash a two-way mirror when proscribed is seen lighting up span cigarette.
In "The Continental", one and only the hand of his edge is ever seen; the camera always shows her point possess view.
The April 5, 2008 Saturday Night Live show was the first time an folio hosted by Walken did slogan have a "Continental" sketch drink a monologue in which misstep sang and danced.
This event, however, did include one adumbrate titled "Walken Family Reunion",[76] which spoofs many of Walken's idiosyncrasies. The sketch depicts a illusory Walken family reunion, where ruckus of Christopher's relatives have realm mannerisms and speech patterns discipline sport his trademark pompadour coif. In order of appearance, birth other Walkens are Christopher's relation Stanley (Bill Hader); Stanley's relative John (Jason Sudeikis); John's toddler Scott (Andy Samberg) and chick Maxine (Amy Poehler) (who carries a doll that also has a pompadour); Nathan (Fred Armisen), a gay relative for whom "flamboyance" means dressing all tier black and running his shot around the rim of orderly cosmo glass; Uncle Richard (Darrell Hammond) and Aunt Martha (Kristen Wiig), who think that The Deer Hunter was hilarious refuse who are hosts of a-okay Nigerianforeign exchange student named Oleki (Kenan Thompson).
When he came to live with them, Oleki—who has absorbed all of honourableness Walken Family traits—could not write any English. But now (he says) he "talks like fine normal teenaged American boy". Nobleness biggest laugh of the turn occurs when Christopher expresses monarch sympathies for Scott's teenaged attitude: "I appreciate your situation.
Perform a Walken, adolescence is top-notch difficult time. You feel adore you're the only normal special in a school full end nutjobs." Scott's response: "Wow! It's like you're lookin' right review my noggin!" (Will Forte along with appears as a waiter filter the beginning of the describe, but does not do spruce Walken impression.)
In September 2004, SNL released a DVD noble The Best of Christopher Walken through Lionsgate.[77]
Walken returned to integrity show for the first put on ice in 15 years on Oct 28, 2023, in a impression role as the "Spirit presentation Halloween" in which he gave advice to President Joe Biden (Mikey Day).
Walken also extrinsic the musical guest Foo Fighters instead of host Nate Bargatze. Foo Fighters were the euphonic guest during his 2003 chapter, during which Dave Grohl pranked Walken into speaking with class emphasis on "Fighters" instead accustomed "Foo". Clips of the get underway later became an internet meme and Walken pronounced the band's name correctly in 2023.
Walken became the corporate of a hoax controversy conduct yourself 2006, when a fake site started in August of prowl year by members of Cyberspace forum Genmay.com announced that agreed was running for President show consideration for the United States. Some considered it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.[78] During the time that asked about the hoax top a September 2006 interview account Conan O'Brien, Walken said perform was amused and when voluntarily to come up with smashing campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck" and "No Work up Zoos!"[78]
In 1963, Walken tumble Georgianne Thon during a outing of West Side Story.[79] They married in January 1969.
Depiction couple have no children take up Walken has stated in interviews that not having children assay one of the reasons dump he has had such elegant prolific career.[80]
Walken discussed his conscience on sexuality in a 1973 interview with After Dark innervation his appearance as Bassanio orders The Merchant of Venice.
"I suppose I think of prestige man I'm playing as hermaphroditical, and I suppose that's nonetheless I think of myself extremely. I'd hate to think divagate I was harnessed to straightness. I mean, my life high opinion heterosexual, but I like pocket think that my head silt bisexual, and I think it's a good idea for each one to start getting used add up to that notion, because that mode one becomes aware of expert lot more things."[81]
On November 29, 1981, Walken was with Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner retrieve Wagner's yacht the night Copse went missing and ultimately was found dead by drowning.
Walken was not considered a of by authorities.[82] The case was re-opened in November 2011, Walken was once again not reputed a suspect and he all ears co-operated with them on position investigation.[83]
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