Austrian actor and director who rose to international fame with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, two-time Academy Award winner.
Background
Born in Vienna, Austria, into a family of theatre designers, Waltz trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and worked extensively in German-language theatre, film, and television before his international breakthrough at fifty-two.
Career
Quentin Tarantino cast him as SS Colonel Hans Landa in “Inglourious Basterds” and Dr. King Schultz in “Django Unchained,” winning him two Academy Awards. He played Ernst Stavro Blofeld in two James Bond films and worked with Tim Burton, Roman Polanski, and Terry Gilliam.
Style
Waltz is known for multilingual fluency, precise classical training, and the ability to combine dark menace with verbal wit, often playing erudite villains or moral ambiguous mentors.
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