On the Internet there are meme with Christoph's roller, which says: "He began to play in Hollywood in 53 years. 2 nominations for Oscar. Won both. " Today, perhaps, this is the most comprehensive characteristics of his acting career. Before Christof, the Waltz, who has changed the sixth dozen, came true success, he had already lit up more than half the projects. For the most part, these were episodic roles in TV shows that did not bring the actor widely fame.
We in the Adme.ru looked into the biography of Christof Rolz and figured out what event was the turning point in his career and led the elderly actor to glory and numerous filmmakers.
1979-1981: The first film projects and different roles
It is difficult to imagine that so Christoph Valts looked 40 years ago, because we were already accustomed to his role of evil genius.
After teaching acting in New York, Austrian Christoph Waltz returns to Europe, where he concludes the first filming contracts. He gives the main roles in projects of different genres: comedy series, thriller and even costume melodrama. Christoph Waltz demonstrates a wide acting range, appearing in front of the audience in the comic amplua of the bandita-ladepel, then the tragic young men, lattice of a psychiatric clinic, which is trembling in love with Tristan.
"I saw the moving movies when they came out, the earliest of them are" evil streets "," Taxi driver "," King of Comedy ", and then Robert de Niro has become a role model for me to imitate with his unprecedented ability to create a person and face. He does nothing, but he opens up your understanding, he opens up your mind, and you will fall into these characters. "Cristicle. Rolz
23-year-old Christoph in the comedy TV series "Password" Chicago "" (1979).
1982-1999: Care for television and secondary roles in episodes
For career takeoffs follow the decades of monotonous work in television serials. Mostly, Christoph Waltz starred in the German TV projects, for example, lit up in the role of the dolls in the "Commissioner Rex", and in the detective TV series "Derrick" played in 2 different episodes. In 1991, the actor starred from the Polish director of Kshyshtof Zanussi in the film "Life for Life", but this picture was not destined to launch his career. Ahead of him was waited for another 10 years of episodic roles.
2000: Little role in the film with Hollywood Stars
In 2000, the Irish Criminal Comedy "Ordinary Criminal" comed out on the screens. Christoph Waltz gets a modest role of the buyer of stolen from Amsterdam. Together with him on the screen of the stars - Kevin Spacy and Colin Farrell. However, the role of Peter was so insignificant that Christoph Waltz did not even hit the poster of the film.
2008-2010: Work with Quentin Tarantino and the first Oscar
In 2009, the film Quentin Tarantino "Inglorious bastards" came out. According to the director himself, it is thanks to Christifu Waltsu, who played the role of the German Colonel Hans Landa, this film turned out to be as he imagined him. According to the scenario, Hans Landa was supposed to be a linguistic genius. And during the casting, Tarantino has already begun to doubt whether the villager will be able to find a villager, which would freely spoke in 4 languages and could equally convincingly play comic naivety and cruelty. The only drawback of the 53-year-old roller was what he spoke only in 3 languages: German, English and French. But, having acquainted with the actor, Tarantino understood: shooting will take place.
"He could do everything we wanted. He was just awesome ... We were delighted when he graduated. ". Kventin Tarantino
Christoph Waltz receives Oscar for the role of Hans Landa in 2010. Nomination - "The Best Male role of the second plan."
For the role of Hans Landa, Christoph Waltz was recognized as the best actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, he also received the Oscar award, "Golden Globe" and BAFTA as the best actor of the second plan.
2011-2021: Favorite villain Hollywood
After Quentin Tarantino launched the Christopher Waltz career, the actor began to invite into high-budget Hollywood projects. True, the Mask of the villain is so tight towards it as the roles of the roller were relevant. In the film "Water Elephants!" He plays the cruel and domineering August - a trainer in the circus, in the tape "007: Spectrum" - the head of the criminal organization, in the "big eyes" - the decar steering artist, who assigned to himself in other people's work. Interestingly, after the fame of His glory, Christoph Waltz did not break through with his serial past. When the actor was offered to play in the television project "The Dangerous Game", he agreed.
So the actor looks now - the roller in the image of a cunning businessman Miles Selliers.
With Tarantino, the actor managed to work twice. For the second time, the director suggested Christophe to play the character - the opposite of Gansa Landa. For the role of Dr. King Schulz in the film "Dzhango liberated" (2012) Waltz also received Oscar.
In addition to participating in Hollywood blockbusters and films Tarantino, Waltz worked with many famous directors: Roman Polanski, Terry Gilliam, Tim Berton, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson.
A few more interesting facts about Christope Rolz
- The actor has its own star on the "Alley of Glory".
- In his youth, Christoph began learning the opera vocals, but left this occupation to get acting education.
- According to Christopher Valts, over the past decades of extinguishing work on TV, he has not doubted his own talent.
"This is normal. All to whom you have to treat seriously, all who are really interesting, constantly doubt because it contributes to progress. Insecurity promotes you forward, because you want to develop. "Riser Valts
- The role of Colonel Hans Landa, who brought Christifu Waltsu deafening success, was originally designed by Leonardo di Caprio.
- "Philadelphia Story" is one of the favorite artist films.
- In one of the interviews, Christoph Waltz admitted that in his youth was in love with actresses Liza Minnelli and Lauren Baclal.
- He spoke director of the film "The worst marriage in Georgetown," where he played the main role.
- The actor was chosen to the role of the Freud's Sigmund in the film "Dangerous Method", but from filming the roller had to refuse, because at that time he was already involved in the "Water Elephant!" Project. This fact is doubly curious, since the grandfather of the roller - Rudolph von Urbankich - was fond of psychoanalysis, was a follower of Freud and even released several books.
- Christoph Waltz dreams to play in the musical "Susny Todd".
- At the actor 4 children: 2 daughters and son from the first marriage and 1 daughter - from the second.
And what do you think, Christof, Waltz just fabulously lucky or his success - the result of a long and hard work on himself?