Christopher Walken Highlights

  • 2007: Cast in the remake of John Water's "Hairspray" as Edna Turnblad’s (John Travolta) husband, Wilbur
  • 2006: Cast opposite Robin Williams in Barry Levinson's political comedy "Man of the Year"
  • 2006: Cast opposite Adam Sandler in the comedy "Click" directed by Frank Coraci
  • 2005: Portrayed a reality TV producer in "Domino" starring Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey, a model turned bounty hunter
  • 2005: Cast opposite James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet in "Romance & Cigarettes"; helmed by John Turturro (released theatrically in 2007)
  • 2005: Appeared in the romantic comedy "The Wedding Crashers" starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn
  • 2004: Starred opposite Jack Black and Ben Stiller in the comedy "Envy"; directed by Barry Levinson
  • 2004: Cast in the remake of ''The Stepford Wives,'' Bryan Forbes' 1975 cult classic about upper-crust women being replaced by robots with sunny dispositions
  • 2002: Portrayed Marcus Porcius Cato in the TNT miniseries "Julius Caesar"
  • 2002: Played the father of the youngest man to make the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in "Catch Me If You Can"; received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role
  • 2001: Returned to the stage in the Mike Nichols-directed "The Seagull"; presented by the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park
  • 2001: Danced in the popular music video "Weapon of Choice"; performed by Fatboy Slim
  • 2001: Appeared as a mesmerist in the period drama "Affair of the Necklace"
  • 2000: Played an ex-con who gets embroiled in a robbery scheme in "The Opportunists"
  • 1999: Made third telefilm with Glenn Close, "Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End" (CBS)
  • 1999: Returned to the NYC stage for the musical "James Joyce's The Dead"; received Tony nomination as Actor in a Musical
  • 1998: Voiced the character of Cutter in the animated "Antz"
  • 1998: Offered an over-the-top comedic performance as an effete turn-of-the-century drama critic in John Turturro's "Illuminata"
  • 1997: Offered a wildly over-the-top cameo as an exterminator in the comedy "Mouse Hunt"
  • 1997: Reprised role of Gabriel in the sequel "Prophecy II: Ashtown"
  • 1996: Starred as the eldest of three brothers in a crime family in Ferrara's "The Funeral"
  • 1995: Cast as Gabriel, the evil leader of renegade angels, in "The Prophecy"
  • 1995: Debut as playwright (also starred) with the one-man, Off-Broadway production "Him"
  • 1994: Co-starred in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"; delivering a memorable monologue about a gold watch
  • 1993: Had a small role pposite Dennis Hopper in "True Romance"; scripted by Quentin Tarantino; his so-called "Sicilian scene" has been hailed by critics as the best scene in the film
  • 1992: Appeared as the department store owner Max Schreck in "Batman Returns"
  • 1990: First of (to date) four films with director Abel Ferrara, "The King of New York"
  • 1989: Portrayed real-life author Whitley Streiber who claimed to have had encounters with aliens in "Communion"
  • 1988: Played the nemesis sergeant to a wisecracking new recruit in the film adaptation of Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues"
  • 1988: Had title role in NYSF's production of "Coriolanus"
  • 1986: Played Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
  • 1986: Cast as the father with a criminal past in the downbeat but well-acted "At Close Range"; co-starring Sean Penn and Chris Penn
  • 1985: Portrayed the villain out to destroy Sillicon Valley in the James Bond adventure "A View to a Kill"
  • 1984: Co-starred in David Rabe's play about Hollywood "Hurlyburly"
  • 1981: Displayed his dancing abilities to great effect as the oily villain in "Pennies From Heaven"
  • 1980: Reteamed with Cimino for the controversial "Heaven's Gate"
  • 1978: Won an Oscar for his memorable turn as a soldier serving in Vietnam in Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter"
  • 1977: Offered memorable cameo as Diane Keaton's brother in "Annie Hall"
  • 1977: Danced for the first time in a feature in James Ivory's "Roseland"
  • 1975: Starred in the stage play "Kid Champion"
  • 1975: Portrayed Chance Wayne to Irene Worth's Alexandra del Largo in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth"
  • 1974: Played "Macbeth" at the NYSF's Public Theatre
  • 1972: First film in a lead role, "The Happiness Cage"
  • 1971: Had first significant feature role in "The Anderson Tapes"
  • 1968: Film debut in a bit part in "Me and My Brother"
  • 1966: Made first appearance with the New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) in "Measure for Measure" in Central Park
  • 1965: Cast in the chorus of "Baker Street"; first role billed as 'Christopher' Walken
  • 1960: Worked for the summer as an assistant lion tamer with the Tarryl Jacobs Circus
  • 1959: Broadway debut in "J.B." (billed as Ronnie Walken)
  • Began career as a catalog model with his brothers
  • Occasionally replaced brother Glenn as Mike Bauer on the CBS daytime drama "The Guiding Light" (a role Glenn played from 1954-56)
  • Trained as a dancer
  • Born and raised in the Astoria section of Queens, NY
  • Appeared on live television in the 1950s

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