Biography
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian actor who acquired world famous thanks to cooperation with the cult director of modernity by Quentin Tarantino. The favorite role of the artist is a villain of all stripes that does not prevent him in ordinary life to give preference to solitude and philosophy.Childhood and youth
The birthday of the future star of the screen fell on the sign of the zodiac scales - October 4, 1956. Christoph Waltz appeared in the family, which had a direct attitude towards the world of cinema. Johannes Waltz's father, German by origin, and mother Elizabeth Urbanik, born in Austria, in every way supported the passion for the Son Acting. Parents worked as artists in costumes, and grandfather and grandmother were famous theatrical artists.
After the end of the Vienna Gymnasium, Christoph became a university student who was located in his hometown. As expected, he chose the acting faculty. At that time, the famous director and actor Max Reinhardt conducted their seminars here.
After receiving the diploma, the Valtz decided not to stop and went to New York, where he aimed at the famous acting school Lee Strasberg.
Christoph with Eustice studied and brought to perfection of the knowledge of four languages: German, French, Italian and English.
Personal life
Viennese artist calls himself a citizen of the world. Today he is in Los Angeles, tomorrow in Berlin or Vienna.The personal life of Christopher Valts is two marriages in which four children were born. Three of them gave birth to him the first spouse Jackie, a psychologist by profession. Son Leon graduated in Israel with a lamb and rabbi. Daughters Miriam and Rachel, like Leon, live in Israel.
The second wife of the artist was the artist in the costumes Judit Holste, who gave birth to her husband in 2005.
Christoph Waltz is similar to another popular actor Tim Rota, the artist of the main roles in the films of Tarantino "Criminal Chivo", "Distivative G8". They are similar even to growing: both Christoph, and a timing of exactly 170 cm (with weight 70 kg). The similarity of celebrities periodically generates confusion among fans trying to remember who played in which movie.
A few illustrative artist with its inherent restraint refers to communicating with fans in social networks. On his page in "Instagram", he practically does not post photos and videos related to his private life.
Films
Creative biography of Christopa originates from the end of the 1970s. During these years, the artist worked in Vienna and went to the scene of several theaters. He was accompanied by the success that it becomes clear on the list of theatrical stage, which was invited to the Waltz. The teams of Hamburg, Zurich and Frankfurt am Main were enrolled in their troupes of the young actor. Christifa had to acquire his own agent, which helped him deal with the mass of proposals and a dense work schedule.
Career Rolz in cinema began later, in the early 1980s. First, the actor starred in melodramas. In 1982, he was offered a role in the German-Irish project "Flame and Sword: Legend of Thristan and Isolde." The 26-year-old artist and his agent pinned considerable hopes for this film. The main character whose appearance (blonde, with the heavenly blue eyes of the young man) could certainly be remembered by the women's audience, could not lose. Nevertheless, the project failed at the box office.
And then Christoph, consulting with his agent, decided to bet on the win-win version - detectives. Moreover, agree not only on positive characters, but also on negative. Such a role came to the Waltz in 1991. The famous Kshysistef Zanussi offered a small artist, but Maximilian Kolbe's bright role in his picture "Life for Life".
The actor played perfectly and in the detective tape "Commissioner Rex", giving agreement to the image of Manyak Martin Wolf. A negative character, as assumed the roller agent, attracted increased attention to the artist. Since then, he is regularly removed in the Austrian, German, and with the time of French and British TV shows, where knowledge of languages was greatly useful.
In his youth, the artist did not refuse every opportunity to appear in a large meter and serials. With his participation, the premiere of the historic drama "Catherine Great" took place. Later, television projects "Rose Rot", "Faust", "King of the last days" were shown.
The long-awaited glory came to the roller only in 2009. The work of 42-year-old Christifu suggested Quentin Tarantino. It is noteworthy that the actor almost refused to this role. The fact is that the roller did not like the peculiar interpretation of history. Yes, and the proposed character, Nazi and Villain Hans Landa, did not cause him sympathy. Recharge Christoph managed the agent. He drew attention to the main thing - the genius of the Hollywood director.
Working in "Inchlastic bastards" Tarantino brought the roller a lot of awards. But the main among them was, of course, "Oscar". It is noteworthy that the statuette was presented with the actor for the role of the second plan. And the fact that he left behind such Hollywood stars as Brad Pitt, Elai Mouth and Til Schweiger, was transferred to Christopher to an even greater vertex.
In one interview, Valtz noted that not all films Tarantino understands. His favorite work of the director remains the film "Jackie Brown".
The second "Oscar" Austrian won for the image of the German immigrant Dr. Schulz. And again it was the quest of Quentin Tarantino. Drama "Dzhango liberated" came out in 2012 and turned into another chain. The acting ensemble of the film was decorated with Jamie Fox, Leonardo di Caprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington. In addition to Oscar, Valka received the Golden Globe and BAFTA award.
For the role of the actor I had to let go of the beard. The new image approached Christophe and to participate in other projects: the adventure tape "Musketeers", where he reincarnated in Cardinal Richelieu, and Kinokartina "Roman" Roman Polanski, in which Kate Winslet, Jody Foster and John Si Rieli starred.
Today in the rich filmography of the artist, many bright roles in popular paintings. In the drama "Water Elephants!" Christoph reincarnated again to the villager - the head of the circus, a small dictator of August Rosenblata, whose wife runs up with his new chosen one. According to the story, the Hero Valts throws all the strength and opportunities to find the wrong spouse Marlene (Reese Witherspoon).
In the comedy militant "Green Hornet", the character of the roller, the old mafiosium Benjamin, the wonderful, confronts the young and successful businessman Danny Claire (James Franco). And in the fantastic drama "Theorem Zero", the Hero of Christopa has to corrupt over a complex task.
The famous director of modernity Tim Burton became interested in the work of the roller. In 2013, he invited the actor into his big eyes project. In the new film, the performer once again embodied the image of Tirana on the screen, this time the home-made husband of the artist Margaret Keen Walter. His film publisy played Amy Adams.
The success of the artist is confirmed not only by world recognition and rewards. On December 1, 2014, a 2536 star dedicated to Christof Waltsu was opened at the Hollywood "Alley of Glory".
In 2015, the actor appeared in the spy fighter "007: Spectrum", the 24th film about James Bonde, the famous superspion, Agent 007 of British intelligence and hero of a number of Romanov Jan Fleming.
The new film becomes a link for previous paintings of Bondian. In "007: Spectrum" reveals that the antagonists of the previous tapes consisted in a single organization "Spectrum". This is a global association, which, to all of the time, is engaged in total surveillance, including for MI6 agents.
Christoph filled the role of the main antagonist of the film - the heads of the "spectrum" of Franz Oberhauser. The villain tells Bonda that it was he who stood for the failures of James. The Austrian actor shone on one screen along with Daniel Craig and Lea Seid.
In 2016, Waltz played the main negative role in the adventure film "Tarzan. Legend". He replenished a number of paintings taken based on the novels of Edgar Rice Berrowza about man Tarzan, brought up by the monkeys tribe. At the same time, David Yate's film differs from the pleiades of paintings and cartoons taken before. Previous tapes focused on the life of Tarzan in the jungle and on how the monkey was found researchers and brought to a civilized society.
In the new film, John Clayton III, Lord Grastuk, who was the famous Tarzan, lives with his wife in London. He gets an invitation to visit Congo to prove the fact of enslaving local residents, but does not recognize that this is a trap. Captain Leon Rum (Christopher's Character Kristofa) lures Tarzan in the hands of the leader Monsga, who promised the military huge amount of diamonds. The cunning plan is to hire an army and seize the republic with the help of the leader's leader Congo.
However, Tarzan, again, revealed in the native jungle, is transformed and ceases to be easy prey.
In 2017, the actor fulfilled the role of Cornelis Sandvurt in the British-American Drama "Tulipped Fever". The film tells about the 30s of the XVII century. At this time, a short-term splash of hypertension for tulips occurred. Prices for rare, pepperpole varieties were calculated by thousands of guilders per bulbs and only the narrow circle of aristocracy and connoisseurs were available.
Subsequently, speculators, distant from the flower world, came to the market. Prices began to grow, even simple grades of tulips received transcendental prices. So it lasted only a couple of years until the market collapsed.
In December 2017, Christoph Waltz appeared on the screens in the comedy "shorter." This is Alexander Payne film about the American, who, together with his wife, decided to go through the procedure for reducing the body, considering that the miniature will be easier and cheaper to live. The spouses were recorded by volunteers on the procedure, but at the last moment the wife had changed his mind. The company on the screen of the European colleague was Matt Damon, Hong Chow, Kristen Wig.
Soon the shooting of the roller in the fantastic melodramatic militant "Aelita" director Robert Rodriguez on the motifs of Manga "Martial Angel Aelita" Yukito Kisiro. Christoph performed the role of Dr. Diens Ido, who finds a broken cyborg woman (Rosa Salazar). When the heroine comes into consciousness, it turns out that she does not remember anything, but owns combat techniques.
Following the militant, the artist suggested fans to work in the criminal drama "The worst marriage in Georgetown". He not only performed the main male role in the film, but also spoke by the director.
Christoph Waltz now
Now the creative life of the actor is full of plans and new ideas. Christoph continues to participate in the voicing of cartoons. In 2020, he presented his voice the hero of the Pinocchio animation tape.In the same year, the series "The most dangerous game" was released on the screens, in which the artist again embodied the image of a negative character, the adviser. One of the long-awaited prime minister with Christoph is the film of Wes Anderson "French dispatcher". Fans Actor will delight his appearance in the next picture of Bondian "not time to die."
Filmography
- 1982 - "Flame and Sword: Legend of Tristan and Isolde"
- 1996 - "Commissioner Rex"
- 1997 - "Brother of our God"
- 2000 - "Ordinary Criminal"
- 2001 - "Dorian Gray. Devilian portrait
- 2009 - "Inchlastic bastards"
- 2011 - "Musketeers"
- 2011 - "Massacre"
- 2011 - "Water Elephants"
- 2011 - "Green Hornet"
- 2012 - "Dzhango liberated"
- 2013 - "Theorem Zero"
- 2014 - "Big Eyes"
- 2015 - "007: Spectrum"
- 2016 - "Tarzan. Legend"
- 2017 - "Tulip Fever"
- 2018 - "Alita: Battle Angel"
- 2020 - "The most dangerous mining"
- 2020 - "French Bulletin. Annex to the newspaper "Liberty. Kansas Ivning San »
- 2020 - "Not time to die"