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| 7 | ->''"You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?"'' |
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| 9 | Christoph Waltz (born 4 October 1956 in UsefulNotes/{{Vienna}}) is a German-Austrian actor. |
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| 11 | His career revolved mainly around theatre and television in German-speaking European countries... until Creator/QuentinTarantino got the idea of casting him as [[ThoseWackyNazis SS Standartenführer]] [[ManipulativeBastard Hans]] [[WickedCultured Landa]] (a.k.a. "The Jew Hunter") in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', a [[StarMakingRole groundbreaking role]] that brought him international fame and acclaim. He has been [[TypeCasting regularly cast]] either as a villain or as a mentor figure ever since. He is [[{{Omniglot}} fluent in German, French, and English]] and [[TheCastShowoff speaks all three of the languages]] by himself in both Tarantino movies he appeared in.[[note]]he also spoke some Italian in ''Inglorious Basterds'', but he's not fluent in real life[[/note]] |
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| 13 | Waltz has also won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor twice so far, for his roles in Tarantino's movies (the aforementioned ''Inglourious Basterds'' and ''Film/DjangoUnchained''). |
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| 15 | [[folder:His roles include:]] |
| 16 | * Alf in ''Series/ACaseForTwo'' (1985) |
| 17 | * Creator/FriedrichNietzsche in ''Wahnfried'' (1986) |
| 18 | * A German spy in ''Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Creator/IanFleming'' (1989) |
| 19 | * Dr. Hans Joachim Dorfmann in ''Series/TheGravyTrain'' (1990) |
| 20 | * Martin Wolf in ''Series/InspectorRex'' (1994) |
| 21 | * Peter in ''Film/OrdinaryDecentCriminal'' (2000) |
| 22 | * SS Standartenführer Hans Landa in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (2009) |
| 23 | * Benjamin Chudnofsky in ''Film/TheGreenHornet'' (2011) |
| 24 | * August Rosenbluth in ''Literature/WaterForElephants'' (2011) |
| 25 | * UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu in ''[[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011 The Three Musketeers]]'' (2011) |
| 26 | * Alan Cowan in ''Film/{{Carnage|2011}}'' (2011) |
| 27 | * Dr. King Schultz in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' (2012) |
| 28 | * Mandrake in ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic|2013}}'' (2013) |
| 29 | * Qohen Leth in ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' (2013) |
| 30 | * Walter Keane in ''Film/BigEyes'' (2014) |
| 31 | * Franz Oberhauser/Ernst Stavro Blofeld in two ''Film/JamesBond'' films |
| 32 | ** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' (2015) |
| 33 | ** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (2021) |
| 34 | * Léon Rom in ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' (2016) |
| 35 | * Dusan Mirkovic in ''Film/{{Downsizing}}'' (2017) |
| 36 | * Cornelius in ''Film/TulipFever'' (2017) |
| 37 | * Dr. Dyson Ido in ''Film/AlitaBattleAngel'' (2019) |
| 38 | * Ulrich Mott in ''Film/{{Georgetown}}'' (2019) |
| 39 | * [[TheGrimReaper Death]] in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Rifkin's Festival'' (2020) |
| 40 | * Boris Schommers in ''Film/TheFrenchDispatch'' (2021) |
| 41 | * Count Volpe in ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio'' (2021) |
| 42 | * Max Borlund in ''Film/DeadForADollar'' (2022) |
| 43 | * Regus Patoff in ''Series/TheConsultant2023'' |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
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| 46 | !!'''Tropes associated with him:''' |
| 47 | |
| 48 | * AsHimself: In ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', playing the special guest in the Muppets' Berlin show. |
| 49 | * ChronicallyKilledActor: Well, not ''every'' time, but it sure adds up. [[Film/DjangoUnchained Even his more heroic roles aren't safe.]] At least [[Film/AlitaBattleAngel one of his roles]] [[spoiler:allows him to play not only a [[NinetiesAntiHero bona-fide (anti)hero]], but keeps him alive in the end]]. |
| 50 | * [[invoked]]MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: He frequently dubs his English-speaking roles in other languages, most notably in German (obviously) and in French. |
| 51 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Extremely skilled at playing murderous, monstrous villains who are capable of politeness when needed. |
| 52 | * SmugSmiler: One of his characteristic traits are his slightly tilted lips, giving this impression. It's ''very'' effective when he's playing villains. |
| 53 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Hero or villain, his characters rarely raise their voices or sound rude. Doesn't makes them any less capable... or deadly. |
| 54 | * WickedCultured: When he plays villains, they tend to be cultured and versed in several languages. |
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