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Who is Christopher Walken?

Christopher Walken is an American actor, screenwriter, and director who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including The Deer Hunter, Annie Hall, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Catch Me If You Can, and Seven Psychopaths, as well as music videos by many popular recording artists. Walken has received a number of awards and nominations during his career, including winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1978.

Walken's films have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States. He has also played the lead in the Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. He is a popular guest-host of Saturday Night Live, having hosted seven times as of April 2008. His most notable roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch and his multiple appearances as The Continental.

Walken debuted as a film director and scriptwriter with the short film PopcornShrimp in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play aboutElvisPresleytitled Him, in 1995.

Famous Quotes:

• I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.
• I'll tell you how that happened. When I was a dancer, Monique Van Vooren had a nightclub act and she uses three guys as backup. She'd sing French and we would dance and provide vocals. She would introduce us at the end of the show and one night she said to me, 'You know, I don't really like ‘Ronnie.' I think you are more ‘Christopher.' Do you mind if I call you Christopher?" I said, "Call me anything you like, just don't call me late for lunch.

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Born

Mar 31, 1943
Astoria

Also known as

• Chris Walken
• Christopher Wlaken
• Ronnie
• Chris
• Ronnie Walken
• Ronald Walken
• Ronald "Christopher" Walken

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• Scottish American
• German American

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Education

• Hofstra University
• Professional Children's School

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