• Name: Christopher Walken
  
• Birth Name: Ronald Walken
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: March 31, 1943
  
• Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Professional Children's School
  
•   : Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York (majored in English; attended for one year)
  
• Husband/Wife: Georgianne Walken (casting agent; met while touring with West Side Story; married in 1969)
  
• Father: Paul Walken (baker)
  
• Mother: Rosalie Walken (baker)
  
• Brother: Glenn (actor; born on November 18, 1945) and Kenneth Walken (older)
  
• Claim to fame: as Nick in The Deer Hunter (1978)
  

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• "I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit of singing, and no guns and no killing, but nobody offers me those kind of parts."
• "I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people, unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look."
• "I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE."
• "I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the couch and suddenly heard my voice. It's thrilling. It's interesting that a lot of guys do me. I have a friend who does me on his answering machine so when I call him I talk to myself. I don't really know what that comes from. It doesn't seem to me that I speak in a strange way. My wife says Kevin's (Spacey) the best."

• BAFTA Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2003)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2003)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2003)
• ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award - Supporting Actor of the Year (2003)
• American Comedy Awards: Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series, Saturday Night Live (2001)
• Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema: Special Mention, THE ADDICTION (1997)
• Gotham Awards: Actor Award (1995)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, THE DEER HUNTER (1979)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

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