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Christopher Walken

Born Ronald Walken on 31 March 1943, in Queens, New York.

Christopher Walken is usually cast in roles which make use of his inimitable oddness. For that reason he often plays villains or outsiders.

He rose to international prominence with his Oscar win for the role of Nick in the 1978 American film "The Deer Hunter".

Although never rising to the same heights as some of his peers, Walken has amassed an impressive body of work, including some great performances such as the Character of Frank White in "King Of New York". He is a much loved actor and in rare interviews appears to be a man who loves to work and has a real drive and enthusiasm for acting.

Wise words: "Bear costumes are funny... Bears as well."


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Christopher Walken - news / articles


  • Walken set to play ping-pong villain - 28 March 2006
    Not many actors immediately spring to mind to play the role of a menacing crime boss with a penchant for ping-pong. - -Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter, Sleepy Hollow, King Of New York), however, has an impeccable pedigree for playing characters with sanity issues. - -N

Christopher Walken - what members say


  • Batman Returns
  • Batman Returns review by Matt Pollard from London, England
    Rated - 3 stars Batman Returns 9 February 2004
    ... sewer with the help of corrupt city official and corporate villain Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) and tries to take over Gotham by running for Mayor and using his gang to bring...  
  • View To A Kill
  • View To A Kill review by Peter from London
    Rated - 4 stars A view of 80's nostalgia 21 May 2004
    ... to - this just seems a bit surreal. That said any film with Patrick Macnee, Christopher Walken and Grace Jones is always good and the psychotic Jeckyll and Hyde character of ...  
  • Mousehunt
  • Mousehunt review by A customer from EDINBURGH
    Rated - 3 stars 12 October 2004
    ...funny and cute in equal measures. was worried about prospect of Christopher Walken making a fool of himself in a kids movie but thankfully he plays a demented pest controller wit...  

Christopher Walken - filmography


  • Hairspray - BLU-RAY Version
  • Hairspray - BLU-RAY Version (2 discs) (2007)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Queen Latifah,  Amanda Bynes
    Director: Adam Shankman
    Certificate: PG
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. After finding success on Broadway, the hilarious John Waters 1988 classic comes to the big screen once again with this Adam Shankman remake featuring an star-...
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  • Balls Of Fury
  • Balls Of Fury on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Georges Lopez,  Maggie Q
    Director: Robert Ben Garant
    Certificate: 12
    Dan Fogler stars as table tennis child prodigy and Def Leppard-devotee Randy Daytona, whose defeat at the hands of an East German (Thomas Lennon) during the 1988 Olympics forced him leave the world of table tennis competition in disgrace. Randy's life is a shambles until he gets recruited by a CIA ...
    Rate this: 2.5 (54%)
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  • Click
  • Click on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Adam Sandler,  Kate Beckinsale,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Frank Coraci
    Certificate: 12
    Directed by Frank Coraci (THE WEDDING SINGER, THE WATERBOY), CLICK is about more than how much fun it would be to fast-forward through all of the boring and unpleasant parts of life. Instead, it reinforces the importance of making time for the most important things in life, with family at the top ...
    Rate this: 3.0 (63%)
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  • Domino
  • Domino on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Mickey Rourke,  Edgar Ramirez
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: 15
    The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced action thriller. Unfolding in a non-linear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-...
    Rate this: 2.5 (52%)
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  • Wedding Crashers
  • Wedding Crashers on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Owen Wilson,  Vince Vaughn,  Rachel McAdams
    Director: David Dobkin
    Certificate: 15
    John Beckwith and Jeremy Klein, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Clearly.
    Rate this: 3.0 (66%)
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  • The Stepford Wives
  • The Stepford Wives on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Matthew Broderick,  Bette Midler
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: 15
    Your husband deserves the best. But being the perfect wife is hard work. You've tried yoga, pilates and Atkins, but still can't get rid of the cellulite on your thighs. You've memorized the Kama Sutra, but can't quite get the hang of number 73. Your laundry has yet to achieve whiter-than-white ...
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  • Around the Bend
  • Around the Bend on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Christopher Walken,  Glenne Headly
    Director: Jordan Roberts
    Certificate: TBC
    Four generations of men who haven't seen each other in years are suddenly brought together by the chance to uncover the truth about their family's past. It's a journey that takes them out on the road to a world full of surprises - some comic, some dramatic, and all of them personal.
    Rate this: 2.5 (58%)
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  • Envy
  • Envy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ben Stiller,  Jack Black,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: 12
    Sensible, hardworking Tim is climbing the managerial ladder, while daydreamer Nick can't seem to stay focused on the tasks at hand. But all of that changes when one of Nick's seemingly hairbrained ideas--a spray that makes dog poop disappear--takes off, making him filthy rich. Rather than leaving ...
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  • Man On Fire
  • Man On Fire on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dakota Fanning,  Marc Anthony
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: 18
    Remorseful former mercenary-turned-bodyguard Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired by a wealthy family to protect their 10-year-old daughter, Pita (Dakota Fanning), from a rash of Mexico City kidnappings. But when the child he befriends is kidnapped while under his watch, Creasy – aided by his only ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (74%)
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  • Gigli
  • Gigli on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez,  Ben Affleck,  Al Pacino
    Director: Martin Brest
    Certificate: 15
    Real-life couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez star in this quirky romantic comedy with a twist. Small-time gangster Larry Gigli (Affleck) is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor, as a favour to his mob boss Louis (Lenny Venito)....
    Rate this: 2.0 (37%)
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  • Poolhall Junkies
  • Poolhall Junkies on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Mars Callahan,  Chazz Palminteri,  Rod Steiger
    Director: Mars Callahan
    Certificate: 18
    Quoting from a score of tough-guy classics like THE HUSTLER, MEAN STREETS, and ON THE WATERFRONT, Mars Callahan writes, directs, and stars in this saga of pool and redemption. Johnny (Callahan) is a natural ace player held back from the pro circuit by his greedy mentor Joe (Chazz Palminteri), who ...
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  • Julius Caesar
  • Julius Caesar on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Richard Harris,  Jeremy Sisto
    Director: Uli Edel
    Certificate: 12
    Julius Caesar is the epic story of the legendary leader who single handedly changed the course of Greco-Roman history and earned his place in history as one of the greatest politicians, generals and orators to have ever lived. From his early years in Rome, through his assent to power and ...
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  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Catch Me If You Can (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Leonardo DiCaprio,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: 12
    Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Frank W. Abagnale's autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN follows the cat-and-mouse chase of Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) as Abagnale travels the world passing forged checks and assuming false identities. Covering the time period ...
    Rate this: 3.5 (72%)
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  • Joe Dirt
  • Joe Dirt on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Spade,  Dennis Miller,  Brittany Daniel
    Director: Dennie Gordon
    Certificate: 12
    Full of raunchy, tasteless, hilarious gags, JOE DIRT follows its eponymous protagonist (David Spade) on the search for his long-lost parents. Working as the janitor at a radio station, he enlists the help of one of the deejays (Dennis Miller) to tell his story on the air: When he was eight years ...
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  • America's Sweethearts
  • America's Sweethearts on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Catherine Zeta Jones,  Billy Crystal
    Director: Joe Roth
    Certificate: 12
    Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current ...
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  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Sleepy Hollow on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christina Ricci,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: 15
    In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always ...
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  • Wild Side
  • Wild Side on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Joan Chen,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Donald Cammell
    Certificate: 18
    Anne Heche stars as Alex Lee, a loan officer who works as a high-class call girl by night, in this erotic thriller. When Alex is unwittingly caught up in a sting operation by the police, she is forced to agree to help catch a notorious underworld boss named Bruno (Walken) who had hired her one ...
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  • Illuminata
  • Illuminata on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Beverly D'Angelo,  Susan Sarandon,  John Turturro
    Director: John Turturro
    Certificate: 15
    Fans of John Tuturro and those with an unhealthy interest in backstage glimpses will enjoy this farce about a would-be theatrical production in turn-of-the-century New York. Tuturro is the struggling playwright, Christopher Walken is the gay theater critic, and Susan Sarandon is the desperate ...
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  • New Rose Hotel
  • New Rose Hotel (1998)
    Starring: Christopher Walken,  Willem Dafoe,  Asia Argento
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: TBC
    Based on a short story by cyberpunk writer William Gibson (NEUROMANCER), this sleek film stars Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken as freelance espionage agents looking for a way to make some money in a future ruled by warring corporations. They hit on a scheme to hire gorgeous Italian prostitute ...
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  • The Eternal
  • The Eternal on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Alison Elliott,  Jared Harris,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: 15
    Nora, a beautiful young socialite, returns to her family home to discover the cause of her migraines and blackouts. Through a frightening chain of events, she realizes that she will never be free from her families dark past. Finally, she is drawn into a potentially fatal battle with an ancient ...
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