Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken: Summary

Recent Role:: Host on Saturday Night Live

Birthday:: 3-31-1943

Birthplace:: Queens, New York, U.S.A.

Birth Name:: Ronald Walken

"I am the malevolent WASP," he described himself to one journalist. To director Paul Schrader, who was lighting him from below for one shot in 1991's The Comfort of Strangers he said, "I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own". Indeed, many of Walken's most compelling screen turns have been as evil characters, or tragic victims haunted by unnameable terrors. He played one...

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Chris is credited for more than 100 plays. He has also voiced characters in numerous video games.(edit)
Chris is a member of Saturday Night Live's prestigious "Five Timers Club", having hosted the show six times. Along with Alec Baldwin, he has a standing invitation to host the show. He is one of the few hosts of the program who has hosted enough times to have his own recurring skit (The Continental).(edit)
In August 2006, Christopher was the subject of a hoax when a website posted a number of fictitious political quotes from him, claiming he was running for President of the United States.(edit)
Christopher won an MTV Video Music Award for choreographing his own moves in Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice. He also appeared on the cover of the US release of Fatboy Slim's 2006 album, Why Try Harder, The Greatest Hits.(edit)
Chris is portrayed by Malcolm Kennard in The Mystery of Natalie Wood.(edit)

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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
A unique, zany, entertaining and all-around great actor in anything he's in. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
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The Bottom Line: "Above average"
Perhaps one of the best actors to grace any hollywood screen. ...Continue »
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