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Ronald Walken |
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6' 0" |
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US - United States of America |
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March 31, 1943 |
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Queens, New York, USA |
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c/o ICM |
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8942 Wilshire Boulevard |
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Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934 |
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USA |
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See also:
Romance & Cigarettes
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Biography |
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Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), known professionally as Christopher Walken, is an American film, television, and theatre actor best known for playing menacing or psychologically damaged characters. He was born in Queens, New York and has been married to casting director Georgianne Walken since 1969. Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to more serious roles in theatre and then film. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Deer Hunter (1978). He was nominated again in 2002 for Catch Me if You Can. He won the Clarence Derwent award for his performance in The Lion in Winter in 1966 and an Obie for his 1975 perfomance in Kid Champion.
He has perfomed the main role in a number of Shakespeare plays, notably Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Coriolanus. He tried his hand at writing and directing with the short five minute film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001. He is also a frequent guest on Saturday Night Live. Another skit for which Walken has become famous was a spoof recording session for Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper." He has also starred in two music videos. His first video role was as Madonna's guardian angel in her 1993 "Bad Girl" video, and the second appearance was in Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice video in 2001.
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