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Christopher Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Nick Chevotarevich in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978). He played a Pennsylvania steelworker emotionally destroyed by the Vietnam War. He was later nominated for the same award for portraying Frank Abagnale's father in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002).
Christopher Walken was born Ronald Walken on the 31st of March 1943, in Astoria, Queens, New York City. He changed his first name to Christopher in 1964 at the suggestion of Monique van Vooren, a performer in whose nightclub act he danced. He prefers to be called Chris.
Christopher Walken has hosted Saturday Night Live seven times. His most famous appearances include the "More Cowbell" sketch, the recurring "Continental" sketch, and a 2023 cameo as the Spirit of Halloween.
The "Weapon of Choice" music video, directed by Spike Jonze, features Christopher Walken dancing and flying around the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles. Released in 2001, it won six MTV awards and was voted Best Video of All Time in April 2002 by a VH1 survey of musicians, directors, and music industry figures. Walken also helped choreograph the dance.
Christopher Walken was considered by George Lucas for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, alongside Nick Nolte and Burt Reynolds. The part ultimately went to Harrison Ford.
Yes. Walken wrote and starred in the 1995 play Him, which premiered at the New York Shakespeare Festival. The play imagines his idol Elvis Presley in the afterlife, including a conceit in which Presley fakes his death and flees to Morocco.