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Name: |
Christopher Walken |
| DOB: |
31, March 1943 |
| Birth Place: |
Queens, New York, USA |
| Height: |
6' 0½" |
| Also Credited: |
Ronald Walken (Birth name) |
| Profession: |
Actor |
| Spouse: |
Not Available |
| AT A GLANCE |
Walken began his film career when he was 25 years old, with small roles in the films Me And My Brother, the Sidney Lumet-directed The Anderson Tapes, and his first starring role in The Happiness Cage. Christopher was
shine as Nick in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the New York Film Critic's Circle Award.
Then he appeared in Cimino's critically untidy follow-up picture, Heaven's Gate with Kris Kristofferson.
Walken continued to get roles in some films such as the western with Margot Kidder, Shoot The Sun Down and the last MGM musical movie, Pennies From Heaven with Steve Martin and choreography by Danny Daniels, Walken's former tap teacher. Christopher received rave reviews from critics regarding his dancing scene in Pennies From Heaven- and
good wishes from toe-tapping legends Fred Astaire and Gene Kelley.
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