Christopher Walken Movies and Career Information

Christopher Walken (pronounced /ˈwɔːkən/; born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New York, True Romance, Catch Me If You Can, Pulp Fiction, and Hairspray as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna, Journey and Fatboy Slim. Walken's films grossed more than $1.8 billion in the United States. He has also played the main role in the Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. He is also a popular guest-host of Saturday Night Live, having hosted 7 times as of April 2008. His most notable role on the show was record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch. Walken debuted as a film director and script writer with the short film "Popcorn Shrimp" in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play about Elvis Presley titled Him in 1995. Named after actor Ronald Colman, Walken was born Ronald Walken in Astoria, Queens, New York, into a Methodist family. His mother, Rosalie