Ronald Walken

Christopher Walken is an American film and theater actor. This actor can be seen in over a hundred films. The amount from their rental reached $ 1.8 billion. At the same time, the Hollywood star most often embodied negative, even sinister characters, often with mental disabilities.

Christopher Walken (real name given at birth - Ronald) was born in the spring of 1943 in Queens - the second largest borough of New York. The boy showed artistry already in early childhood. He loved theater and was fond of dancing.

His favorite entertainment was going to the cinema. Ronald often represented himself on the screen. To feel involved in the alluring world of acting, little Walken even got a job in a circus, participating in some numbers for free. These were Christopher Walken's first acting lessons.

At the age of 10, Walken was lucky enough to meet the famous TV presenter Jerry Lewis and even get on the popular show "The Colgate Comedy Hour". It seems that it was then that the boy made the final decision to become an artist.

A year later, Christopher Walken's cinematic biography began. He made his debut in the legendary soap opera, which for its duration was entered in the Guinness Book of Records. The series "Guiding Light" was released in 1952 and aired until 2009. 11-year-old Walken was invited to star in the role of Mike Bauer in 1954. The teenager played for 2 years in a row.

After a successful debut on the screen, the 15-year-old boy continued his career on the stage of the Broadway theater. Walken played Shakespeare's Hamlet and Romeo and appeared in the plays Coriolanus and Macbeth. During this period, he changed his name from Ronald to Christopher.

At 18, Walken decided to get a theater education and entered Hofstra University, where his fellow student was Liza Minnelli. During this time, Christopher continued to improve his dance skills. At 20, the actor was still dancing professionally; Walken even went on a tour with his choreographic numbers.

In 1993, the actor appeared in Madonna's video for the song "Bad Girl".

After graduation, Christopher Walken continued to appear on the stage and act in films. Perhaps his most striking screen work was his roles in the series Halmark Hall of Fame, Division 5-O and Guiding Light.

But film critics start counting the cinematic biography of the Hollywood star in 1969, when Walken appeared in the film "Me and My Brother." It was after her that eminent directors noticed the young actor and began to offer him responsible roles. So, after the above picture, Sidney Lumet invited Walken to star in his film "Anderson's Tapes", where Sean Connery played a key role.

Film critics and directors woke up real interest in the artist after his appearance in an episode of the acclaimed film "Annie Hall", released in 1977. This small role was followed by a stellar one, after which the artist woke up truly famous. The image of the Russian American Nikanor Chebotarevich in the drama "The Deer Hunter" brought Christopher Walken an Oscar.

The 1980-90s were the prime of Christopher Walken's career. During this period, he is at the zenith of popularity and rightfully occupies his niche in Hollywood. The hits "Songs of Heaven", "Brainstorm", "Dead Zone - Dark Zone", "James Bond: A View of a Murder" and "Contact" bring Walken worldwide fame.

The actor starred in films that almost immediately receive cult status. Christopher Walken appeared in the famous film Pulp Fiction. Quentin Tarantino's film won an Oscar and four dozen other prestigious film awards, and Pulp Fiction is annually ranked in the top ten best films in the lists published on the IMDb website.

In this film, Christopher Walken only appears in a supporting role. But the monologue of his character - Captain Koons - opens the story "The Golden Watch". This monologue about the war and the Vietnamese captivity, which smacks of madness and absurdity, became one of the most vivid and cited scenes of the film.

But most often the heroes of the actor are negative characters, sinister and half-crazy types. In this role, Christopher really looks the most organic. Despite the fact that the main roles go to other actors, Walken becomes a cult artist.

It is not surprising that an actor with such a role began to appear in the films of the famous lover of mystical and dark scenes, Tim Burton. Walken first appeared in the action comic book Batman Returns as the corrupt businessman Max Shrek. And in 1999, Christopher Walken starred in the gothic horror film Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation of Washington Irving's famous The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Christopher Walken got the role of the main mysterious villain - the Headless Horseman.

The actor strengthened the mystical and eerie role even more by playing the role of the Archangel Gabriel in the series of mystical thrillers "The Prophecy". Here the actor got the main role.

These are three films, united by a plot with biblical references. The main characters of the paintings are angels, and in the center of the plot lies the war in Paradise, caused by the dissatisfaction of some of the angels with the fact that souls were given to people. The hero of Christopher Walken, in order to win the confrontation, is looking for the darkest human soul on Earth. At the same time, although the character is an angel, the films repeatedly emphasize the sinister essence of the hero.

In the 2000s, Christopher Walken is still popular. Fans of the actor get a surprise: their favorite artist appears in comedic images. This can be seen in the films "Four funerals and one wedding" and "Country of bears". A secondary, but bright role went to the actor in Steven Spielberg's film masterpiece "Catch Me If You Can". Walken is nominated for an Oscar for this work. It is noteworthy that he was in no way inferior in popularity to the famous colleagues in the project Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

Over time, due to age, the role of the actor has shifted towards former crime bosses, retired villains and other creepy old people. In such roles, Christopher Walken appears mainly in comedy films. A striking example of this image was the role in the crime comedy "Real Boys", in which Walken's partner on the set was Al Pacino. Together, the actors played longtime accomplices who dream of returning to their former criminal glory.

For paparazzi and yellow tabloid journalists, Christopher Walken's personal life is a boring topic. There is nothing to "profit from" here: the actor has been married to casting agent Georgiana for 35 years. The couple met on the set of the artist's early films, when the actor was not yet so popular. Since then, this couple has always been together. There is no place for betrayal or scandals in this marriage.

The only thing that could darken the life of the spouses is the absence of children. But here, too, everything is simple: Walken does not like children and never dreamed of them.

However, there are dark pages in Walken's biography. In 2011, the investigation was resumed in the high-profile case of the death of Natalie Wood, who disappeared during a sea trip. At that time, the actress's husband Robert Wagner and family friend Christopher Walken were on the yacht. The men gave conflicting testimony, but the case was declared an accident and closed. During a new investigation, the status of the incident changed to drowning.

Today the actor continues to act, but more and more in family and comedy films. In 2016, Christopher Walken voiced King Louis in the animated family film The Jungle Book based on Kipling's novel of the same name, and also played supporting roles in the sports comedy Eddie The Eagle about the first British ski jumper at the Olympic Games and in the comedy Nine lives ”about a man who wakes up in the body of a cat. In 2017, the actor also appeared in a minor role in the comedy Who's Our Daddy, Dude?

1969 - Me and My Brother 1971 - Anderson Tapes 1977 - Annie Hall 1978 - Deer Hunter 1983 - Brainstorm 1983 - Dead Zone - Dark Zone 1985 - James Bond: View to Murder "1994 -" Pulp Fiction "1995 -" Prophecy "1999 -" Sleepy Hollow "2002 -" Catch Me If You Can "

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