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CHRISTOPH WALTZ received Academy®, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, Golden Globe® and Cannes Film Festival awards for his portrayal of Nazi Colonel ‘Hans Landa' in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

This fall, Waltz will begin production on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained opposite Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is scheduled to be released in December 2012.

Waltz will next be seen in The Three Musketeers for director Paul W.S. Anderson and Summit Entertainment. Waltz plays ‘Cardinal Richelieu' alongside an international cast that includes Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Matthew Macfadyen, Mads Mikkelsen and Juno Temple. The film will be released in October 2011.

In April 2011, Waltz played the animal trainer in Water For Elephants opposite Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Francis Lawrence directed the Richard LaGravanese-scripted adaptation of the novel by Sara Gruen. Additionally, Waltz starred opposite Seth Rogan and Cameron Diaz in Michel Gondry's The Green Hornet. This film was released in January 2011.

Waltz's work in European television, film and theatrical productions spans three decades. His motion picture credits include Gun-shy; the Berlin Film Festival entry Lapislazuli; Dorian; She; Falling Rocks; Ordinary Decent Criminal; Our God's Brother; The Beast; Berlin Blues; and Angst. On television, he appeared in the Adolf Grimme Award-winning films "Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker” and "Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht Dienstreise.” For his work in "Du Bist Nicht Allein” – "Die Roy Black Story,” Waltz garnered Bavarian and German TV awards and the RTL Golden Lion.

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