Christopher Walken
Birth Place: Queens, NY, USA
ROM COM IRL Will Come to Sid Gold's Request Room (May 19, 2026)
2026 Theatre World Award Honorees Revealed - Luke Evans, Ayo Edebiri and More (May 7, 2026)
EVERY BRILLIANT THING Will Come to the New Vic Theatre (May 6, 2026)
BIO
The multi-talented Walken - whose iconoclastic career began on the Broadway stage in musicals - has appeared in more than 100 combined feature films and television shows. He won the Academy Award for his riveting role in the Oscar-winning best picture The Deer Hunter and was Oscar-nominated for Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can.
Some of his other many memorable film performances include Sleepy Hollow, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, Pulp Fiction, Wayne's World, True Romance and Annie Hall Hairspray. Pennies From Heaven, and Jersey Boys.
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STAGE CREDITS
Writing
Awards and Nominations
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Christopher Walken, A Behanding In Spokane
Christopher Walken, James Joyce's The Dead
winner
Christopher WalkenThe Sea Gulf
winner
Christopher Walken, Kid Champion
winner
Christopher Walken, Lemon Sky
winner
Christopher Walken, The Rose Tattoo
Videos
Video: Peter Dinklage Discusses Challenges of Live Shakespeare on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-07-22 10:49:07
VIDEO: Sam Rockwell & Saoirse Ronan Investigate a West End Murder in the SEE HOW THEY RUN Trailer
by Michael Major - 2022-06-29 09:34:24
BWW Exclusive: Creation of the Public Theater Explored in JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS
by Michael Major - 2022-06-01 13:33:10
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for AMERICAN MASTERS: JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS on PBS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2022-05-13 13:36:06
VIDEO: Christopher Walken Shares Thoughts on WILD MOUNTAIN THYME on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
by Sarah Leiber - 2020-12-15 09:56:02
VIDEO: Emily Blunt Talks About WILD MOUNTAIN THYME on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
by Sarah Leiber - 2020-12-11 09:25:44
VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for John Patrick Shanley's WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
by Sarah Leiber - 2020-11-10 12:30:09
PLAY OF THE DAY! Today's Play: THE ROSE TATTOO By Tennessee Williams
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2020-04-02 09:11:30
VIDEO: Sam Rockwell Talks About Winning an Oscar on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
by Sarah Leiber - 2019-12-06 20:20:55
Video: The Cast of 5-Star Theatricals SHREK THE MUSICAL Covers The Monkees, 'I'm A Believer'
by A.A. Cristi - 2018-10-15 22:52:24
New Poster and Trailer Released for NINE LIVES, in Theaters Aug. 5!
by Katricia Lang - 2016-05-20 15:47:01
VIDEO: Scarlett Johansson Performs 'Trust In Me' from Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-04-29 14:24:27
VIDEO: DANCING WITH THE STARS Recreates HAIRSPRAY's 'You Can't Stop the Beat'
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-04-26 08:14:01
News
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2026
The Reckless Romantics will present ROM COM IRL, a musical improv dating show at Sid Gold's Request Room in NYC, where a real-life single contestant meets potential love interests in a fully improvised rom-com shaped by the audience.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 7, 2026
The 2026 Honorees for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production have been revealed. Honorees include Luke Evans, Ayo Edebiri and more.
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2026
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present EVERY BRILLIANT THING, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe and directed by Jenny Sullivan, starring Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper at the New Vic Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 22, 2026
Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen will announce the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations next week. Learn more about the upcoming event and the awards ceremony here!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 7, 2026
The 80th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2026 beginning at 2:00PM. Learn more about the upcoming awards ceremony here!
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2026
PRIDEARTS will present A.R. Gurney’s LOVE LETTERS with same-sex couples on April 11-12 and 18-19 at the Center on Halsted. The production will feature four couples, two male and two female.
by Jeffrey Kare - Mar 6, 2026
On March 13th & 14th, the North Carolina Symphony will be presenting HOLLYWOOD HITS. Two guest vocalists are coming down to the Triangle area to perform iconic songs from memorable movies and binge-worthy TV such as A STAR IS BORN, TOMMY, ROCKETMAN, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, ROCK OF AGES, LOVE ACTUALLY, TOP GUN, ELVIS, and more.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2026
The date has been set for the 70th Drama Desk Awards! The 2026 Drama Desk Awards will be held at The Town Hall on May 17, 2026. Learn more about the event here!
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 7, 2026
Ariana Grande, Jessie Buckley, Ethan Hawke, and more have received nominations for their performances in Wicked: For Good, Hamnet, and Blue Moon at SAG-AFTRA's 32nd Annual Actor Awards.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2025
After a year-long process of ensemble exploration and rehearsals, Adult Film, in association with BKE Productions, will present a radically reimagined production of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Learn more!
by Stephi Wild - Aug 20, 2025
Area Stage will hold a heartfelt life celebration honoring the late Broadway Producer Arthur Whitelaw who was also an esteemed Area Stage's Board of Advisors member.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 22, 2025
Amid rehearsals for Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park, Peter Dinklage visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss the new production, along with his role in the new series Dexter: Resurrection. Watch the interview!
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 2, 2025
Stage shows Oh, Mary! and Cabaret, the acclaimed Wicked movie, and Hulu's Mid-Century Modern are among the nominees at the 2025 Pride Awards. The ceremony will take place on June 29 at Lincoln Center, in commemoration of Pride Month.
by Josh Sharpe - May 21, 2025
A retrospective of the short but extraordinary movie career of actor John Cazale, whose five films–THE GODFATHER, THE GODFATHER PART II, THE CONVERSATION, THE DEER HUNTER, DOG DAY AFTERNOON–were all Oscar Best Picture winners or nominees, will run at Film Forum from Friday, June 13 to Thursday, June 19.
by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2025
In 2007, Brittany Snow starred as Amber Von Tussle in the hit film adaptation of Hairspray. However, on a recent episode of Owen Thiele's In Your Dreams, the Pitch Perfect star recalled that the initial audition was far from perfect.
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - May 20, 2025
The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.
by Nicole Rosky - May 5, 2025
Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has just announced the Honorees for Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. We have the full list of honorees!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 15, 2025
Broadway star Kay Cole, who portrayed Maggie in the original production of A Chorus Line, has joined the cast of The Wedding Singer at The Colony Theatre.
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 21, 2025
On the heels of the second season of Severance breaking records as the most-watched series on Apple TV+, the global phenomenon and hit thriller has been renewed for a third season.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2025
Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced complete casting for the Olivier and Tony Award-winning memory play Dancing at Lughnasa, which begins previews on March 19, 2025.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Christopher Walken has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.
Christopher Walken has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Behanding in Spokane, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Behanding in Spokane, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for A Behanding In Spokane, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for James Joyce's The Dead, Performance (Obie Awards) for The Sea Gulf, Performance (Obie Awards) for Kid Champion, Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Lemon Sky and Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Rose Tattoo.
Christopher Walken has won several awards, including: - Performance (Obie Awards) for The Sea Gulf - Performance (Obie Awards) for Kid Champion - Outstanding Performance (Drama Desk Awards) for Lemon Sky - Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Rose Tattoo.
Christopher Walken has written 1 shows including Him (Playwright).
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