FrameThrower · Actors · Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz
9 films · 661 frames · top-billed in 8 · 2009–2022
Born 4 October 1956 · Vienna, Austria
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian actor who also holds German and an American citizenship. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS Colonel Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009 and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 661 frames · top-billed in 8 · 2009–2022
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2013
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor2010
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2013
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2010
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2013
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2010
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor2009
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award2015
- Romy2010
- Bavarian TV Awards1997
- O.E. Hasse Award1982
How their films are shot
Measured across 661 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Christoph takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Christoph takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Dead for a Dollar
2022 · Max Borlund
Spectre
2015 · Blofeld
Big Eyes
2014 · Walter Keane
The Zero Theorem
2013 · Qohen Leth
Django Unchained
2012 · Dr. King Schultz
Inglourious Basterds
2009 · COL. Hans Landa
Frankenstein
· Harlander
Alita: Battle Angel
· Dr. Dyson Ido
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022 · Count Volpe (voice)
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 661 frames from Christoph Waltz's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.