Age: 53
Character: Col. Hans Landa - Inglourious Basterds
Film: Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz).
Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.
Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich.
Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Waltz has no previous Golden Globe wins.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: And this is his first Golden Globe nomination.
Award/Nominations for role: For his performance Waltz picked up the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also won Best Supporting Actor at the New York Film Critics Awards, Hollywood Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Critics Association amongst others.
He has also been nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Satellite Awards and the Broadcast Film Critics Association awards.
Critics: “Landa is a man you will love to hate. His performance is a credible candidate for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He is the best thing in this patchy, overlong but ridiculously enjoyable return to form for the bad boy of American cinema.” - Daily Express
“ The cast are also outstanding Christoph Waltz is nothing short of brilliant as German officer Hans Landa aka "The Jew Hunter" who is restrained and raving mad all at the same time that you can't help but like him.” - FemaleFirst
“This exploitation epic is a unique beast that molests history, wrong-foots expectations and royally entertains. The movies’ coolest Basterd is back on his game.” - Total Film.
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