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'''Christopher Walken''' (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award winning American actor of stage and screen, in a career spanning more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including ''[[A View to
Walken appeared as the [[Archangel Gabriel]] in the first three ''[[The Prophecy (
His distinctive style of speaking, including random pauses, wild enunciation and a tendency to change voice pitch at random, have made clips from his movies subject to a great deal of [[Memetic Mutation]], and he's probably the third most-imitated actor out there, after [[Sean Connery|Connery]] and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Ahnold]]. ("Diz gai... is un-FUCKING-believable!") He doesn't actually sound much like most of his impersonators. You're still...imagining!...this article...in his illustrious voice! <ref>Good News...Everyone! I just fucked you up!...badly!</ref>
As pointed out by the top quote, [[Christopher Walken]] doesn't cherrypick with the roles he takes. [[Doing It for
A former professional dancer, which he got to show off in the 2007 rendition of ''[[Hairspray]]'', as well as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEyY6LEUWUw the aforementioned Fatboy Slim video], which consists solely of him dancing in an empty hotel.
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* ''[[The Anderson Tapes]]'', his film debut. He gets an "Introducing..." in the credits playing "The Kid"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xuDmxYJ1AM ("America, man! It's so beautiful I want to eat it!")]
* ''[[Annie Hall]]'' - Annie's little brother Duane. In context, a wordless shot of him driving Alvy Singer home is one of the funniest things in the movie.
* ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' when he was still [[Bishonen|young and handsome]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150126053512/http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/young-christopher-walken
* ''[[The Dogs of War]]'' - Cat Shannon
* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' - Captain Koons ("I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years.")
* ''[[Pennies From Heaven]]'' - Tom the pimp (lip-synchs "Let's Misbehave" while tap-dancing a strip-tease)
* ''[[The Dead Zone]]'' - Johnny Smith ("Do you want to kill your own son? THE ICE! IS GONNA BREAK!")
* ''[[Brainstorm]]'' - Michael Brace
* ''[[A View to
* ''[[
* ''[[True Romance]]'' - Vincenzo Coccotti ("I haven't killed anybody...since 1984...")
* ''[[Last Man Standing (
* ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' - Headless Horseman (He doesn't have any lines besides yelling HAAAAAAAAAH! Not a complaint.)
* ''[[Mousehunt (
* ''[[The Rundown]]'' - Hatcher ("Do you understand...the CONCEPT!...of the Tooth Fairy?")
* ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' - Frank William Abagnale Sr.
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* ''[[Joe Dirt]]'' - Clem, the [[Almighty Janitor]] who threatens [[Kid Rock]] with a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|soldering iron]]
* ''Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead'' - "One minute you're huggin' trees. The next, you're chuggin' cock."
* ''[[Scotland, PA]]'' - Lt. McDuff
* ''[[Suicide Kings]]'' - Charlie Barrett
* ''[[King of New York]]'' - Frank White
* ''[[The Prophecy (
* ''America's Sweethearts'' - he played a brilliant yet eccentric director ("He uses the Unabomber's shack as his office!")
* ''[[Balls of Fury]]'' - Feng
* [[Fatboy Slim]]'s "Weapon of Choice" video.
* And being the ''[[One
** As well as his performance as King Louie in the 2016 [[Live Action Adaptation]] of Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]''.
* ''[[Man
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Creepy Monotone]]
* [[Fan Service]]- At least as a young actor. See ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20150126053512/http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/young-christopher-walken
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[One
* [[Rule of Sean Connery]]
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