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Ronald Walken, known professionally as Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943), is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including ''The Deer Hunter'', ''Annie Hall'', ''The Prophecy'' trilogy, ''The Dogs of War'', ''Brainstorm'', ''The Dead Zone'', ''A View to a Kill'', ''True Romance'', ''Pulp Fiction'', ''Catch Me If You Can'', ''Hairspray'' and ''Seven Psychopaths'', as well as music videos by many popular recording artists. Walken has received a number of awards and nominations during his career, including winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1978 for his portrayal of Nikanor "Nick" Chebotarevich in ''The Deer Hunter''. Walken's films have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States. He has also played the lead in the Shakespeare plays ''Hamlet'', ''Macbeth'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', and ''Coriolanus''. He is a popular guest-host of ''Saturday Night Live,'' having hosted seven times . His most notable roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch, as the double-entendre-named disgraced Confederate officer, Colonel Angus, and his multiple appearances as The Continental. Walken debuted as a film director and script writer with the short film ''Popcorn Shrimp'' in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play about his idol Elvis Presley titled ''Him'', in 1995. ==Early life== Named for actor Ronald Colman,〔 Walken was born Ronald Walken in Astoria, Queens. His mother, Rosalie (née Russell; May 16, 1907 – March 26, 2010), was a Scottish emigrant from Glasgow, and his father, Paul Wälken (October 5, 1903 – February 23, 2001), moved from Germany in 1928 with his brothers.〔(Salon.Com ) "Both of his parents were immigrants – his father, Paul, from Germany; his mother, Rosalie, from Glasgow, Scotland."〕〔(The Master Of Menace )〕 His father owned and operated Walken's Bakery in Astoria, Queens.〔(AT LUNCH WITH – Christopher Walken – A New York Actor Takes Stardom With a Grain of Salt – Biography – NYTimes.com )〕 He was raised a Methodist.〔(The religion of Christopher Walken, actor )〕 Influenced by their mother's own dreams of stardom, he and his brothers, Kenneth and Glenn, were child actors on television in the 1950s.〔 As a teenager, he worked as a lion tamer in a circus.〔(Christopher Walken Isn't as Weird as You Think )〕 Walken went to Hofstra University but dropped out after one year, having gotten the role of Clayton Dutch Miller on an Off-Broadway revival of ''Best Foot Forward'', co-starring with Liza Minnelli, who played Ethel Hofflinger.〔Stated on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 1996〕 Walken initially trained as a dancer in music theatre at the Washington Dance Studio, before moving on to dramatic roles in theatre and then film.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Walken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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