Christopher Walken

Cast in the remake of John Water's "Hairspray" as Edna Turnblad’s (John Travolta) husband, Wilbur

Cast opposite Adam Sandler in the comedy "Click" directed by Frank Coraci

Cast opposite Robin Williams in Barry Levinson's political comedy "Man of the Year"

Appeared in the romantic comedy "The Wedding Crashers" starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn

Cast opposite James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet in "Romance & Cigarettes"; helmed by John Turturro (released theatrically in 2007)

Portrayed a reality TV producer in "Domino" starring Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey, a model turned bounty hunter

Cast in the remake of ''The Stepford Wives,'' Bryan Forbes' 1975 cult classic about upper-crust women being replaced by robots with sunny dispositions

Starred opposite Jack Black and Ben Stiller in the comedy "Envy"; directed by Barry Levinson

Played the father of the youngest man to make the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in "Catch Me If You Can"; received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role

Portrayed Marcus Porcius Cato in the TNT miniseries "Julius Caesar"

Appeared as a mesmerist in the period drama "Affair of the Necklace"

Danced in the popular music video "Weapon of Choice"; performed by Fatboy Slim

Returned to the stage in the Mike Nichols-directed "The Seagull"; presented by the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park

Played an ex-con who gets embroiled in a robbery scheme in "The Opportunists"

Made third telefilm with Glenn Close, "Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End" (CBS)

Returned to the NYC stage for the musical "James Joyce's The Dead"; received Tony nomination as Actor in a Musical

Offered an over-the-top comedic performance as an effete turn-of-the-century drama critic in John Turturro's "Illuminata"

Voiced the character of Cutter in the animated "Antz"

Offered a wildly over-the-top cameo as an exterminator in the comedy "Mouse Hunt"

Reprised role of Gabriel in the sequel "Prophecy II: Ashtown"

Starred as the eldest of three brothers in a crime family in Ferrara's "The Funeral"

Cast as Gabriel, the evil leader of renegade angels, in "The Prophecy"

Debut as playwright (also starred) with the one-man, Off-Broadway production "Him"

Co-starred in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"; delivering a memorable monologue about a gold watch

Had a small role pposite Dennis Hopper in "True Romance"; scripted by Quentin Tarantino; his so-called "Sicilian scene" has been hailed by critics as the best scene in the film

Appeared as the department store owner Max Schreck in "Batman Returns"

First of (to date) four films with director Abel Ferrara, "The King of New York"

Portrayed real-life author Whitley Streiber who claimed to have had encounters with aliens in "Communion"

Had title role in NYSF's production of "Coriolanus"

Played the nemesis sergeant to a wisecracking new recruit in the film adaptation of Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues"

Cast as the father with a criminal past in the downbeat but well-acted "At Close Range"; co-starring Sean Penn and Chris Penn

Played Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

Portrayed the villain out to destroy Sillicon Valley in the James Bond adventure "A View to a Kill"

Co-starred in David Rabe's play about Hollywood "Hurlyburly"

Displayed his dancing abilities to great effect as the oily villain in "Pennies From Heaven"

Reteamed with Cimino for the controversial "Heaven's Gate"

Won an Oscar for his memorable turn as a soldier serving in Vietnam in Michael Cimino's "The Deer Hunter"

Danced for the first time in a feature in James Ivory's "Roseland"

Offered memorable cameo as Diane Keaton's brother in "Annie Hall"

Portrayed Chance Wayne to Irene Worth's Alexandra del Largo in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth"

Starred in the stage play "Kid Champion"

Played "Macbeth" at the NYSF's Public Theatre

First film in a lead role, "The Happiness Cage"

Had first significant feature role in "The Anderson Tapes"

Film debut in a bit part in "Me and My Brother"

Made first appearance with the New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) in "Measure for Measure" in Central Park

Cast in the chorus of "Baker Street"; first role billed as 'Christopher' Walken

Worked for the summer as an assistant lion tamer with the Tarryl Jacobs Circus

Broadway debut in "J.B." (billed as Ronnie Walken)

Appeared on live television in the 1950s

Began career as a catalog model with his brothers

Born and raised in the Astoria section of Queens, NY

Occasionally replaced brother Glenn as Mike Bauer on the CBS daytime drama "The Guiding Light" (a role Glenn played from 1954-56)

Trained as a dancer