This New York born actor/performer has been in show business since 1946 when he was just three-years old. Walken's mother took him and his two brothers to catalogue photo shoots and later appeared on television. Walken then was in musical comedy and theater for many years. His birth name was Ronald and he changed it to Christopher at age 25 on the advice of a nightclub singer he was working with. He began films as early as 1968, but it wasn't until a notable appearance in the film Annie Hall, playing Diane Keaton's suicidal brother that he began to regularly work in film. Shortly after, he appeared as the haunted character, Nick in The Deer Hunter, for which he won an Academy Award. This catapulted his film career and Walken has gone on to do more than 90 films, two music videos, and notable appearances on Saturday Night Live. His specialty has always been playing villains or psychos, but Walken does very well in comedy, romance and drama genres as well. His unique look and way of speaking has made him a favorite of impersonators and a scene-stealer in any movie he appears.