Will Christoph waltz away with it?

Christoph Waltz an actor who most of us will have only been familiar with since Inglorious Basterds in 2009. Waltz is in line for his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He won his first playing Hans Landa, in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, and once again this nomination is provided from a performance in a Tarantino film. In this role he plays a bounty hunter called Dr King Shultz in the film Django Unchained. One of the reasons he is profound in his performances is that Tarantino wrote them with Waltz in mind. Tarantino has the insight and knowledge to use non-Hollywood actor and with good effect.

In both performances he is captivating and amazing to watch. Even though the two characters he plays are different in their nature there is a similar feel to them. Hans Landa is a Nazi in World War II who is responsible for rounding up any Jews hiding in France. In fact Landa is the villain in the film, however due to his performance he is almost likable. In Django Unchained he plays the role of bounty hunter who frees Django (played by Jamie Fox) and then goes in search of Django’s captive wife. Again Waltz puts in a charismatic performance, and even more likable than Landa as he is the heroic team mate of the protagonist.

Will he win? I don’t know...

I hope he does his performance was certainly award winning, as he has already won the Golden Globe Award. However the Academy Awards do not always agree with the Globes. My gut feeling is it may go to Tommy Lee Jones for his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Lincoln is certainly a film that may make American Academy voters feel some sort of patriotism towards the cast of the film. Not to take anything away from Tommy Lee Jones, he won he would be a deserved winner. I would like to Chrisoph win, and if he keeps teaming up with Tarantino there will be plenty more nomination to come.