I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory.

g. His mother Rosalie Russell (May 16 1907 – March 26 2010) was a Scottish emigrant from Glasgow and his father Paul Walken (October 5 1903 – February 23 2001) moved from Germany in 1928 with his brothers.

Ronald Walken (born March 31 1943) known professionally as Christopher Walken is an American actor who has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows including The Deer Hunter Annie Hall Joe Dirt The Prophecy trilogy The Dogs of War Sleepy Hollow Brainstorm The Dead Zone A View to a Kill At Close Range King of New York True Romance Catch Me If You Can Pulp Fiction Batman Returns Wedding CraChristopher Walkenrs The Rundown Click Hairspray and Seven Psychopaths as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna Journey PIL Run–D. M. He has also played the main role in the Shakespeare plays Hamlet Macbeth Romeo and Juliet and Coriolanus.