Best Supporting Actor of Oscar Academy Awards Nominees

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 49%

Austrian born actor Christoph Waltz began his career on the stage, making a name for himself at prestigious venues like Zurich's Schauspielhaus Zürich and Vienna's Burgtheater. He would eventually study at the Lee Strausberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, and branch out into on-camera acting as well, appearing in Austrian TV productions. His film career really took off in 2009, however, when he was cast as Colonel Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.

Nominations:

* Best Picture
* Best Director - Quentin Tarantino
* Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Cinematography
* Best Film Editing
* Best Sound Editing
* Best Sound Mixing

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...
'Inglourious Basterds' Theatrical Trailer