Christoph Waltz

Thirty years before he became famous for playing an SS officer in Inglourious Basterds, Christoph Waltz starred as a (rather incompetent) aspiring criminal on the German television show Parole Chicago. After the show aired 13 episodes in 1979, Waltz continued to work in European film and TV before becoming an integral member of Quentin Tarantino’s stable of actors and earning a second Oscar nomination for Django Unchained.