Waltz played gangster Benjamin Chudnofsky in '' The Green Hornet '' ( 2011 ) ; that same year , he starred in '' Water for Elephants '' and Roman Polanski 's '' Carnage '' . He played German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Quentin Tarantino 's '' Django Unchained '' ( 2012 ) , a role Tarantino wrote specifically for Waltz . During a training accident prior to filming , Waltz injured his pelvis . His role garnered him acclaim once again , with Waltz winning the Golden Globe , the BAFTA , and ultimately the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Waltz has been cast as the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the film '' Reykjavik '' , based on the 1986 peace talks between the United States and USSR . In April 2013 , he was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival . He directed a production of the opera Der Rosenkavalier at the Vlaamse Opera , in Antwerp in late 2013 , and in Ghent early 2014 . In 2014 , he was selected as a member of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival . He starred as Walter Keane in Tim Burton 's '' Big Eyes '' , which opened on 25 December 2014 , and appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in '' Spectre '' , the 24th film in the '' James Bond '' franchise
64th Berlin International Film Festival
64th Berlin International Film Festival
Christoph Waltz