In Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, which actor plays Hans Landa?

Christoph Waltz plays Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.

Landa is an SS colonel nicknamed the “Jew Hunter,” and he serves as the film’s most important antagonist. Waltz’s performance emphasizes Landa’s multilingual charm, elaborate politeness, and calculated cruelty. The character’s opening interrogation of a French farmer establishes the film’s tension and introduces its shifting use of language.

Waltz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role, as well as the corresponding award at the Cannes Film Festival. His performance made him internationally famous and began a major collaboration with Tarantino, who later cast him as Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained.

The other listed actors play different characters. Michael Fassbender is Archie Hicox, Til Schweiger is Hugo Stiglitz, and Daniel Brühl is Fredrick Zoller. Hans Landa therefore has a particularly distinctive place in Waltz’s filmography.