Editing Christopher Walken (section)

===1990s===
[[File:Steve Scott with Christopher Walken.jpg|thumb|Walken (right) with [[Massimo Ghini]] on the set of ''Celluloide'', 1996.]]
''[[The Comfort of Strangers (film)|The Comfort of Strangers]]'', an [[art house film]] directed by [[Paul Schrader]], features Walken as Robert, a decadent Italian [[aristocracy|aristocrat]] with extreme sexual tastes and murderous tendencies who lives with his wife ([[Helen Mirren]]) in [[Venice]].

''[[King of New York]]'' (1990), directed by [[Abel Ferrara]], stars Walken as ruthless New York City [[drug dealer]] Frank White, a recently released prisoner set on reclaiming his criminal territory. In 1991, Walken starred in ''[[Sarah, Plain and Tall (film)|Sarah, Plain and Tall]]'' as Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer. In 1992, Walken played villain millionaire industrialist Max Shreck in ''[[Batman Returns]]''. In January 1993, he appeared in [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's]] music video for her hit single "[[Bad Girl (Madonna song)|Bad Girl]]" (directed by [[David Fincher]]). Walken also played Bobby, Cassandra's producer, in ''[[Wayne's World 2]]''.

Walken's next major film role was opposite [[Dennis Hopper]] in ''[[True Romance]]'', scripted by [[Quentin Tarantino]]. Walken later had a supporting role in Tarantino's ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' as a Vietnam veteran named Captain Koons.

Later in 1994, Walken starred in ''[[A Business Affair]]'', a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy. Walken manages to once again feature his trademark dancing scene as he performs the [[tango (dance)|tango]]. In 1995, he appeared in ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]'', ''[[Wild Side (1995 film)|Wild Side]]'', ''[[The Prophecy]]'' and the modern vampire flick ''[[The Addiction]]'', which was his second collaboration with director [[Abel Ferrara]] and writer Nicholas St. John. He also appeared in ''[[Nick of Time (film)|Nick of Time]]'', which starred [[Johnny Depp]], and an arthouse film by [[David Salle]] titled ''[[Search and Destroy (1995 film)|Search and Destroy]]''. Also in 1995, Walken acted in ''Him'', the first play written by Walken, and about his idol Elvis in the afterlife, featured in the New York Shakespeare Festival.  ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave a somewhat positive review of his "most cheering and refreshingly absurd invention" of retelling Elvis' death as a disappearing act that enabled Elvis to flee to Morocco for a sex change to become "her" in a "woozily conceived, fantastical new play...in the sharpness and wit of writing and in the performances by Mr. Walken and Mr. Heyman."<ref>{{cite news|first=Vincent|last=Canby|title=Theater Review: Him; Walken Conjures Up the King|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 6, 1995}}</ref> Walken made an appearance in the music video for [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]]'s "[[Breakin' Down]]".

In the 1996 film ''[[Last Man Standing (1996 film)|Last Man Standing]]'', Walken plays a [[sadistic personality disorder|sadistic]] gangster named Hickey. That year, he played a prominent role in the video game ''[[Ripper (video game)|Ripper]]'', portraying Detective Vince Magnotta. ''Ripper'' made extensive use of real-time recorded scenes and a wide cast of celebrities in an [[interactive film]]. In 1996 Walken also appeared in the Italian film ''[[Celluloide]]'' as US Officer Rod Geiger and played the role of Ray in the [[Abel Ferrara]] crime-drama film ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]''. In 1997, Walken starred in the comedy films ''[[Touch (1997 film)|Touch]]'' and ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'' and had a minor role in the film ''[[Mouse Hunt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.co.uk/article/1515/playboy-interview-christopher-walken|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121191409/http://www.playboy.co.uk/article/1515/playboy-interview-christopher-walken|archive-date=November 21, 2011|url-status=dead|title=Playboy Interview: Christopher Walken - |author=Lawrence Grobel|date=September 1, 1997|website=[[Playboy]]|via=archive.org|access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> He also appeared in the drama/thriller film ''[[Suicide Kings]]'', which was also filled with suspense and humor.

In 1998, Walken played an influential gay New York theater critic in [[John Turturro]]'s film ''[[Illuminata (film)|Illuminata]]''. The same year he voiced Colonel/General Cutter in the animated film ''[[Antz]]''.

In 1999, he played James Houston in ''[[Vendetta (1999 film)|Vendetta]]'', an [[HBO]] original film based on the [[March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings]]. In the same year, Walken appeared in the romantic comedy ''[[Blast from the Past (film)|Blast from the Past]]'' portraying Calvin Webber, a brilliant but eccentric [[Caltech]] [[nuclear physics|nuclear physicist]] whose fears of a [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] lead him to build an enormous fallout shelter beneath his suburban home. The same year, he appeared as the [[Headless Horseman]] in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', starring Johnny Depp and [[Christina Ricci]]. He also appeared in ''[[Kiss Toledo Goodbye]]'' with [[Michael Rapaport]] and [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]].