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===2010s=== Walken returned to Broadway in [[Martin McDonagh]]'s play ''[[A Behanding in Spokane]]'' in 2010 and received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139245-2010-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Fela-and-La-Cage-Top-List |title=2010 Tony Nominations Announced; Fela! and La Cage Top List |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 4, 2010 |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=May 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506062107/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139245-2010-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Fela-and-La-Cage-Top-List |archive-date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> He had a small voice role in [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[30 Rock]]'', in the "[[Audition Day]]" episode. In 2011, he played the role of [[Jewish-American]] loan shark [[Alex Birns|Alex "Shondor" Birns]] in the film based on the life of gangster [[Danny Greene]], ''[[Kill the Irishman]]''. In 2012, Walken reunited with McDonagh for the British-American crime comedy film ''[[Seven Psychopaths]]'' and also played the founder and leader of a string quartet in ''[[A Late Quartet]]''. Walken costarred with [[Al Pacino]] and [[Alan Arkin]] in the film ''[[Stand Up Guys]]'', a story about aging gangsters out on the town for one last hoorah. He also appeared in ''[[The Power of Few]]''. In 2012, Walken was selected as a "GQ" Man of the Year.<ref>"Gentlemen's Quarterly." April 2018. p. 24.</ref> In 2013, Walken became the protagonist in the campaign "Made From Cool" by Jack & Jones. In 2014, he appeared in ''[[Turks & Caicos (film)|Turks & Caicos]]''. Walken appears as [[Gyp DeCarlo]] in the 2014 film ''[[Jersey Boys (film)|Jersey Boys]]''. In 2014, Walken played [[Captain Hook]] in the NBC production ''[[Peter Pan Live!]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://downriversundaytimes.com/2014/07/20/celebrity-extra-260/|title=Celebrity Extra|last=Elavsky|first=Cindy|publisher=[[King Features]]|date=July 20, 2014|access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109032410/http://downriversundaytimes.com/2014/07/20/celebrity-extra-260/|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Walken starred in the film ''[[When I Live My Life Over Again]]'' and played the role of Clem for the second time in the [[David Spade]] comedy ''[[Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser]]''. In 2016, he voiced [[King Louie]] in the CGI-live action adaptation of Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]'', directed by [[Jon Favreau]]. He also recorded a cover of Louie's song "[[I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)|I Wan'na Be Like You]]", which he sings in the film as well as on the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news|last=Feeney|first=Nolan|title=Christopher Walken Joins Disney's New The Jungle Book|date=July 28, 2014|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://time.com/3048493/christopher-walken-jungle-book/|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323123528/http://time.com/3048493/christopher-walken-jungle-book/|archive-date=March 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Also that year, he appeared in [[Dexter Fletcher]]'s ''[[Eddie the Eagle (film)|Eddie the Eagle]]'' and [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]'s ''[[Nine Lives (2016 film)|Nine Lives]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Anthony D'Alessandro |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/christopher-walken-kevin-spacey-nine-lives-eddie-the-eagle-hugh-jackman-1201402220/ |title=Christopher Walken Joins Movies 'Nine Lives' & 'Eddie The Eagle' |website=Deadline |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504005448/http://deadline.com/2015/03/christopher-walken-kevin-spacey-nine-lives-eddie-the-eagle-hugh-jackman-1201402220/ |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Walken replaced [[Bill Irwin]] in the role of Walter Tinkler in the critically panned ''[[Father Figures]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laineygossip.com/owen-wilson-ed-helms-father-figures-release-date-re-scheduled-for-january/48059|title=Owen Wilson and Ed Helms' Father Figures release date re-scheduled for January|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212241/http://www.laineygossip.com/owen-wilson-ed-helms-father-figures-release-date-re-scheduled-for-january/48059|archive-date=February 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, he played Myron in the [[Netflix]] film ''[[Irreplaceable You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ford|first1=Rebecca|title=Christopher Walken, Steve Coogan Join 'Irreplaceable You' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-walken-steve-coogan-join-irreplaceable-you-981591|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 21, 2017|date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307130025/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christopher-walken-steve-coogan-join-irreplaceable-you-981591|archive-date=March 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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