This Day in Halloween: Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken is born in Astoria, Queens, NY in 1943. / Illustration by Alexandria Howard
Christopher Walken is born in Astoria, Queens, NY in 1943. The Oscar-winning actor is known for playing tense, haunted or unstable characters and is the star of The Dead Zone,Sleepy Hollow, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy and a long list of other movies.
