This Day in Halloween: Oscar-winning actor Christopher Walken -- star of "The Dead Zone" -- is born in Astoria, Queens, NY in 1943. / Illustration by Kyo Johnson
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.
