Kammala wannan magana: A cikin fim din Quentin Tarantino na 2009 "Inglourious Basterds", Waltz ya nuna SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, wanda aka fi sani da "The Jew Hunter". Mai hankali, mai ladabi, mai harsuna da yawa - amma kuma mai son kai, mai wayo, mara tausayi da kisan kai - halayen Landa sun kasance irin wannan cewa Tarantino ya ji tsoron cewa "na iya rubuta wani bangare wanda ba za a iya taka shi ba". Waltz ya sami Kyautar Mafi Kyawun Jarumi don wasan kwaikwayon a bikin Fina-Finan Cannes na 2009 kuma ya sami yabo daga masu sukar da jama'a. A shekara ta 2009, ya fara zagaye na lambobin yabo na masu sukar, yana karɓar kyaututtuka don Mafi kyawun Mataimakin Actor daga New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, kuma don Mafi kyawun Mataimakin Actor a Gasar Golden Globe ta 67 da kuma
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards a cikin Janairu 2010.