Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mufirimu raQuentin Tarantino ra2009 "Inglourious Basterds", Waltz akaratidzira SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, anozivikanwawo sa"The Jew Hunter". Akangwara, ane mutsa, anotaura mitauro yakawanda - asiwo anozvishandira, anonyengera, asingachinjiki uye anouraya - unhu hwaLanda hwakanga hwakadaro zvokuti Tarantino akatya kuti "angadai akanyora rutivi rwakanga rusingagoni kutambwa". Waltz akagamuchira Mubairo weMutambi Akanakisisa wekutamba kwake pa2009 Cannes Film Festival uye akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kubva kuvatsoropodzi neruzhinji. Muna 2009, akatanga kutsvaira vatsoropodzi'mibairo, achigamuchira mibairo yeBest Supporting Actor kubva kuNew York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, uye yeBest Supporting Actor pa67th Golden Globe Awards uye
16th Screen Actors Guild Awards muna Ndira 2010.