Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mufirimu raQuentin Tarantino ra2009 "Inglourious Basterds", Waltz akaratidzira SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa, anozivikanwawo se "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 yedunhu, achigamuchira mibairo yeYakanakisa Inotsigira Actor kubva kuNew York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society yeVatsoropodzi Vemafirimu, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, uye yeYakanakisa Inotsigira Actor pa67th Golden Globe Awards uye 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards
muna January 2010.