Question: What was the career span of the actor who appeared in over 100 theater productions, music videos, movies and television shows, including the 1999 American Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton?
Context: American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released four video albums and has appeared in thirty-eight music videos, five films and three television shows.  From her eponymous debut album (2006), she released music videos for the singles "Tim McGraw", "Teardrops on My Guitar", "Our Song", and "Picture to Burn", all directed by Trey Fanjoy and released from 2006–08.  For the second of these, she earned an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist nomination.  She followed with three other music videos in 2008—"Beautiful Eyes" from her extended play of the same name, "Change" from the "AT&T Team USA Soundtrack" and "Love Story" from her second album "Fearless" (2008).  The latter was nominated for two awards at the 2009 CMT Music Awards—Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.  For the video of "You Belong with Me" she won Best Female Video at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.  During her acceptance speech, she was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, which sparked controversy and received much media attention. Christopher Walken ( ; born March 31, 1943) is an American character actor whose career has spanned over 50 years with appearances in theater, film, and television.  He has appeared in over 100 movies and television shows, including "A View to a Kill", "At Close Range", "The Deer Hunter", "King of New York", "Batman Returns," "Pulp Fiction", "Sleepy Hollow", "True Romance", and "Catch Me If You Can", as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna and Fatboy Slim. Peter Bayliss (27 June 1922 – 29 July 2002) was an English actor.  Bayliss was born in Kingston upon Thames and trained at the Italia Conti Academy and the John Gielgud Company.  More than six feet tall, with a voice to match, he supplemented it with a barrage of wheezings, croakings, mutterings and, as the opera singer in "Frontiers of Farce" (Old Vic, 1977), garglings.  In 1956 he appeared on stage in "The Matchmaker" at the Royale Theatre in New York and in 1960 he appeared in "Ross" at the Royal Haymarket Theatre in London.  His 20 films ranged from "The Red Shoes" (1948) to "Darling" (1965).  He acted in more than 40 television productions including "Please Sir! ", "The Sweeney", "Coronation Street", "Lovejoy" and "The Bill", plus dramas like "Bye, Bye Columbus" (1990), "Merlin" (1998) and "The Arabian Nights" (1999).  On radio he was particularly good in Jacobean adaptations, playing characters with names such as Sir Moth-Interest and Walter Whorehound.  He appeared in more than 100 theater productions. Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 American romantic dark fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton, and written by Caroline Thompson from a story by Tim Burton and Caroline Thompson, starring Johnny Depp as an artificial man named Edward, an unfinished creation who has scissor blades instead of hands.  The young man is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter Kim (Winona Ryder).  Additional roles were played by Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price and Alan Arkin. The Rage: Carrie 2 is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Katt Shea and a sequel to the 1976 horror film "Carrie", based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, and features Carrie White's baby half sister Rachel Lang in the lead role.  Directed by Katt Shea, the film stars Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron, and Amy Irving who reprises her role of Sue Snell from the previous film. Us-vs-Then-vs-Now is the 2 disc, first full featured and second DVD by rock band Finger Eleven.  It shows the band's career span in the past 13 years with never before seen concert footage, b-sides from their writing sessions of "Finger Eleven" and "Them vs. You vs. Me", interviews, music videos and video journals.  It was first released on iTunes.  The title is a pun on their album "Them vs. You vs. Me".  The bassline for the song "Bend the Rules" turns out to be for the song "Them vs. You vs. Me". Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 American Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Tim Burton.  It is a film adaptation loosely inspired by the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving and stars Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, with Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, and Jeffrey Jones in supporting roles.  The plot follows police constable Ichabod Crane (Depp) sent from New York City to investigate a series of murders in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious Headless Horseman. Erik van der Wurff (9 July 1945 – 22 September 2014) was a Dutch pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor.  He worked mainly on soundtracks and as a composer for many movies and television shows.  He also made acting appearances in two Dutch television shows in 1977 and 1980.  He was the regular pianist and composer on the Herman van Veen shows.  He composed music for many theater productions, musicals, movies and for the comic series Alfred Jodokus Kwak which was aired in various countries. The Gothic film is a film that is based on Gothic fiction or contains Gothic elements.  Since various definite film genres—including science fiction, film noir, thriller, and comedy—have used Gothic elements, the Gothic film is challenging to define clearly as a genre.  Gothic elements have also infused the horror film genre, contributing supernatural and nightmarish elements.  To create a Gothic atmosphere, filmmakers have sought to create new camera tricks that challenge audiences' perceptions.  Gothic films also reflected contemporary issues.  "A New Companion to The Gothic"' s Heidi Kaye said "strong visuals, a focus on sexuality and an emphasis on audience response" characterize Gothic films like they did the literary works.  "The Encyclopedia of the Gothic" said the foundation of Gothic film was the combination of Gothic literature, stage melodrama, and German expressionism. The Haunting is a 1999 American supernatural horror film directed by Jan de Bont.  The film is a remake of the psychological horror film of the same name.  Both of them are based on the 1959 novel, "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson.  "The Haunting" stars Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor.  It was released in the United States on July 23, 1999.
Answer: over 50 years