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Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Born: 1928-06-20 • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999.

Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his performance in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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Filmography
Prisoners in Space poster
Prisoners in Space
2025 • Commander Koenig
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit poster
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025 • Self
Without Ward poster
Without Ward
2022
TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood poster
TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020 • Self
Love, Antosha poster
Love, Antosha
2019 • Self (archive footage)
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game poster
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
2018 • Abe
The Red Maple Leaf poster
The Red Maple Leaf
2017 • Bernard Florence
No Image
A Fighting Chance
2016 • Martin Kramer
Remember poster
Remember
2015 • Max Rosenbaum
Entourage poster
Entourage
2015 • Bob Ryan
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs poster
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
2014 • Rulon Jeffs
No Image
Meir's Festival
2013 • Self
Anna Nicole poster
Anna Nicole
2013 • J. Howard Marshall
Frankenweenie poster
Frankenweenie
2012 • Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
Have a Little Faith poster
Have a Little Faith
2011 • Rabbi Albert Lewis
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 • Self
Mysteria poster
Mysteria
2011 • Hotel Manager
The Return of Victor Bergman poster
The Return of Victor Bergman
2010 • Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
Ivory poster
Ivory
2010 • Leon Spencer
Teenage Paparazzo poster
Teenage Paparazzo
2010 • Self
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics poster
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009 • Self
Lovely, Still poster
Lovely, Still
2009 • Robert
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers poster
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009 • Self
9 poster
9
2009 • #2 (voice)
Billy: The Early Years poster
Billy: The Early Years
2008 • Old Charles Templeton
City of Ember poster
City of Ember
2008 • Sul
David & Fatima poster
David & Fatima
2008 • Rabbi Schmulic
Harrison Montgomery poster
Harrison Montgomery
2008 • Harrison Montgomery
Brando poster
Brando
2007 • Self
An Existential Affair poster
An Existential Affair
2006 • The Wedding Doctor
Hollywood's Greatest Villains poster
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005 • Self
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool poster
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005 • Self
James Dean: Sense Memories poster
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005 • Self
The Aryan Couple poster
The Aryan Couple
2004 • Joseph Krauzenberg
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% poster
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004 • Self
Ed Wood: Making Bela poster
Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004 • Self / Bela Lugosi
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood poster
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004 • Self (archive footage)
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild poster
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004 • Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart poster
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004 • Self
Wake poster
Wake
2003 • Older Sebastian Riven
The Commission poster
The Commission
2003 • Sen. Richard Russell
Hollywood Homicide poster
Hollywood Homicide
2003 • Jerry Duran
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
Shanghai Ghetto poster
Shanghai Ghetto
2002 • Narrator
The Majestic poster
The Majestic
2001 • Harry Trimble
Contender: Mastering the Method poster
Contender: Mastering the Method
2001 • Self
No Image
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 • Self
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood poster
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001 • Self
Haven poster
Haven
2001 • Papa Gruber
Shiner poster
Shiner
2000 • Frank Spedding
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' poster
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
2000 • Self
Very Mean Men poster
Very Mean Men
2000 • Mr. White
Ready to Rumble poster
Ready to Rumble
2000 • Sal Bandini
Sleepy Hollow poster
Sleepy Hollow
1999 • Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
The New Adventures of Pinocchio poster
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999 • Geppetto
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story poster
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999 • Joseph Bonanno, age 94
The Joyriders poster
The Joyriders
1999 • Gordon Trout
EDtv poster
EDtv
1999 • Al
Carlo's Wake poster
Carlo's Wake
1999 • Carlo Torello
Rounders poster
Rounders
1998 • Abe Petrovsky
The X-Files poster
The X-Files
1998 • Kurtzweil
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's poster
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998 • Self
The Elevator poster
The Elevator
1998 • Roy Tilden
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool poster
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
1998 • Self
Merry Christmas, George Bailey poster
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
1997 • Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
The Long Way Home poster
The Long Way Home
1997 • (voice)
Legend of the Spirit Dog poster
Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997 • Storyteller
B.A.P.S poster
B.A.P.S
1997 • Mr. Donald Blakemore
The Adventures of Pinocchio poster
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 • Geppetto
City Hall poster
City Hall
1996 • Judge Walter Stern
Joseph poster
Joseph
1995 • Jakob
Time is Money poster
Time is Money
1994 • Mac
Ed Wood poster
Ed Wood
1994 • Bela Lugosi
Intersection poster
Intersection
1994 • Neal
12:01 poster
12:01
1993 • Dr. Thadius Moxley
Sliver poster
Sliver
1993 • Alex Parsons
Eye of the Stranger poster
Eye of the Stranger
1993 • Mayor Howard Bains
No Place to Hide poster
No Place to Hide
1992 • Frank McCoy
Mistress poster
Mistress
1992 • Jack Roth
Legacy of Lies poster
Legacy of Lies
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story poster
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992 • Jerry Gertz
Echoes That Remain poster
Echoes That Remain
1991 • Narrator (voice)
Firehead poster
Firehead
1991 • Adm. Pendleton
Secrets of the Unknown poster
Secrets of the Unknown
1991 • Narrator
The Color of Evening poster
The Color of Evening
1990 • Max Loeb
By Dawn's Early Light poster
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 • President
Paint It Black poster
Paint It Black
1990 • Daniel Lambert
Max and Helen poster
Max and Helen
1990 • Simon Wiesenthal
The Neon Empire poster
The Neon Empire
1989 • Max
Crimes and Misdemeanors poster
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 • Judah Rosenthal
Run If You Can poster
Run If You Can
1988 • Malvani
Tucker: The Man and His Dream poster
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 • Abe
Real Bullets poster
Real Bullets
1988 • Sallini
Delta Fever poster
Delta Fever
1987 • Bud
Cyclone poster
Cyclone
1987 • Bosarian
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman poster
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987 • Lyle Stenning
Empire State poster
Empire State
1987 • Chuck
Sweet Revenge poster
Sweet Revenge
1987 • Cicero
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape poster
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987 • Judge Shaw
Kung Fu: The Movie poster
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986 • John Martin Perkins III