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Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Born: 1938-01-01 • Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has received four Tony Awards (out of seven nominations) as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Langella's notable film roles include parts in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), Mel Brooks’s The Twelve Chairs (1970), Dracula (1979), Dave (1993), The Ninth Gate (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Starting Out in the Evening (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), All Good Things (2010), Robot & Frank (2012), Noah (2014), Captain Fantastic (2016), and The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020). On television, Langella had recurring roles in The Americans (2013–2017) and Kidding (2018–2020).

Filmography
Angry Neighbors poster
Angry Neighbors
2022 • Harry March
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 • Judge Julius Hoffman
Love, Antosha poster
Love, Antosha
2019 • Self
It Takes a Lunatic poster
It Takes a Lunatic
2019 • Self
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding poster
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
2018 • Self
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe poster
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017 • Self - Actor
Youth in Oregon poster
Youth in Oregon
2017 • Raymond Engersol
Captain Fantastic poster
Captain Fantastic
2016 • Jack Bertrang
All the Way poster
All the Way
2016 • Sen. Richard Russell
Mike Nichols: An American Master poster
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016 • Self
The Driftless Area poster
The Driftless Area
2015 • Tim Geer
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 • Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014 • Pasha (voice)
Grace of Monaco poster
Grace of Monaco
2014 • Father Francis Tucker
5 to 7 poster
5 to 7
2014 • Sam Bloom
Draft Day poster
Draft Day
2014 • Anthony Molina
Parts Per Billion poster
Parts Per Billion
2014 • Andy
Muppets Most Wanted poster
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 • Beefeater Vicar
Noah poster
Noah
2014 • Og (voice)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight poster
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 • Chief Justice Warren Burger
Genius on Hold poster
Genius on Hold
2013 • Self - Narrator (voice)
The Time Being poster
The Time Being
2012 • Warner Dax
Robot & Frank poster
Robot & Frank
2012 • Frank
Unknown poster
Unknown
2011 • Rodney Cole
All Good Things poster
All Good Things
2010 • Sanford Marks
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics poster
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2010 • Perry White (archive footage)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps poster
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 • Lewis Zabel
The Box poster
The Box
2009 • Arlington Steward
The Tale of Despereaux poster
The Tale of Despereaux
2008 • Mayor (voice)
Frost/Nixon poster
Frost/Nixon
2008 • Richard Nixon
The Caller poster
The Caller
2008 • Jimmy Stevens
No Image
Objects and Memory
2008 • Narrator
Starting Out in the Evening poster
Starting Out in the Evening
2007 • Leonard Schiller
Return to Rajapur poster
Return to Rajapur
2006 • Ned Bears
Crossroads poster
Crossroads
2006 • Father Tew
Superman Returns poster
Superman Returns
2006 • Perry White
The Water Is Wide poster
The Water Is Wide
2006 • Superintendent
King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed poster
King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed
2006
Capitol Law poster
Capitol Law
2006 • Managing Partner
Good Night, and Good Luck. poster
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 • William Paley
Back in the Day poster
Back in the Day
2005 • Lieutenant Hudson
Now You See It... poster
Now You See It...
2005 • Max
How You Look to Me poster
How You Look to Me
2005 • Professor Driskoll
The Revamping of Dracula poster
The Revamping of Dracula
2004 • Self
House of D poster
House of D
2004 • Reverend Duncan
Inside High Noon poster
Inside High Noon
2003 • Narrator (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
111 Gramercy Park poster
111 Gramercy Park
2003 • William
Sweet November poster
Sweet November
2001 • Edgar Price
Cry Baby Lane poster
Cry Baby Lane
2000 • Mr. Bennett
Stardom poster
Stardom
2000 • Blaine De Castillon
Innocents poster
Innocents
2000 • Robert Denright
The Road to 'Dracula' poster
The Road to 'Dracula'
1999 • Self (archive footage)
The Ninth Gate poster
The Ninth Gate
1999 • Boris Balkan
Alegría poster
Alegría
1999 • Fleur
I'm Losing You poster
I'm Losing You
1998 • Perry Needham Krohn
Small Soldiers poster
Small Soldiers
1998 • Archer (voice)
Lolita poster
Lolita
1997 • Clare Quilty
Eddie poster
Eddie
1996 • Wild Bill Burgess
Cutthroat Island poster
Cutthroat Island
1995 • Dawg
Moses poster
Moses
1995 • Mermefta
Bad Company poster
Bad Company
1995 • Vic Grimes
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage poster
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 • Narrator
Junior poster
Junior
1994 • Noah Banes
Doomsday Gun poster
Doomsday Gun
1994 • Dr. Gerald Bull
Brainscan poster
Brainscan
1994 • Detective Hayden
Dave poster
Dave
1993 • Bob Alexander
Body of Evidence poster
Body of Evidence
1993 • Jeffrey Roston
No Image
Lincoln
1992 • John Wilkes Booth (voice)
1492: Conquest of Paradise poster
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 • Santangel
True Identity poster
True Identity
1991 • Leland Carver
No Image
The Magic Balloon
1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream poster
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990 • Self
And God Created Woman poster
And God Created Woman
1988 • James Tiernan
Masters of the Universe poster
Masters of the Universe
1987 • Skeletor
The Men's Club poster
The Men's Club
1986 • Harold Canterbury
Liberty poster
Liberty
1986 • Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
No Image
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983 • Leonardo da Vinci
Night of 100 Stars poster
Night of 100 Stars
1982 • Self
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner poster
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner
1981 • Sherlock Holmes
Sphinx poster
Sphinx
1981 • Akmed Khazzan
Those Lips, Those Eyes poster
Those Lips, Those Eyes
1980 • Harry Crystal
Dracula poster
Dracula
1979 • Count Dracula
The Prince of Homburg poster
The Prince of Homburg
1977 • The Prince of Homburg
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale poster
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
1976 • John Buchanan
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage poster
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 • John Adams
The Seagull poster
The Seagull
1975 • Konstantin Treplev
The Mark of Zorro poster
The Mark of Zorro
1974 • Don Diego / Zorro
The Wrath of God poster
The Wrath of God
1972 • Thomas De La Plata
The Deadly Trap poster
The Deadly Trap
1971 • Philippe
The Twelve Chairs poster
The Twelve Chairs
1970 • Ostap Bender
Diary of a Mad Housewife poster
Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970 • George Prager
Broadway: The Next Generation poster
Broadway: The Next Generation
— • Self
No Image
The Beast in the Jungle