Frank Langella

Biography

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

American Dad!

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (94)

Angry Neighbors2022 · as Harry March
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
The Trial of the Chicago 72020 · as Judge Julius Hoffman
Love, Antosha2019 · as Self
It Takes a Lunatic2019 · as Self
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding2018 · as Self
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe2017 · as Self - Actor
Youth in Oregon2017 · as Raymond Engersol
Mike Nichols: An American Master2016 · as Self
Captain Fantastic2016 · as Jack Bertrang
All the Way2016 · as Sen. Richard Russell
The Driftless Area2015 · as Tim Geer
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · as Pasha (voice)
Grace of Monaco2014 · as Father Francis Tucker
5 to 72014 · as Sam Bloom
Draft Day2014 · as Anthony Molina
Parts Per Billion2014 · as Andy
Muppets Most Wanted2014 · as Beefeater Vicar
Noah2014 · as Og (voice)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight2013 · as Chief Justice Warren Burger
Genius on Hold2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Time Being2012 · as Warner Dax
Robot & Frank2012 · as Frank
Unknown2011 · as Rodney Cole
All Good Things2010 · as Sanford Marks
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics2010 · as Perry White (archive footage)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps2010 · as Lewis Zabel
The Box2009 · as Arlington Steward
The Tale of Despereaux2008 · as Mayor (voice)
Frost/Nixon2008 · as Richard Nixon
The Caller2008 · as Jimmy Stevens
Objects and Memory2008 · as Narrator
Starting Out in the Evening2007 · as Leonard Schiller
Return to Rajapur2006 · as Ned Bears
Crossroads2006 · as Father Tew
Superman Returns2006 · as Perry White
The Water Is Wide2006 · as Superintendent
King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed2006
Capitol Law2006 · as Managing Partner
Good Night, and Good Luck.2005 · as William Paley
Back in the Day2005 · as Lieutenant Hudson
Now You See It...2005 · as Max
How You Look to Me2005 · as Professor Driskoll
The Revamping of Dracula2004 · as Self
House of D2004 · as Reverend Duncan
Inside High Noon2003 · as Narrator (voice)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
111 Gramercy Park2003 · as William
Sweet November2001 · as Edgar Price
Cry Baby Lane2000 · as Mr. Bennett
Stardom2000 · as Blaine De Castillon
Innocents2000 · as Robert Denright
The Road to 'Dracula'1999 · as Self (archive footage)
The Ninth Gate1999 · as Boris Balkan
Alegría1999 · as Fleur
I'm Losing You1998 · as Perry Needham Krohn
Small Soldiers1998 · as Archer (voice)
Lolita1997 · as Clare Quilty
Eddie1996 · as Wild Bill Burgess
Cutthroat Island1995 · as Dawg
Bad Company1995 · as Vic Grimes
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · as Narrator
Junior1994 · as Noah Banes
Doomsday Gun1994 · as Dr. Gerald Bull
Brainscan1994 · as Detective Hayden
Dave1993 · as Bob Alexander
Body of Evidence1993 · as Jeffrey Roston
Lincoln1992 · as John Wilkes Booth (voice)
1492: Conquest of Paradise1992 · as Santangel
True Identity1991 · as Leland Carver
The Magic Balloon1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream1990 · as Self
And God Created Woman1988 · as James Tiernan
Masters of the Universe1987 · as Skeletor
The Men's Club1986 · as Harold Canterbury
Liberty1986 · as Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind1983 · as Leonardo da Vinci
Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner1981 · as Sherlock Holmes
Sphinx1981 · as Akmed Khazzan
Those Lips, Those Eyes1980 · as Harry Crystal
Dracula1979 · as Count Dracula
The Prince of Homburg1977 · as The Prince of Homburg
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale1976 · as John Buchanan
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage1976 · as John Adams
The Seagull1975 · as Konstantin Treplev
The Mark of Zorro1974 · as Don Diego / Zorro
The Wrath of God1972 · as Thomas De La Plata
The Deadly Trap1971 · as Philippe
The Twelve Chairs1970 · as Ostap Bender
Diary of a Mad Housewife1970 · as George Prager
Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
The Beast in the Jungle—

All TV Shows (28)

Kidding2018 · as Sebastian Piccirillo
Marcians2017 · as Self - Interviewee
The Americans2013 · as Gabriel
10.5: Apocalypse2006 · as Dr. Earl Hill
Kitchen Confidential2005 · as Pino
American Dad!2005 · as Commodore Francis Stoat (voice)
Unscripted2005 · as Goddard
The Beast2001
Jason and the Argonauts2000 · as Aertes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Al Baker
The Greatest Pharaohs1997 · as Narrator
Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts1996 · as Narrator
Moses1996 · as Mermefta
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Minister Jaro
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
The Swiss Family Robinson1975
Dinah!1974 · as Self
Film '721971 · as Self
Great Performances1971 · as Konstantin Treplev
Great Performances1971 · as John Buchanan
Great Performances1971 · as The Prince of Homburg
NET Playhouse1966 · as Benito Cereno
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dr. Henry Piedmont
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee