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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).
Acted in 88
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
The Driftless Area
Tim Geer
- 2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Pasha (voice)
- 2013
- 2012
The Time Being
Warner Dax
- 2011
- 2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Perry White (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Starting Out in the Evening
Leonard Schiller
- 2006
Return to Rajapur
Ned Bears
Crossroads
Father Tew
10.5: Apocalypse
Dr. Earl Hill · 2 episodes
The Water Is Wide
Superintendent
King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed
Movie
Capitol Law
Managing Partner
- 2005
How You Look to Me
Professor Driskoll
- 2004
- 2003
111 Gramercy Park
William
- 2001
- 2000
Cry Baby Lane
Mr. Bennett
Stardom
Blaine De Castillon
Innocents
Robert Denright
1990s
- 1999
Alegría
Fleur
- 1998
I'm Losing You
Perry Needham Krohn
- 1997
- 1996
Moses
Mermefta · 2 episodes
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
Liberty
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
- 1981
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner
Sherlock Holmes
Sphinx
Akmed Khazzan
- 1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Harry Crystal
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
The Prince of Homburg
The Prince of Homburg
- 1976
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
John Buchanan
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
John Adams
- 1975
The Swiss Family Robinson
TV
The Seagull
Konstantin Treplev
- 1974
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego / Zorro
- 1972
The Wrath of God
Thomas De La Plata
- 1971
- 1970
The Twelve Chairs
Ostap Bender
Diary of a Mad Housewife
George Prager
Appearances22
2020s
- 2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Self
- 2017
- 2016
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
- 2013
Genius on Hold
Self - Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2004
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
- 2003
Inside High Noon
Narrator (voice)
1990s
- 1999
The Road to 'Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
- 1997
The Greatest Pharaohs
Narrator · 4 episodes
- 1996
Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
Narrator · 4 episodes
- 1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Narrator
- 1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
1980s
- 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1970s
- 1974
1960s
- 1961
No release date
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2025
