Frank Langella
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Al Baker
1999
Series
American Dad!
Commodore Francis Stoat (voice)
2005
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Americans
Gabriel
2013
Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Minister Jaro
1993
Series
Great Performances
Konstantin Treplev
1971
Series
Great Performances
John Buchanan
1971
Series
Great Performances
The Prince of Homburg
1971
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Lolita
Clare Quilty
1997
Series
Kidding
Sebastian Piccirillo
2018
Film
Superman Returns
Perry White
2006
Series
NET Playhouse
Benito Cereno
1966
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Film
Small Soldiers
Archer (voice)
1998
Film
The Ninth Gate
Boris Balkan
1999
Film
Captain Fantastic
Jack Bertrang
2016
Film
Noah
Og (voice)
2014
Series
Marcians
Self - Interviewee
2017
Film
Masters of the Universe
Skeletor
1987
Film
Unknown
Rodney Cole
2011
Film
Cutthroat Island
Dawg
1995
Film
All Good Things
Sanford Marks
2010
Film
Sweet November
Edgar Price
2001
Series
Jason and the Argonauts
Aertes
2000
Series
Kitchen Confidential
Pino
2005
Film
Muppets Most Wanted
Beefeater Vicar
2014
Film
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Lewis Zabel
2010
Series
10.5: Apocalypse
Dr. Earl Hill
2006
Film
The Box
Arlington Steward
2009
Film
The Tale of Despereaux
Mayor (voice)
2008
Film
Frost/Nixon
Richard Nixon
2008
Film
Body of Evidence
Jeffrey Roston
1993
Film
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Judge Julius Hoffman
2020
Film
Junior
Noah Banes
1994
Series
Unscripted
Goddard
2005
Film
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Santangel
1992
Film
Grace of Monaco
Father Francis Tucker
2014
Film
Draft Day
Anthony Molina
2014
Film
Dave
Bob Alexander
1993
Film
House of D
Reverend Duncan
2004
Film
Love, Antosha
Self
2019
Series
The Swiss Family Robinson
1975
Film
5 to 7
Sam Bloom
2014
Film
Good Night, and Good Luck.
William Paley
2005
Film
Robot & Frank
Frank
2012
Series
Moses
Mermefta
1996
Film
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Pasha (voice)
2014
Film
Dracula
Count Dracula
1979
Film
All the Way
Sen. Richard Russell
2016
Film
Now You See It...
Max
2005
Film
Brainscan
Detective Hayden
1994
Film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Film
Eddie
Wild Bill Burgess
1996
The Beast
2001
Film
The Twelve Chairs
Ostap Bender
1970
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Henry Piedmont
1951
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Sphinx
Akmed Khazzan
1981
Film
Stardom
Blaine De Castillon
2000
Film
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Perry White (archive footage)
2010
Film
True Identity
Leland Carver
1991
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
And God Created Woman
James Tiernan
1988
Series
The Greatest Pharaohs
Narrator
1997
Film
Bad Company
Vic Grimes
1995
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Chief Justice Warren Burger
2013
Film
The Driftless Area
Tim Geer
2015
Film
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Film
Doomsday Gun
Dr. Gerald Bull
1994
Film
Angry Neighbors
Harry March
2022
Film
The Deadly Trap
Philippe
1971
Series
Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
Narrator
1996
Film
Alegría
Fleur
1999
Film
Back in the Day
Lieutenant Hudson
2005
Film
Parts Per Billion
Andy
2014
Film
The Men's Club
Harold Canterbury
1986
Film
I'm Losing You
Perry Needham Krohn
1998
Film
The Wrath of God
Thomas De La Plata
1972
Film
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth (voice)
1992
Film
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
John Buchanan
1976
Film
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego / Zorro
1974
Film
Diary of a Mad Housewife
George Prager
1970
Film
Youth in Oregon
Raymond Engersol
2017
Film
Cry Baby Lane
Mr. Bennett
2000
Film
Innocents
Robert Denright
2000
Film
Crossroads
Father Tew
2006
Film
Starting Out in the Evening
Leonard Schiller
2007
Film
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Narrator
1994
Film
The Water Is Wide
Superintendent
2006
Film
The Time Being
Warner Dax
2012
Film
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Film
The Caller
Jimmy Stevens
2008
Film
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Self - Actor
2017
Film
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
John Adams
1976
Film
Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding
Self
2018
Film
Capitol Law
Managing Partner
2006
Film
Liberty
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
1986
Film
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
1990
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Leonardo da Vinci
1983
Film
Return to Rajapur
Ned Bears
2006
Film
111 Gramercy Park
William
2003
Film
Inside High Noon
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Harry Crystal
1980
Film
The Seagull
Konstantin Treplev
1975
Film
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner
Sherlock Holmes
1981
Film
King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed
2006
Film
Genius on Hold
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
The Prince of Homburg
The Prince of Homburg
1977
Film
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
2004
The Beast in the Jungle
Film
The Road to 'Dracula'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Objects and Memory
Narrator
2008
Film
How You Look to Me
Professor Driskoll
2005
The Magic Balloon
1990