Portrait of Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Acting

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).

Born: January 1, 1938

Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2022
Angry Neighbors

as Harry March

2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as Judge Julius Hoffman

2019
2018
Kidding

as Sebastian Piccirillo

2017
Marcians

as Self - Interviewee

2017
Youth in Oregon

as Raymond Engersol

2016
Captain Fantastic

as Jack Bertrang

2016
All the Way

as Sen. Richard Russell

2015
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014
The Prophet

as Pasha (voice)

2014
Grace of Monaco

as Father Francis Tucker

2014
5 to 7

as Sam Bloom

2014
Draft Day

as Anthony Molina

2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as Beefeater Vicar

2014
Noah

as Og (voice)

2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

as Chief Justice Warren Burger

2013
Genius on Hold

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013
The Americans

as Gabriel

2012
The Time Being

as Warner Dax

2012
2011
Unknown

as Rodney Cole

2010
All Good Things

as Sanford Marks

2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

as Perry White (archive footage)

2009
The Box

as Arlington Steward

2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as Mayor (voice)

2008
Frost/Nixon

as Richard Nixon

2008
The Caller

as Jimmy Stevens

2007
Starting Out in the Evening

as Leonard Schiller

2006
Return to Rajapur

as Ned Bears

2006
Crossroads

as Father Tew

2006
Superman Returns

as Perry White

2006
10.5: Apocalypse

as Dr. Earl Hill

2006
The Water Is Wide

as Superintendent

2006
Capitol Law

as Managing Partner

2005
2005
Back in the Day

as Lieutenant Hudson

2005
American Dad!

as Commodore Francis Stoat (voice)

2005
Unscripted

as Goddard Fulton

2005
How You Look to Me

as Professor Driskoll

2004
House of D

as Reverend Duncan

2003
Inside High Noon

as Narrator (voice)

2003
2001
Sweet November

as Edgar Price

2000
Cry Baby Lane

as Mr. Bennett

2000
Stardom

as Blaine De Castillon

2000
Innocents

as Robert Denright

1999
The Road to 'Dracula'

as Self (archive footage)

1999
The Ninth Gate

as Boris Balkan

1998
I'm Losing You

as Perry Needham Krohn

1998
Small Soldiers

as Archer (voice)

1997
Lolita

as Clare Quilty

1997
1996
Eddie

as Wild Bill Burgess

1996
Moses

as Merneptah

1996
Moïse

as Mernefta

1995
1995
Moses

as Mermefta

1995
Bad Company

as Vic Grimes

1994
Junior

as Noah Banes

1994
Doomsday Gun

as Dr. Gerald Bull

1994
Brainscan

as Detective Hayden

1993
Dave

as Bob Alexander

1993
Body of Evidence

as Jeffrey Roston

1993
1991
True Identity

as Leland Carver

1988
And God Created Woman

as James Tiernan

1986
The Men's Club

as Harold Canterbury

1986
Liberty

as Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

1981
Sphinx

as Akmed Khazzan

1980
Those Lips, Those Eyes

as Harry Crystal

1979
Dracula

as Count Dracula

1977
The Prince of Homburg

as The Prince of Homburg

1975
The Seagull

as Konstantin Treplev

1974
The Mark of Zorro

as Don Diego / Zorro

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1972
The Wrath of God

as Thomas De La Plata

1971
The Deadly Trap

as Philippe

1971
Great Performances

as Konstantin Treplev

1971
Great Performances

as John Buchanan

1971
Great Performances

as The Prince of Homburg

1970
The Twelve Chairs

as Ostap Bender

1970
Diary of a Mad Housewife

as George Prager

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Henry Piedmont

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee