Birth Place: Bayonne, NJ, USA
Broadway credits include Frost/Nixon, Man and Boy, Fortune’s Fool, A Man for All Seasons, Present Laughter, Amadeus, Hurlyburly, Passion, Design for Living, Match, Dracula, Strindberg’s The Father and Seascape (debut).
Off-Broadway, he was seen in King Lear (BAM), Cyrano de Bergerac, After the Fall, The Old Glory, The White Devil, The Immoralist, Booth, The Tempest. Film: Frost/Nixon, Robot & Frank, Wall Street 2, Good Night and Good Luck, Starting Out in the Evening, Draft Day, Lolita, Dave, The Ninth Gate, Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife and The Twelve Chairs (debut).
Honors: Theater Hall of Fame, three Tony Awards (six nominations), five Drama Desks, three Obies, three Outer Critics Circle Awards; Drama League, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics, Boston Film Critics and Cable Ace Awards. Nominations: Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy, SAG, Olivier, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice and Independent Spirit Awards. In addition, he has appeared in more than 50 productions in some of America’s finest regional theatres.
[1970]The Twelve Chairs Ostap Bender
[1970]Diary of a Mad Housewife George Prager
[1971]The Deadly Trap Philippe
[1979]Dracula Count Dracula
[1980]Those Lips, Those Eyes Harry Crystal
[1981]Sphinx Akmed Khazzan
[1986]The Men's Club Harold Canterbury
[1987]Masters of the Universe Skeletor
[1988]And God Created Woman James Tiernan
[1991]True Identity Leland Carver
[1992]Body of Evidence Jeffrey Roston
[1992]1492: Conquest of Paradise Santangel
[1993]Dave Bob Alexander
[1994]Junior Noah Banes
[1994]Brainscan Detective Hayden
[1995]Cutthroat Island Dawg Brown
[1995]Bad Company Vic Grimes
[1996]Eddie Wild Bill Burgess
[1997]Lolita Clare Quilty
[1998]I'm Losing You Perry Needham Krohn
[1998]Small Soldiers Archer
[1999]Alegría Fleur
[1999]The Ninth Gate Boris Balkan
[2000]Innocents Robert Denright
[2000]Stardom Blaine De Ctillon
[2001]Sweet November Edgar Price
[2004]House of D Reverend Duncan
[2004]Breaking the Fifth Godfrey Winters
[2005]How You Look to Me Professor Driskoll
[2005]Good Night, and Good Luck. William Paley
[2005]Back to You in the Days Lieutenant Hudson
[2006]Return to Rajapur Ned Bears
[2006]The Novice Father Tew
[2006]Superman Returns Perry White
[2007]Starting Out in the Evening Leonard Schiller
[2008]The Tale of Despereaux Mayor
[2008]The Caller Jimmy
[2008]Frost/Nixon Richard Nixon
[2009]The Box Arlington Steward
[2010]Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Louis Zabel
[2010]All Good Things Sanford Marks
[2011]Unknown Rodney Cole
[2012]Robot & Frank Frank
[2012]The Time Being Warner Dax
[2013]Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Warren Burger
[2014]Grace of Monaco Francis Tucker
[2014]5 to 7 Sam Bloom
[2014]Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Pha
[2014]Muppets Most Wanted Beefeater Vicar
[2014]Noah Og
[2014]Draft Day Anthony Molina
[2014]Parts Per Billion Andy
[2015]The Driftless Area Tim Geer
[2016]Youth in Oregon Raymond
[2016]Captain Fantastic Jack
[2020]The Trial of the Chicago 7 Judge Julius Hoffman
[2022]Angry Neighbors Harry
Frank Langella, The Father
Frank Langella, The Father
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Frank Langella, Man and Boy
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
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Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella, Match
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Frank Langella , Fortune's Fool
Frank Langella, Fortune's Fool
Frank Langella, Present Laughter
Frank Langella, The Father
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Frank Langella, Dracula
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Frank Langella, Dracula
Frank Langella, Seascape
Frank Langella, Seascape
Frank Langella, A Cry of Players
Frank Langella, Good Day
Frank Langella, The White Devil
Frank Langella, The Old Glory
Frank Langella has appeared on Broadway in 17 shows.
Frank Langella has not appeared in the West End.
Frank Langella has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Father," Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Father," "Man and Boy," and "Frost/Nixon," and Best Leading Actor in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Frost/Nixon." He has also received nominations for Best Actor at the Olivier Awards for "Frost/Nixon," Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Frost/Nixon," and Best Actor - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Frank Langella." Langella's nominations also include Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Match," Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Fortune's Fool," and Best Actor - Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Present Laughter." Additionally, he has been nominated for Outstanding Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Father," "Present Laughter," and "Dracula," as well as Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards. Langella has also received nominations for Outstanding Featured Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Seascape," Outstanding Performance at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Cry of Players," and various performance awards at the Obie Awards for "Good Day," "The White Devil," and "The Old Glory."
Frank Langella has won several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Father." He also won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Langella's accolades also include Best Leading Actor in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "Frost/Nixon," as well as Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same show. He won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Frost/Nixon" as well. Additionally, Langella received awards such as Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Match," Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Fortune's Fool," and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. Other notable awards include Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Featured Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Seascape," and Performance awards at the Obie Awards for various productions like "A Cry of Players," "Good Day," "The White Devil," and "The Old Glory."
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