
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).
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award · 2017
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2016
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2007
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 2002
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1975
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- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2009 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2004 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1978 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Captain Fantastic

The Americans

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Kidding

How You Look to Me

Love, Antosha

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Frost/Nixon

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

5 to 7

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Lolita

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

The Water Is Wide

American Dad!

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Robot & Frank

Sweet November

All the Way

Draft Day

Unknown

Starting Out in the Evening

Small Soldiers

Dave

Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

The Ninth Gate

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Jason and the Argonauts

Dracula

Muppets Most Wanted

House of D

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Brainscan

Diary of a Mad Housewife

Youth in Oregon

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

All Good Things

The Tale of Despereaux

Great Performances

Grace of Monaco

Superman Returns

Cutthroat Island

Masters of the Universe

Noah

10.5: Apocalypse

Crossroads

Now You See It...

Sphinx