Frank Langella

Acting

Frank Langella

Born
(age 88)
Birthplace
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Credits
119 titles

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).

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 118

YearTitleRole
TBA Broadway: The Next Generation Film Self
TBA The Beast in the Jungle Film
2022 Angry Neighbors Film Harry March
2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Film Self
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Film Judge Julius Hoffman
2019 Love, Antosha Film Self
2019 It Takes a Lunatic Film Self
2018 Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding Film Self
2018 Kidding TV Sebastian Piccirillo (20 ep)
2017 Marcians TV Self - Interviewee (1 ep)
2017 Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Film Self - Actor
2017 Youth in Oregon Film Raymond
2016 Mike Nichols: An American Master Film Self
2016 Captain Fantastic Film Jack Bertrang
2016 All the Way Film Sen. Richard Russell
2015 The Driftless Area Film Tim Geer
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Film Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014 Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Film Pasha (voice)
2014 Grace of Monaco Film Father Francis Tucker
2014 5 to 7 Film Sam Bloom
2014 Draft Day Film Anthony Molina
2014 Parts Per Billion Film Andy
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Film Beefeater Vicar
2014 Noah Film Og (voice)
2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Film Chief Justice Warren Burger
2013 Genius on Hold Film Self - Narrator (voice)
2013 The Americans TV Gabriel (34 ep)
2012 The Time Being Film Warner Dax
2012 Robot & Frank Film Frank
2011 Unknown Film Rodney Cole
2010 All Good Things Film Sanford Marks
2010 Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics Film Perry White (archive footage)
2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Film Lewis Zabel
2009 The Box Film Arlington Steward
2008 The Tale of Despereaux Film Mayor (voice)
2008 Frost/Nixon Film Richard Nixon
2008 The Caller Film Jimmy Stevens
2008 Objects and Memory Film Narrator
2007 Starting Out in the Evening Film Leonard Schiller
2006 Return to Rajapur Film Ned Bears
2006 Crossroads Film Father Tew
2006 Superman Returns Film Perry White
2006 10.5: Apocalypse TV Dr. Earl Hill (2 ep)
2006 The Water Is Wide Film Superintendent
2006 King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed Film
2006 Capitol Law Film Managing Partner
2005 Kitchen Confidential TV Pino (6 ep)
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. Film William Paley
2005 Back in the Day Film Lieutenant Hudson
2005 American Dad! TV Commodore Francis Stoat (voice) (1 ep)
2005 Now You See It... Film Max
2005 Unscripted TV Goddard (10 ep)
2005 How You Look to Me Film Professor Driskoll
2004 The Revamping of Dracula Film Self
2004 House of D Film Reverend Duncan
2003 Inside High Noon Film Narrator (voice)
2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Film Self
2003 111 Gramercy Park Film William
2001 The Beast TV (6 ep)
2001 Sweet November Film Edgar Price

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YearTitleJob
2025 Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Film Thanks
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