Frank Langella
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1938 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
- Active Years
- 1944–2025 (82 Years)
- Total Credits
- 123 credits in database
Biography
Frank A. Langella, Jr. is an American stage and film actor born on January 1, 1938, in Bayonne, New Jersey. He started acting in 1965. Throughout his career, he has received four Tony Awards out of seven nominations, alongside nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. His notable film roles include Diary of a Mad Housewife, Mel Brooks’s The Twelve Chairs, Dracula, Dave, The Ninth Gate, Good Night, and Good Luck, Starting Out in the Evening, Frost/Nixon, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, All Good Things, Robot & Frank, Noah, Captain Fantastic, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Career overview
Frank A. Langella, Jr. is an American stage and film actor who was born on January 1, 1938, in Bayonne, New Jersey, and started acting in 1965. Throughout his career, 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.
His notable film roles include parts in Diary of a Mad Housewife, Mel Brooks's The Twelve Chairs, Dracula, Dave, The Ninth Gate, Good Night, and Good Luck, Starting Out in the Evening, Frost/Nixon, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, All Good Things, Robot & Frank, Noah, Captain Fantastic, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
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Full Filmography
123 titles- Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) Thanks
- Angry Neighbors (2022) as Harry March
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) as Judge Julius Hoffman
- Love, Antosha (2019) as Self
- It Takes a Lunatic (2019) as Self
- Kidding (2018) as Sebastian Piccirillo
- Meet the Pickles - Behind the Scenes of Kidding (2018) as Self
- Marcians (2017) as Self - Interviewee
- Youth in Oregon (2017) as Raymond Engersol
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017) as Self - Actor
- Captain Fantastic (2016) as Jack Bertrang
- Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016) as Self
- All the Way (2016) as Sen. Richard Russell
- The Driftless Area (2015) as Tim Geer
- Noah (2014) as Og (voice)
- Draft Day (2014) as Anthony Molina
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) as Beefeater Vicar
- Grace of Monaco (2014) as Father Francis Tucker
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014) as Pasha (voice)
- 5 to 7 (2014) as Sam Bloom
- Parts Per Billion (2014) as Andy
- The Americans (2013) as Gabriel
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as Chief Justice Warren Burger
- Genius on Hold (2013) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Robot & Frank (2012) as Frank
- The Time Being (2012) as Warner Dax
- Unknown (2011) as Rodney Cole
- All Good Things (2010) as Sanford Marks
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Lewis Zabel
- Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010) as Perry White (archive footage)
- The Box (2009) as Arlington Steward
- The Tale of Despereaux (2008) as Mayor (voice)
- Frost/Nixon (2008) as Richard Nixon
- Objects and Memory (2008) as Narrator
- The Caller (2008) as Jimmy Stevens
- Starting Out in the Evening (2007) as Leonard Schiller
- Superman Returns (2006) as Perry White
- 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) as Dr. Earl Hill
- The Water Is Wide (2006) as Superintendent
- Return to Rajapur (2006) as Ned Bears
- Capitol Law (2006) as Managing Partner
- King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed (2006)
- Crossroads (2006) as Father Tew
- American Dad! (2005) as Commodore Francis Stoat (voice)
- Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) as William Paley
- Kitchen Confidential (2005) as Pino
- Unscripted (2005) as Goddard
- Back in the Day (2005) as Lieutenant Hudson
- Now You See It... (2005) as Max
- How You Look to Me (2005) as Professor Driskoll
- House of D (2004) as Reverend Duncan
- The Revamping of Dracula (2004) as Self
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self
- 111 Gramercy Park (2003) as William
- Inside High Noon (2003) as Narrator (voice)
- Sweet November (2001) as Edgar Price
- The Beast (2001)
- Jason and the Argonauts (2000) as Aertes
- Stardom (2000) as Blaine De Castillon
- Cry Baby Lane (2000) as Mr. Bennett
- Innocents (2000) as Robert Denright
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Al Baker
- The Ninth Gate (1999) as Boris Balkan
- Alegría (1999) as Fleur
- The Road to 'Dracula' (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Small Soldiers (1998) as Archer (voice)
- I'm Losing You (1998) as Perry Needham Krohn
- Lolita (1997) as Clare Quilty
- The Greatest Pharaohs (1997) as Narrator
- Eddie (1996) as Wild Bill Burgess
- Moses (1996) as Mermefta
- Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts (1996) as Narrator
- Cutthroat Island (1995) as Dawg
- Bad Company (1995) as Vic Grimes
- Junior (1994) as Noah Banes
- Doomsday Gun (1994) as Dr. Gerald Bull
- Brainscan (1994) as Detective Hayden
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) as Narrator
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Minister Jaro
- Body of Evidence (1993) as Jeffrey Roston
- Dave (1993) as Bob Alexander
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) as Santangel
- Lincoln (1992) as John Wilkes Booth (voice)
- True Identity (1991) as Leland Carver
- The Magic Balloon (1990)
- Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) as Self
- And God Created Woman (1988) as James Tiernan
- Masters of the Universe (1987) as Skeletor
- The Men's Club (1986) as Harold Canterbury
- Liberty (1986) as Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
- I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind (1983) as Leonardo da Vinci
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- Sphinx (1981) as Akmed Khazzan
- Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner (1981) as Sherlock Holmes
- Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) as Harry Crystal
- Dracula (1979) as Count Dracula
- The Prince of Homburg (1977) as The Prince of Homburg
- The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976) as John Buchanan
- The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976) as John Adams
- The Swiss Family Robinson (1975)
- The Seagull (1975) as Konstantin Treplev
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- The Mark of Zorro (1974) as Don Diego / Zorro
- The Wrath of God (1972) as Thomas De La Plata
- Great Performances (1971) as Konstantin Treplev
- Great Performances (1971) as John Buchanan
- Great Performances (1971) as The Prince of Homburg
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Deadly Trap (1971) as Philippe
- Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) as George Prager
- The Twelve Chairs (1970) as Ostap Bender
- NET Playhouse (1966) as Benito Cereno
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Dr. Henry Piedmont
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- The Beast in the Jungle
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Frank Langella best known for?
Frank Langella is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025), Angry Neighbors (2022), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), It Takes a Lunatic (2019).
When and where was Frank Langella born?
Frank Langella was born on January 1, 1938 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA.
How many credits does Frank Langella have?
Frank Langella has accumulated over 123 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2025.
What is Frank Langella's background in cinema and television?
Frank A. Langella, Jr. is an American stage and film actor born on January 1, 1938, in Bayonne, New Jersey. He started acting in 1965. Throughout his career, he has received four Tony Awards out of seven nominations, alongside nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. ...
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Dr. Henry Piedmont — aged about 13
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Al Baker — aged about 61
- Captain Fantastic (2016) as Jack Bertrang — aged about 78
- The Americans (2013) as Gabriel — aged about 75
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Minister Jaro — aged about 55
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) as Judge Julius Hoffman — aged about 82
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