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Frank Langella

Born 1938-01-01

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).

Known for

Captain Fantastic 2016 · 7.9 The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 · 7.6 Superman Returns 2006 · 6.1 Unknown 2011 · 6.8 The Ninth Gate 1999 · 6.7 Frost/Nixon 2008 · 7.6 Small Soldiers 1998 · 6.3 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010 · 6.2 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 · 7.4 The Box 2009 · 5.6 Sweet November 2001 · 6.7 Junior 1994 · 4.8 Draft Day 2014 · 6.8 Lolita 1997 · 6.8 Robot & Frank 2012 · 7.0 All Good Things 2010 · 6.2 Dave 1993 · 6.9 Masters of the Universe 1987 · 5.4 The Tale of Despereaux 2008 · 6.1 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992 · 6.4 Cutthroat Island 1995 · 5.7 All the Way 2016 · 7.1 5 to 7 2014 · 7.1 Grace of Monaco 2014 · 5.7 Kidding 2018 · 8.0 Body of Evidence 1993 · 4.6 Brainscan 1994 · 6.0 Dracula 1979 · 6.5 House of D 2004 · 6.8 The Twelve Chairs 1970 · 6.4 Bad Company 1995 · 5.4 Starting Out in the Evening 2007 · 6.9 Now You See It... 2005 · 6.1 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013 · 6.7 Diary of a Mad Housewife 1970 · 7.0 And God Created Woman 1988 · 4.4 The Driftless Area 2015 · 5.3 Stardom 2000 · 5.7 Youth in Oregon 2017 · 5.8 True Identity 1991 · 5.1 Angry Neighbors 2022 · 4.1 Back to You in the Days 2005 · 4.4 The Water Is Wide 2006 · 7.0