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Martin Landau

Born 1928-06-20

Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999. Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his performance in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

North by Northwest 1959 · 8.3 Ed Wood 1994 · 7.8 Rounders 1998 · 7.3 9 2009 · 7.0 Frankenweenie 2012 · 6.9 The X Files 1998 · 7.0 City of Ember 2008 · 6.4 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 · 7.8 The Majestic 2001 · 6.9 Edtv 1999 · 6.1 Remember 2015 · 7.4 Hollywood Homicide 2003 · 5.4 Cleopatra 1963 · 7.0 Sliver 1993 · 5.1 City Hall 1996 · 6.2 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 · 6.9 Ready to Rumble 2000 · 5.3 The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 · 6.5 Intersection 1994 · 5.4 Nevada Smith 1966 · 6.9 Meteor 1979 · 5.1 Alone in the Dark 1982 · 6.0 The Adventures of Pinocchio 1996 · 5.3 B*A*P*S 1997 · 4.7 12:01 1993 · 6.8 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1970 · 6.0 Lovely, Still 2009 · 7.0 Cyclone 1987 · 4.4 The Aryan Couple 2004 · 6.4 The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 1987 · 6.3 Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs 2014 · 5.7 A Town Called Hell 1971 · 5.0 Mysteria 2011 · 3.9 Savage 1973 · 5.4 Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game 2018 · 5.7 Empire State 1987 · 5.1 Without Ward 2022 · 3.9 Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood 2020 · 8.5