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Frank A. Langella Jr. is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards: two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performance as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon and as André in The Father, and two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances in Edward Albee's Seascape and Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool. His reprisal of the Nixon role in the film production of Frost/Nixon earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Birth Name
Frank A. Langella Jr.
Born
Saturday, 01 January 1938
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Angry Neighbors | Harry | 2022 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Judge Julius Hoffman | 2020 |
| It Takes a Lunatic | Self | 2019 |
| Love, Antosha | Self | 2019 |
| Kidding | Seb / Sebestian / Sebastian | 2018 |
| Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Self - Actor | 2017 |
| Youth in Oregon | Raymond / Raymond Engersol | 2017 |
| Captain Fantastic | Jack / Jack Bertrang | 2016 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Angry Neighbors | Harry | 2022 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Judge Julius Hoffman | 2020 |
| It Takes a Lunatic | Self | 2019 |
| Love, Antosha | Self | 2019 |
| Kidding | Seb / Sebestian / Sebastian | 2018 |
| Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Self - Actor | 2017 |
| Youth in Oregon | Raymond / Raymond Engersol | 2017 |
| Captain Fantastic | Jack / Jack Bertrang | 2016 |
| The 70th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2016 |
| All the Way | Senator Richard Russell / Sen. Richard Russell | 2016 |
| The Driftless Area | Tim Geer | 2016 |
| The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | Self | 2015 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Skeletor | 2014 |
| Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet | Pasha (voice) / Pasha | 2014 |
| Grace of Monaco | Francis Tucker / Father Francis Tucker | 2014 |
| 5 to 7 | Sam Bloom | 2014 |
| Draft Day | Anthony Molina | 2014 |
| Parts Per Billion | Andy | 2014 |
| Noah | Og / Og (voice) | 2014 |
| Muppets Most Wanted | Beefeater Vicar | 2014 |
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Warren Burger / Chief Justice Warren Burger | 2013 |
| Genius on Hold | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2013 |
| The Americans | Gabriel | 2013 |
| The Time Being | Warner Dax | 2012 |
| Robot & Frank | Frank | 2012 |
| The 66th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
| Unknown | Rodney Cole | 2011 |
| All Good Things | Sanford Marks | 2010 |
| Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | Perry White (archive footage) / Perry White | 2010 |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Lewis Zabel / Louis Zabel | 2010 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2009 |
| The Box | Arlington Steward | 2009 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2009 |
| Storymakers | Self | 2009 |
| Frost/Nixon | Richard Nixon | 2008 |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Mayor (voice) / Mayor | 2008 |
| The Caller | Jimmy Stevens / Jimmy | 2008 |
| Inside 'High Noon' | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2003 |
| Starting Out in the Evening | Leonard Schiller | 2007 |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2007 |
| Return to Rajapur | Ned Bears | 2006 |
| The Novice | Father Tew | 2006 |
| Superman Returns | Perry White | 2006 |
| The 60th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| 10.5: Apocalypse | Dr. Earl Hill | 2006 |
| The Water Is Wide | Superintendent | 2006 |
| Kitchen Confidential | Pino | 2005 |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | William Paley | 2005 |
| Back to You in the Days | Lieutenant Hudson | 2005 |
| House of D | Reverend Duncan | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Commodore Francis Stoat | 2005 |
| Now You See It... | Max | 2005 |
| Unscripted | Goddard Fulton | 2005 |
| How You Look to Me | Professor Driskoll | 2005 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains | Self | 2003 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2002 |
| The Beast | Jackson Burns | 2001 |
| Sweet November | Edgar Price | 2001 |
| Stardom | Blaine De Castillon | 2000 |
| Jason and the Argonauts | Aertes | 2000 |
| Innocents | Robert Denright | 2000 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1999 |
| The Road to Dracula | Archive Footage | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Al Baker | 1999 |
| The Ninth Gate | Boris Balkan | 1999 |
| Alegría | Fleur | 1999 |
| I'm Losing You | Perry Needham Krohn | 1998 |
| Small Soldiers | Archer / Archer (voice) | 1998 |
| Lolita | Clare Quilty | 1997 |
| The Greatest Pharaohs | Narrator | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts | Narrator | 1996 |
| Eddie | Wild Bill Burgess | 1996 |
| Cutthroat Island | Dawg Brown / Dawg | 1995 |
| Bad Company | Vic Grimes | 1995 |
| Junior | Noah Banes | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Doomsday Gun | Dr. Gerald Bull / Gerald Bull | 1994 |
| Brainscan | Detective Hayden | 1994 |
| Dave | Bob Alexander | 1993 |
| Body of Evidence | Jeffrey Roston | 1993 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Minister Jaro | 1993 |
| Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth (voice) / John Wilkes Booth | 1992 |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Santangel | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Archer / Self | 1992 |
| True Identity | Leland Carver | 1991 |
| Monkey House | Dr. Frankel | 1991 |
| The Magic Balloon | 1990 | |
| Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Himself | 1990 |
| And God Created Woman | James Tiernan | 1988 |
| Masters of the Universe | Skeletor | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Dr. Paradise | 1987 |
| The Infinite Voyage | Narrator | 1987 |
| The Men's Club | Harold Canterbury | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self / Self - Narrator / Narrator | 1986 |
| The 40th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1986 |
| The 37th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1983 |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
| Sphinx | Akmed Khazzan | 1981 |
| Those Lips, Those Eyes | Harry Crystal | 1980 |
| Dracula | Count Dracula | 1979 |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1978 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Jean LaFitte | 1975 |
| The Mark of Zorro | Zorro / Don Diego | 1974 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Love Story | Jimmy Lewin | 1973 |
| The Wrath of God | Thomas De La Plata | 1972 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| The Deadly Trap | Philippe / Philip | 1971 |
| Great Performances | The Prince of Homburg / Narrator / Konstantin Treplev | 1971 |
| The Twelve Chairs | Ostap Bender | 1970 |
| Diary of a Mad Housewife | George Prager | 1970 |
| Actor's Choice | Self - Performer | 1970 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Carey Robins | 1969 |
| Mannix | Harry Tass | 1967 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | The Young Man | 1967 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Michael Romani | 1965 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Angry Neighbors | 2022 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2009 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |
