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Frank Langella

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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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Robot & Frank

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Ninth Gate

As Boris Balkan

Draft Day

As Anthony Molina

Superman Returns

As Perry White

Masters of the Universe

As Skeletor

The Tale of Despereaux

As Mayor (voice)

Captain Fantastic

As Jack Bertrang

The Box

As Arlington Steward

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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No shared language, just shared work

A chain of six films where collaboration, not language, becomes the bridge between alien intelligences. Diplomacy assumes a shared frame of reference, words, ge...

6 films

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