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Frank Langella, an Obie Award winner in 1965 for The Old Glory, a Best Supporting Actor Award winner in 1975 for Seascape, and a Tony and Drama Desk awards winner as Best Featured Actor in the Broadway production of Fortune's Fool in 2002, is a stage and screen actor of extreme versatility who first won acclaim on the New York stage in Seascape and followed up with the title role in the Edward Gorey production of Dracula. He repeated the role for the screen in 1979 and instantly became an international star.
Over the years Langella has done occasional films, but prefers to concentrate on his first love, the legitimate theater. His stage performances range from the Strindberg drama, The Father to Noel Coward's comedy, Present Laughter. He's also appeared in several productions for the New York Shakespeare Festival over the years.
Other film credits include: Diary of a Mad Housewife, The Twelve Chairs, The Wrath of God, The Mark of Zorro, Those Lips, Those Eyes, The Men's Club, Master of the Universe, And God Created Women, True Identity, 1942: Conquest of Paradise, Body of Evidence, Dave, Bad Company and Cutthroat Island.
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Frank Langella Facts
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | January 1, 1940 (68) |
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Birthplace | Bayonne, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 6' 4" (1m93) |