FrameThrower · Actors · Frank Langella
Frank Langella
6 films · 561 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1997–2016
Born 1 January 1938 · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Frank A. Langella, Jr. 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 561 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1997–2016
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play2016
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play2007
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play2002
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1975
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award2017
How their films are shot
Measured across 561 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Frank takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Frank takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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