FrameThrower · Actors · Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
11 films · 1,012 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1986–2025
Born 11 July 1952 · New York City, New York, USA
Stephen Lang is an American actor and playwright. He started in theatre on Broadway but is well known for his film portrayals of Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals (2003), George Pickett in Gettysburg (1993), and his 2009 roles as Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar and as Texan lawman Charles Winstead in Public Enemies. Lang was the co-artistic director (along with Carlin Glynn and Lee Grant) of the famed Actor's Studio at its headquarters in New York City from 2004 to 2006.
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How their films are shot
Measured across 1,012 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stephen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 58% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Stephen takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025 · Yeagor Dragunov
Don’t Breathe 2
2021 · The Blind Man
Don’t Breathe
2016 · The Blind Man
VFW
· Fred
Ash
2025 · Quaritch
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Colonel Miles Quaritch
Mortal Engines
2018 · Shrike
The Nut Job
2014 · King (voice)
Avatar
2009 · Colonel Miles Quaritch
Tombstone
1993 · Ike Clanton
Manhunter
1986 · Freddy Lounds
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,012 frames from Stephen Lang's 11 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.