Frank Langella is an American actor of the stage and screen. Over his career he received four Tony Awards and an Actor Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globes, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
For his work on stage he received four Tony Awards, his first two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for playing human-sized lizard in Edward Albee's Seascape (1975) and a Russian aristocrat in Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool (2002). He won the later two for Best Actor in a Play for Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon (2008), and a man dealing with alzheimer's in Florian Zeller's The Father (2016). He was Tony-nominated for playing Count Dracula in Dracula (1978), an aging dance choreographer in Match (2004), and a financier in Man and Boy (2012).
Langella reprised his performance as Richard Nixon in Ron Howard's political drama Frost/Nixon (2008) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award, Actor Award, BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Lead Actor. He also has received Actor Award nominations Good Night and Good Luck (2005), Captain Fantastic (2016), and finally winning for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2019).
On television, he was Primetime Emmy Award-nominated for Outstanding Informational Special for I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind in 1983.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2008Best ActorFrost/Nixon
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureGood Night, and Good Luck2008Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleFrost/NixonOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2016Captain Fantastic 2020The Trial of the Chicago 7
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards2009Best Leading Actor Frost/Nixon
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards1983Outstanding Informational ProgrammingI, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Golden Globe Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1971New Star of the Year – ActorDiary of a Mad Housewife2008Best Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaFrost/Nixon
Laurence Olivier Awards + Year Category Nominated work Result 2007Best ActorFrost/Nixon
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1975Best Featured Actor in a PlaySeascape1978Best Actor in a PlayDracula 2002Best Featured Actor in a Play Fortune's Fool2004Best Actor in a PlayMatch2007Frost/Nixon2012Man and Boy2016The Father
Industry awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2020Capri Hollywood International Film FestivalCapri Italian-American AwardThe Trial of the Chicago 7 2008 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Actor Frost/Nixon 2016 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie All the Way 2005 Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance Good Night and Good Luck 2008 Independent Spirit Award Best Male LeadStarting Out in the Evening 1971 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor Diary of a Mad Housewife / The Twelve Chairs 2005National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Good Night and Good Luck 2007 Best Actor Starting Out in the Evening 1970 New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Diary of a Mad Housewife 1979Saturn Awards Best Actor Dracula 2009 Best Supporting Actor The Box
Theatre awards Year Association Category Nominated work Result 1969 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance A Cry of Players 1975 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Seascape 1978 Outstanding Actor in a Play Dracula 1996 Outstanding Actor in a Play The Father 1997 Outstanding Actor in a Play Present Laughter 2002 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Fortune's Fool 2004 Outstanding Actor in a Play Match 2007 Outstanding Actor in a Play Frost/Nixon 2016 Actor in a Play The Father 1978 Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Dracula 1965Obie Awards Distinguished Performance Good Day 1966 Distinguished PerformanceThe White Devil 1996Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Featured in a Play The Father 1997 Best Actor in a Play Present Laughter 2002 Best Featured Actor in a Play Fortune's Fool 2004Best Actor in a Play Match 2007 Frost/Nixon 2016 The Father
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