Know Your “That Guy”: Frank Langella
Frank Langella
Born: January 1, 1938
Number of Roles: 78
Best Known for Playing: Mysteriously creepy gentlemen who explain the twist/plot of films
First Appearance: Michael Romani on The Trials of O’Brien (1965)
Most Recent Appearance: Rodney Cole in Unknown (2011)
Notable Roles
- Louis Zabel in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- Arlington Steward in The Box
- Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon
- Perry White in Superman Returns
- William Paley in Good Night, Good Luck
- Boris Balkan in The Ninth Gate
- Archer in Small Soldiers
- Dawg in Cutthroat Island
- Skeletor in Masters of the Universe
- Count Dracula in Dracula (1979)
Fun Facts
- Has played both Dracula and Sherlock Holmes (something only Christopher Lee and Richard Roxburgh have done)
- Has won two Tony Awards
- Skeletor is one of his favorite roles he’s done
- He and Anthony Hopkins have both been nominated for Oscars for playing Richard Nixon
I’m like the J. Jonah Jameson of Everything Action, writing and editing and constantly demanding pictures of Spider-Man.
