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Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Actor, also producer · Born January 1, 1938 (88) · Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · 4 other major award bodies

Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) 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).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1938 (88)
From
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
70 on MovieCove · 100 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Frank Langella's films like?

Across their 61 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Mystery2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Mystery movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Morality
18%
Power
16%
Bonds
15%
Society
9%
Survival
8%
Ideas
5%
Purpose12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 59 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 19 · Serious 21 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 32 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 9

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 14 · Charged 33 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 31 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 4

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 38 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 23 · Engaged 27 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 17 · Affecting 31 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 33 · Open-ended 15 · Ambiguous 11

Roles they play

46 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 18 of 46 analyzed roles.

Shadow
18 of 46
Hero
7 of 46
Mentor
7 of 46
Threshold guardian
6 of 46
Trickster
4 of 46
Herald
2 of 46
Shapeshifter
1 of 46
Ally
1 of 46
Show the 46 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
31
Melancholic
23
Contemplative
20
Hopeful
15
Warm
12
Other
58

How their films linger

Bittersweet24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 9 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous19
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Frank Langella's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 70 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Frank Langella's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

100 credits, 70 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost(2025)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Angry Neighbors(2022)

    Producer · as Harry March

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

    as Judge Julius Hoffman

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Kidding(2018)

    Show 20 episodes · as Sebastian Piccirillo

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Youth in Oregon(2016)

    as Raymond Engersol

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Captain Fantastic(2016)

    as Jack Bertrang

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • All the Way(2016)

    as Sen. Richard Russell

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Driftless Area(2015)

    as Tim Geer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014)

    as Skeletor (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet(2014)

    as Pasha (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Grace of Monaco(2014)

    as Father Francis Tucker

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • 5 to 7(2014)

    as Sam Bloom

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Draft Day(2014)

    as Anthony Molina

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Parts Per Billion(2014)

    as Andy

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Muppets Most Wanted(2014)

    as Beefeater Vicar

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Noah(2014)

    as Og (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight(2013)

    as Chief Justice Warren Burger

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Americans(2013)

    Show 34 episodes · as Gabriel

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Time Being(2012)

    as Warner Dax

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Robot & Frank(2012)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Unknown(2011)

    as Rodney Cole

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • All Good Things(2010)

    as Sanford Marks

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics(2010)

    as Perry White (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps(2010)

    as Lewis Zabel

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Box(2009)

    as Arlington Steward

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Tale of Despereaux(2008)

    as Mayor (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Frost/Nixon(2008)

    as Richard Nixon

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Caller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jimmy Stevens

  • Objects and Memory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator

  • Starting Out in the Evening(2007)

    as Leonard Schiller

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Return to Rajapur(2006)

    as Ned Bears

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Novice(2006)

    as Father Tew

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Superman Returns(2006)

    as Perry White

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • 10.5: Apocalypse(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Earl Hill

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • The Water Is Wide(2006)

    as Superintendent

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Capitol Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Managing Partner

  • Kitchen Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pino

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005)

    as William Paley

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Back to You in the Days(2005)

    as Lieutenant Hudson

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Commodore Francis Stoat (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Now You See It...(2005)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Unscripted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 10 episodes · as Goddard

  • How You Look to Me(2005)

    as Professor Driskoll

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • House of D(2004)

    as Reverend Duncan

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Inside High Noon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • 111 Gramercy Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as William

  • The Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Sweet November(2001)

    as Edgar Price

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Cry Baby Lane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Mr. Bennett

  • Stardom(2000)

    as Blaine De Castillon

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Jason and the Argonauts(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Aertes

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Robert Denright

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Al Baker

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Ninth Gate(1999)

    as Boris Balkan

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Alegría(1999)

    as Fleur

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • I'm Losing You(1998)

    as Perry Needham Krohn

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Small Soldiers(1998)

    as Archer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lolita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Clare Quilty

  • The Greatest Pharaohs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator

  • Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · as Narrator

  • Eddie(1996)

    as Wild Bill Burgess

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Moses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mermefta

  • Cutthroat Island(1995)

    as Dawg

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Bad Company(1995)

    as Vic Grimes

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator

  • Junior(1994)

    as Noah Banes

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Doomsday Gun(1994)

    as Dr. Gerald Bull

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Brainscan(1994)

    as Detective Hayden

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Dave(1993)

    as Bob Alexander

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Body of Evidence(1993)

    as Jeffrey Roston

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine(1993)

    Show 3 episodes · as Minister Jaro

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Lincoln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as John Wilkes Booth (voice)

  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise(1992)

    as Santangel

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • True Identity(1991)

    as Leland Carver

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Magic Balloon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • And God Created Woman(1988)

    as James Tiernan

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Masters of the Universe(1987)

    as Skeletor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Men's Club(1986)

    as Harold Canterbury

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

  • I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Leonardo da Vinci

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Sherlock Holmes

  • Sphinx(1981)

    as Akmed Khazzan

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Those Lips, Those Eyes(1980)

    as Harry Crystal

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Dracula(1979)

    as Count Dracula

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Prince of Homburg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as The Prince of Homburg

  • The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as John Buchanan

  • The American Woman: Portraits of Courage(1976)

    as John Adams

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Swiss Family Robinson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Seagull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Konstantin Treplev

  • The Mark of Zorro(1974)

    as Don Diego / Zorro

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Wrath of God(1972)

    as Thomas De La Plata

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Deadly Trap(1971)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as John Buchanan · as Konstantin Treplev · as The Prince of Homburg

  • The Twelve Chairs(1970)

    as Ostap Bender

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Diary of a Mad Housewife(1970)

    as George Prager

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • NET Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Benito Cereno

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Henry Piedmont

  • The Beast in the Jungle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 100 titles, 99 of them dated from 1951 to 2025; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Superman Returns (2006)

$391M worldwide

Highest rated

Captain Fantastic (2016)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19512025

Peak 2013 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 20 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 2 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting99 of 100: 99 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thOther crew1 of 100: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s1 · acting1970s12 · acting1980s8 · acting1990s24 · acting2000s29 · acting2010s21 · acting2020s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 11% of 46 roles
708595001015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Screen Actors Guild Award from 12 major nominations, 1971–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2017
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  3. 2009
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
  4. 2008
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  5. 2006
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  6. 1983
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming
  7. 1971
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Most Promising Newcomer - Male

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Frank Langella's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 63; across their 59 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Midcredits score across 70 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

28 of their 70 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser28
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed27

Most divisive · actor, producer

Angry Neighbors (2022)

96th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Captain Fantastic (2016)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 56 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Frank Langella's work okay for kids?

Across up to 26 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles9–71 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity26 titles12–68 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles23–65 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs17 titles17–55 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense19 titles9–62 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Frank Langella work with?

People who share at least 2 of Frank Langella's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ivan Reitman shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers