Martin Landau
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1928-06-20 – 2017-07-15
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) and Space: 1999. Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his performance in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
North by Northwest
1959Leonard
Sliver
1993Alex Parsons
Teenage Paparazzo
2010Self
Ed Wood
1994Bela Lugosi
Rounders
1998Abe Petrovsky
The X-Files
1998Kurtzweil
Joseph
1995Jacob
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965Caiaphas
The Aryan Couple
2004Joseph Krauzenberg
The Majestic
2001Harry Trimble
By Dawn's Early Light
1990President
Ready to Rumble
2000Sal Bandini
Nevada Smith
1966Jesse Coe
EDtv
1999Al
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989Judah Rosenthal
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
Cleopatra
1963Rufio
9
2009#2 (voice)
Decision at Midnight
1963