Martin Landau

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-06-20 (89 years old)

Deathday

2017-07-15

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Martin Landau

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 r...

Acting

1959

1993

Sliver

as Alex Parsons

1994

Ed Wood

as Bela Lugosi

1998

Rounders

as Abe Petrovsky

1998

The X-Files

as Kurtzweil

1995

Joseph

as Jakob

2004

The Aryan Couple

as Joseph Krauzenberg

2001

The Majestic

as Harry Trimble

1990

2000

Ready to Rumble

as Sal Bandini

1966

Nevada Smith

as Jesse Coe

1999

EDtv

as Al

1989

Crimes and Misdemeanors

as Judah Rosenthal

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

1963

Cleopatra

as Rufio

2009

9

as #2 (voice)

1970

2008

1979

Meteor

as General Adlon

2000

Shiner

as Frank Spedding

1991

Firehead

as Adm. Pendleton

2012

Frankenweenie

as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

1980

Without Warning

as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

1987

Empire State

as Chuck

1994

1997

B.A.P.S

as Mr. Donald Blakemore

1971

A Town Called Hell

as The Colonel

1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

as John Martin Perkins III

1993

12:01

as Dr. Thadius Moxley

2009

Lovely, Still

as Robert

2013

1992

Mistress

as Jack Roth

1987

Cyclone

as Bosarian

2002

Shanghai Ghetto

as Narrator

1983

The Being

as Garson Jones

1976

Shadows in an Empty Room

as Dr. George Tracer

1992

No Place to Hide

as Frank McCoy

1980

Alien Attack

as Commander John Koenig

1978

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

as Commander John Koenig

2011

Mysteria

as Hotel Manager

1982

Journey Through the Black Sun

as Commander John Koenig

1972

Black Gunn

as Capelli

2011

Have a Little Faith

as Rabbi Albert Lewis

1982

Cosmic Princess

as Commander John Koenig

1990

Paint It Black

as Daniel Lambert

1999

Carlo's Wake

as Carlo Torello

1987

Sweet Revenge

as Cicero

1980

The Return

as Niles Buchanan

1973

Savage

as Paul Savage

1999

The Joyriders

as Gordon Trout

1997

2001

Haven

as Papa Gruber

1999

Sleepy Hollow

as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

1962

1988

Run If You Can

as Malvani

2013

Anna Nicole

as J. Howard Marshall

1988

Real Bullets

as Sallini

1989

2003

Wake

as Older Sebastian Riven

2016

A Fighting Chance

as Martin Kramer

1984

Access Code

as Agency Head

1960

The Gazebo

as The Duke

1993

Eye of the Stranger

as Mayor Howard Bains

1970

Operation Snafu

as Joe Mellone

1999

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

as Joseph Bonanno, age 94

2015

Entourage

as Bob Ryan

1997

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!

as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

2015

Remember

as Max Rosenbaum

2010

Ivory

as Leon Spencer

1972

1996

City Hall

as Judge Walter Stern

1986

Treasure Island

as The Captain

2008

Billy: The Early Years

as Old Charles Templeton

2008

David & Fatima

as Rabbi Schmulic

2003

Hollywood Homicide

as Jerry Duran

1998

The Elevator

as Roy Tilden

1991

1979

2007

Brando

as Self

1959

Pork Chop Hill

as Lt. Marshall

1979

The Last Word

as Captain Garrity

1991

Echoes That Remain

as Narrator (voice)

2000

Very Mean Men

as Mr. White

1997

2008

Harrison Montgomery

as Harrison Montgomery

2017

The Red Maple Leaf

as Bernard Florence

1964

1975

Space 1999

as John Koenig

2019

Love, Antosha

as Self (archive footage)

1990

2004

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Ed Wood: Making Bela

as Self / Bela Lugosi

1982

Alone in the Dark

as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

1990

Max and Helen

as Simon Wiesenthal

1994

2003

The Commission

as Sen. Richard Russell

1987

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The Return of Victor Bergman

as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

Production

2009

Lovely, Still

as Executive Producer

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