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Brief introduction of Frank Langella
Frank Langella

Frank Langella, 1 938+1October1Born in New Jersey, USA, is an actor. As an unforgettable actor on Broadway, he is one of the greatest stage and film actors in America. He not only plays well, but also plays for a long time, with a wide range of performances, powerful performances and versatility. He has a high position in American drama. He was praised as "an actor among actors" by Benjamin, a drama critic in The New York Times, and "one of the few great actors" by Cliff Barnes, a critic in New York Post.

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Nationality: USA

Place of birth: New Jersey, USA

Date of birth: 1938 65438+ 10/.

Occupation: actor

Graduate school: Syracuse University.

Masterpieces: Vampire and Dialogue with Nixon.

Major achievements: Three Tony Awards.

Personal experience

1938 1 month 1 day, Ranjira was born in bayonne, New Jersey. 1 1 started acting at the age of, playing an old man in a school play about Lincoln. Then he got a degree in drama from Syracuse University. Then, he began to cooperate with local troupes in the East Coast and Midwest, and finally got on the stage in new york with 1963, and performed the leading role in The Comedian in off broadway. Rangira won three off-Broadway performance awards between 1964 and 1966, and 1969 won the drama award for WilliamGibson's ACryofPlayers. 1974, he made his Broadway debut with EdwardAlbee's Seascape, and won the Drama Award and the first Tony Award (he won it twice later).

1970, Langella officially made a film in DiaryofaMadHousewife, and in the same year, he also starred in Mel Brooks' representative comedy TheTwelveChairs. Although he often appeared in movies and TV in the 1970s, he was as busy as a bee on the stage. In 1977, he played the leading role in the Broadway version of Vampires. His role as the bloodthirsty earl made this work an unexpected sensation and made him a finalist for the Tony Award for the second time. His performance is also fully recorded in the movie version of Vampire released in 1979.

His performance on the stage is still very busy. In the 1990s, he finally made a breakthrough on the big screen, playing a cunning politician-BobAlexander in Ivan Rettman's comedy The Fake President. Next, he appeared in Adriani's "A Pear Beats a Begonia" and Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Comes to the Door", but Ranjira was always active in the theaters in new york.

He continued to work in Broadway, winning the second and third Tony Awards of Fortune magazine in 2003 and 2007 respectively, and was widely praised for his bold and innovative breakthrough performance in the new edition of Good Country in 2008. He plays Williams. Paley, the founder of CBS, won a high artistic evaluation in George Cullony's historical documentary Good Night and Good Luck in 2005. He also played Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet, in the 2006 summer blockbuster Superman Returns.

In 2007, Langella's role in Walking at Night was well received and was shortlisted for the Independent Spirit Award. In 2008, the film version of "Excuse me, Mr. President" made him a finalist for the Best Actor, Golden Globe and screen actors guild awards Awards. He plays the controversial former US President Richard Nixon in the film, which is Ron Howard's masterpiece of bringing Broadway plays to the big screen.

Rangira was elected to Broadway Theatre in 2003. In addition to the above awards, he has won more than 20 awards and nominations, including Tony Award, Oscar, Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, CableACEAwards, Obi Award and many film critic awards.

Main work

Real partners (20 12)

Unknown white male (20 1 1)

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (20 10)

Broadway: the golden age is over (20 10)

All good things (20 10)

8 1 Oscar Awards Ceremony (2009)

Killing Box (2009)

Visitors (2008)

Dialogue between Foster and Nixon (2008)

Gate 9 (1999)