Acting
Martin Landau
Born 1928-06-20
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Martin Landau
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The Simpsons
1989
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Sleepy Hollow
1999
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North by Northwest
1959
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9
2009
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Frankenweenie
2012
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Ed Wood
1994
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Rounders
1998
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City of Ember
2008
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The X-Files
1998
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Columbo
1971
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (213 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph | Commander John Koenig | Movie | 2026 |
 | Tim Burton: Life in the Line | Self (footage) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Prisoners in Space | Commander Koenig | Movie | 2025 |
 | Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Without Ward | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Love, Antosha | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game | Abe | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Red Maple Leaf | Bernard Florence | Movie | 2017 |
| A Fighting Chance | Martin Kramer | Movie | 2016 | |
 | Remember | Max Rosenbaum | Movie | 2015 |
 | Entourage | Bob Ryan | Movie | 2015 |
 | Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs | Rulon Jeffs | Movie | 2014 |
| Meir's Festival | Self | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Anna Nicole | J. Howard Marshall | Movie | 2013 |
 | Frankenweenie | Mr. Rzykruski (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Have a Little Faith | Rabbi Albert Lewis | Movie | 2011 |
 | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | Mysteria | Hotel Manager | Movie | 2011 |
 | Teenage Paparazzo | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Return of Victor Bergman | Commander John Koenig (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ivory | Leon Spencer | Movie | 2010 |
 | A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | Lovely, Still | Robert | Movie | 2009 |
| Lovely, Still | Executive Producer | Movie | 2009 |
 | A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | Self | Movie | 2009 |
 | 9 | #2 (voice) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Billy: The Early Years | Old Charles Templeton | Movie | 2008 |
 | City of Ember | Sul | Movie | 2008 |
 | David & Fatima | Rabbi Schmulic | Movie | 2008 |
 | In Plain Sight | Joseph Thomas / Joseph Tancredi | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Harrison Montgomery | Harrison Montgomery | Movie | 2008 |
 | Brando | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | An Existential Affair | The Wedding Doctor | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Evidence | Dr. Sol Goldman | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Aryan Couple | Joseph Krauzenberg | Movie | 2004 |
 | Ed Wood: Making Bela | Self / Bela Lugosi | Movie | 2004 |
| Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% | Self | Movie | 2004 |
| Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 |
| Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild | Self | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Entourage | Bob Ryan | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | Wake | Older Sebastian Riven | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Commission | Sen. Richard Russell | Movie | 2003 |
 | Hollywood Homicide | Jerry Duran | Movie | 2003 |
 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Without a Trace | Frank Malone | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Shanghai Ghetto | Narrator | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Majestic | Harry Trimble | Movie | 2001 |
 | Contender: Mastering the Method | Self | Movie | 2001 |
| Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Haven | Papa Gruber | Movie | 2001 |
 | Haven | Papa Gruber | TV Series | 2001 |
 | In the Beginning | Abraham | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Shiner | Frank Spedding | Movie | 2000 |
 | Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Very Mean Men | Mr. White | Movie | 2000 |
 | Ready to Rumble | Sal Bandini | Movie | 2000 |
 | Sleepy Hollow | Peter Van Garrett (uncredited) | Movie | 1999 |
 | The New Adventures of Pinocchio | Geppetto | Movie | 1999 |
 | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story | Joseph Bonanno, age 94 | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Joyriders | Gordon Trout | Movie | 1999 |
 | EDtv | Al | Movie | 1999 |
 | Carlo's Wake | Carlo Torello | Movie | 1999 |
 | Rounders | Abe Petrovsky | Movie | 1998 |
 | The X-Files | Kurtzweil | Movie | 1998 |
 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Elevator | Roy Tilden | Movie | 1998 |
| Steve McQueen: The King of Cool | Self | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey | Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Long Way Home | (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Legend of the Spirit Dog | Storyteller | Movie | 1997 |
 | B.A.P.S | Mr. Donald Blakemore | Movie | 1997 |
 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1996 |
 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Geppetto | Movie | 1996 |
 | City Hall | Judge Walter Stern | Movie | 1996 |
 | Joseph | Jacob | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Joseph | Jacob | Movie | 1995 |
 | Spider-Man | Mac Gargan / Scorpion (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
| Spider-Man | Scorpion (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Time is Money | Mac | Movie | 1994 |
 | Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi | Movie | 1994 |
 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Intersection | Neal | Movie | 1994 |
 | 12:01 | Dr. Thadius Moxley | Movie | 1993 |
 | Sliver | Alex Parsons | Movie | 1993 |
 | Eye of the Stranger | Mayor Howard Bains | Movie | 1993 |
 | No Place to Hide | Frank McCoy | Movie | 1992 |
 | Mistress | Jack Roth | Movie | 1992 |
 | Legacy of Lies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story | Jerry Gertz | Movie | 1992 |
 | Echoes That Remain | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Firehead | Adm. Pendleton | Movie | 1991 |
 | Secrets of the Unknown | Narrator | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Color of Evening | Max Loeb | Movie | 1990 |
 | By Dawn's Early Light | President | Movie | 1990 |
 | Paint It Black | Daniel Lambert | Movie | 1990 |
 | Max and Helen | Simon Wiesenthal | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | The Great Raymondo (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Neon Empire | Max | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Neon Empire | Max | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Judah Rosenthal | Movie | 1989 |
 | Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief | Self | Movie | 1989 |
 | Run If You Can | Malvani | Movie | 1988 |
 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Abe | Movie | 1988 |
 | Real Bullets | Sallini | Movie | 1988 |
 | Delta Fever | Bud | Movie | 1987 |
 | Cyclone | Bosarian | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman | Lyle Stenning | Movie | 1987 |
 | Empire State | Chuck | Movie | 1987 |
 | Sweet Revenge | Cicero | Movie | 1987 |
 | W.A.R.: Women Against Rape | Judge Shaw | Movie | 1987 |
| Lethal Victims | Judge Shaw | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Kung Fu: The Movie | John Martin Perkins III | Movie | 1986 |
 | Blacke's Magic | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Treasure Island | The Captain | Movie | 1986 |
 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Wallace Garrison | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Twilight Zone | William Cooper-Janes (segment "The Beacon") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Al Drake | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Access Code | Agency Head | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Being | Garson Jones | Movie | 1983 |
 | Buffalo Bill | Hayden Stone | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Trial by Terror | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | Cosmic Princess | Commander John Koenig | Movie | 1982 |
 | Alone in the Dark | Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff | Movie | 1982 |
 | Matt Houston | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Journey Through the Black Sun | Commander John Koenig | Movie | 1982 |
 | Hotel | Russell Slocum | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | J.J. Pierson | Movie | 1981 |
 | Without Warning | Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs | Movie | 1980 |
 | Alien Attack | Commander John Koenig | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Return | Niles Buchanan | Movie | 1980 |
 | Meteor | General Adlon | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Death of Ocean View Park | Tom Flood | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Last Word | Captain Garrity | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Roderick Usher | Movie | 1979 |
 | Destination Moonbase-Alpha | Commander John Koenig | Movie | 1978 |
 | Aliens from Spaceship Earth | Self | Movie | 1977 |
 | Shadows in an Empty Room | Dr. George Tracer | Movie | 1976 |
 | Space: 1999 | John Koenig | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Space: 1999 | John Koenig | Movie | 1975 |
 | Savage! | Paul Savage | Movie | 1973 |
 | Black Gunn | Capelli | Movie | 1972 |
 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Johnny Bristol | Movie | 1972 |
 | A Town Called Bastard | The Colonel | Movie | 1971 |
 | Columbo | Dexter Paris / Norman Paris | TV Series | 1971 |
 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Logan Sharpe | Movie | 1970 |
 | Operation Snafu | Joe Mellone | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Mama Cass Television Program | Self | Movie | 1969 |
 | Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob | Rollin Hard | Movie | 1969 |
 | Mission: Impossible - The Bunker | Rollin Hand | Movie | 1969 |
 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Mission: Impossible - The Slave | Rollin Hand | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out | Rollin Hand | Movie | 1966 |
 | Mission: Impossible | Rollin Hand | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Nevada Smith | Jesse Coe | Movie | 1966 |
 | Get Smart | Maxwell Smart (uncredited) | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Wild Wild West | General Grimm | TV Series | 1965 |
 | I Spy | Danny Preston | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Big Valley | Mariano Montoya | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Hallelujah Trail | Chief Walks-Stooped-Over | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Caiaphas | Movie | 1965 |
 | Branded | Edwin Booth | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre | Nelson Orion | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Count Ladislaus Zark | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Decision at Midnight | Nils | Movie | 1963 |
 | Mr. Novak | Victor Rand | TV Series | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Robert Coolidge | TV Series | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1963 | |
 | The Outer Limits | Andro | TV Series | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Richard Bellero | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Cleopatra | Rufio | Movie | 1963 |
 | Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock | Dade Coleman | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Ned Murray | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | The Defenders | Dr. Daniel Orren | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Special for Women | The Accused | TV Series | 1960 |
 | The Islanders | Arnie | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Outlaws | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | The Tall Man | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Tate | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | The Gazebo | The Duke | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Detectives | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Untouchables | Jerry Fanning | TV Series | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Larry Coombs | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Adventures in Paradise | Sacheveral Sackett | TV Series | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Miller | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The Twilight Zone | Dan Hotaling | TV Series | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Major Ivan Kuchenko | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Johnny Ringo | Wes Tymon | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Bonanza | Emeliano | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Johnny Staccato | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | North by Northwest | Leonard | Movie | 1959 |
 | Pork Chop Hill | Lt. Marshall | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Lawless Years | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Lawman | Bob Ford | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Rifleman | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Khorba | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Maverick | Mike Manning | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Gunsmoke | Thorp | TV Series | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Britton | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | General Electric Theater | Apache Indian | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Omnibus | Jokanaan / John the Baptist | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |
 | Monty and the Movies | Self (archive footage) | Movie | — |
| All About Alfred | Self | Movie | — |