Martin Landau
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-06-20
Day of Death
2017-07-15 (89 years old)
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 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Prisoners in Space
as Commander Koenig
(2022)
(2020)
(2019)
Love, Antosha
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2017)
The Red Maple Leaf
as Bernard Florence
(2016)
A Fighting Chance
as Martin Kramer
(2015)
Entourage
as Bob Ryan
(2015)
Remember
as Max Rosenbaum
(2014)
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
as Rulon Jeffs
(2013)
Meir's Festival
as Self
(2013)
Anna Nicole
as J. Howard Marshall
(2012)
Frankenweenie
as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
(2011)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(2011)
Have a Little Faith
as Rabbi Albert Lewis
(2011)
Mysteria
as Hotel Manager
(2010)
Teenage Paparazzo
as Self
(2010)
Ivory
as Leon Spencer
(2010)
The Return of Victor Bergman
as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
(2009)
9
as #2 (voice)
(2009)
(2009)
Lovely, Still
as Robert
(2009)
(2008)
City of Ember
as Sul
(2008)
Billy: The Early Years
as Old Charles Templeton
(2008)
David & Fatima
as Rabbi Schmulic
(2008)
Harrison Montgomery
as Harrison Montgomery
(2007)
Brando
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
(2005)
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
(2004)
The Aryan Couple
as Joseph Krauzenberg
(2004)
(2004)
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Ed Wood: Making Bela
as Self / Bela Lugosi
(2004)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
Hollywood Homicide
as Jerry Duran
(2003)
The Commission
as Sen. Richard Russell
(2003)
(2003)
Wake
as Older Sebastian Riven
(2002)
Shanghai Ghetto
as Narrator
(2001)
(2001)
Haven
as Papa Gruber
(2001)
The Majestic
as Harry Trimble
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
Ready to Rumble
as Sal Bandini
(2000)
(2000)
Shiner
as Frank Spedding
(2000)
Very Mean Men
as Mr. White
(1999)
Sleepy Hollow
as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
(1999)
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
as Joseph Bonanno, age 94
(1999)
Carlo's Wake
as Carlo Torello
(1999)
The Joyriders
as Gordon Trout
(1999)
EDtv
as Al
(1999)
The New Adventures of Pinocchio
as Geppetto
(1998)
The X-Files
as Kurtzweil
(1998)
Rounders
as Abe Petrovsky
(1998)
The Elevator
as Roy Tilden
(1998)
(1997)
Legend of the Spirit Dog
as Storyteller
(1997)
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
(1997)
B.A.P.S
as Mr. Donald Blakemore
(1997)
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
(1996)
City Hall
as Judge Walter Stern
(1996)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as Geppetto
(1995)
Joseph
as Jakob
(1994)
Ed Wood
as Bela Lugosi
(1994)
Intersection
as Neal
(1994)
Time is Money
as Mac
(1993)
Sliver
as Alex Parsons
(1993)
12:01
as Dr. Thadius Moxley
(1993)
Eye of the Stranger
as Mayor Howard Bains
(1992)
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Jerry Gertz
(1992)
(1992)
No Place to Hide
as Frank McCoy
(1992)
Mistress
as Jack Roth
(1991)
Firehead
as Adm. Pendleton
(1991)
Secrets of the Unknown
as Narrator
(1991)
Echoes That Remain
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
By Dawn's Early Light
as President
(1990)
The Color of Evening
as Max Loeb
(1990)
Max and Helen
as Simon Wiesenthal
(1990)
Paint It Black
as Daniel Lambert
(1989)
The Neon Empire
as Max
(1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Judah Rosenthal
(1988)
(1988)
Run If You Can
as Malvani
(1988)
Real Bullets
as Sallini
(1987)
Cyclone
as Bosarian
(1987)
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
as Lyle Stenning
(1987)
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
as Judge Shaw
(1987)
Sweet Revenge
as Cicero
(1987)
Empire State
as Chuck
(1987)
Delta Fever
as Bud
(1986)
Kung Fu: The Movie
as John Martin Perkins III
(1986)
Treasure Island
as The Captain
(1984)
Access Code
as Agency Head
(1983)
(1983)
The Being
as Garson Jones
(1982)
Journey Through the Black Sun
as Commander John Koenig
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff
(1982)
Cosmic Princess
as Commander John Koenig
(1981)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as J.J. Pierson
(1980)
The Return
as Niles Buchanan
(1980)
Without Warning
as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs
(1980)
Alien Attack
as Commander John Koenig
(1979)
Meteor
as General Adlon
(1979)
The Last Word
as Captain Garrity
(1979)
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Roderick Usher
(1979)
The Death of Ocean View Park
as Tom Flood
(1978)
Destination Moonbase-Alpha
as Commander John Koenig
(1977)
Aliens from Spaceship Earth
as Self
(1976)
Shadows in an Empty Room
as Dr. George Tracer
(1975)
Space: 1999
as John Koenig
(1973)
Savage
as Paul Savage
(1972)
Black Gunn
as Capelli
(1972)
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Johnny Bristol
(1971)
A Town Called Bastard
as The Colonel
(1970)
Operation Snafu
as Joe Mellone
(1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Logan Sharpe
(1969)
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
as Rollin Hard
(1969)
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
as Rollin Hand
(1969)
(1967)
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
as Rollin Hand
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Jesse Coe
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Caiaphas
(1964)
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
as Nelson Orion
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Rufio
(1963)
(1962)
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
as Dade Coleman
(1960)
The Gazebo
as The Duke
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Leonard
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Marshall
Crew
(2009)
Lovely, Still
Executive Producer