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Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Acting

Born: June 20, 1928Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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
Filmography
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

Self

2025
Prisoners in Space

Prisoners in Space

Commander Koenig

2025
Without Ward

Without Ward

2022
Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Tinsel - The Lost Movie About Hollywood

Self

2020
Love, Antosha

Love, Antosha

Self (archive footage)

2019
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

Abe

2018
The Red Maple Leaf

The Red Maple Leaf

Bernard Florence

2017

A Fighting Chance

Martin Kramer

2016
Remember

Remember

Max Rosenbaum

2015
Entourage

Entourage

Bob Ryan

2015
Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

Rulon Jeffs

2014

Meir's Festival

Self

2013
Anna Nicole

Anna Nicole

J. Howard Marshall

2013
Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

2012
Have a Little Faith

Have a Little Faith

Rabbi Albert Lewis

2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Self

2011
Mysteria

Mysteria

Hotel Manager

2011
The Return of Victor Bergman

The Return of Victor Bergman

Commander John Koenig (archive footage)

2010
Ivory

Ivory

Leon Spencer

2010
Teenage Paparazzo

Teenage Paparazzo

Self

2010
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

Self

2009
Lovely, Still

Lovely, Still

Robert

2009
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Self

2009
9

9

#2 (voice)

2009
Billy: The Early Years

Billy: The Early Years

Old Charles Templeton

2008
City of Ember

City of Ember

Sul

2008
David & Fatima

David & Fatima

Rabbi Schmulic

2008
Harrison Montgomery

Harrison Montgomery

Harrison Montgomery

2008
Brando

Brando

Self

2007
An Existential Affair

An Existential Affair

The Wedding Doctor

2006
Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Self

2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Self

2005
James Dean: Sense Memories

James Dean: Sense Memories

Self

2005
The Aryan Couple

The Aryan Couple

Joseph Krauzenberg

2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Self

2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela

Ed Wood: Making Bela

Self / Bela Lugosi

2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Self

2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Self

2004
Wake

Wake

Older Sebastian Riven

2003
The Commission

The Commission

Sen. Richard Russell

2003
Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Homicide

Jerry Duran

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

2003
Shanghai Ghetto

Shanghai Ghetto

Narrator

2002
The Majestic

The Majestic

Harry Trimble

2001
Contender: Mastering the Method

Contender: Mastering the Method

Self

2001

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Self

2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Self

2001
Haven

Haven

Papa Gruber

2001
Shiner

Shiner

Frank Spedding

2000
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Self

2000
Very Mean Men

Very Mean Men

Mr. White

2000
Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

Sal Bandini

2000
Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)

1999
The New Adventures of Pinocchio

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Geppetto

1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story

Joseph Bonanno, age 94

1999
The Joyriders

The Joyriders

Gordon Trout

1999
EDtv

EDtv

Al

1999
Carlo's Wake

Carlo's Wake

Carlo Torello

1999
Rounders

Rounders

Abe Petrovsky

1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Self

1998
The X-Files

The X-Files

Kurtzweil

1998
The Elevator

The Elevator

Roy Tilden

1998

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Self

1998
Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter

1997
The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

(voice)

1997
Legend of the Spirit Dog

Legend of the Spirit Dog

Storyteller

1997
B.A.P.S

B.A.P.S

Mr. Donald Blakemore

1997
The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Geppetto

1996
City Hall

City Hall

Judge Walter Stern

1996
Joseph

Joseph

Jacob

1995
Time is Money

Time is Money

Mac

1994
Ed Wood

Ed Wood

Bela Lugosi

1994
Intersection

Intersection

Neal

1994
12:01

12:01

Dr. Thadius Moxley

1993
Sliver

Sliver

Alex Parsons

1993
Eye of the Stranger

Eye of the Stranger

Mayor Howard Bains

1993
No Place to Hide

No Place to Hide

Frank McCoy

1992
Mistress

Mistress

Jack Roth

1992
Legacy of Lies

Legacy of Lies

1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Jerry Gertz

1992
Echoes That Remain

Echoes That Remain

Narrator (voice)

1991
Firehead

Firehead

Adm. Pendleton

1991
Secrets of the Unknown

Secrets of the Unknown

Narrator

1991
The Color of Evening

The Color of Evening

Max Loeb

1990
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

President

1990
Paint It Black

Paint It Black

Daniel Lambert

1990
Max and Helen

Max and Helen

Simon Wiesenthal

1990
The Neon Empire

The Neon Empire

Max

1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Judah Rosenthal

1989
Run If You Can

Run If You Can

Malvani

1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Abe

1988
Real Bullets

Real Bullets

Sallini

1988
Delta Fever

Delta Fever

Bud

1987
Cyclone

Cyclone

Bosarian

1987
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Lyle Stenning

1987
Empire State

Empire State

Chuck

1987
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

Cicero

1987
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

Judge Shaw

1987
Kung Fu: The Movie

Kung Fu: The Movie

John Martin Perkins III

1986
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

The Captain

1986
Access Code

Access Code

Agency Head

1984
The Being

The Being

Garson Jones

1983
Trial by Terror

Trial by Terror

1983
Cosmic Princess

Cosmic Princess

Commander John Koenig

1982
Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

1982
Journey Through the Black Sun

Journey Through the Black Sun

Commander John Koenig

1982
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

J.J. Pierson

1981
Without Warning

Without Warning

Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs

1980
Alien Attack

Alien Attack

Commander John Koenig

1980
The Return

The Return

Niles Buchanan

1980
The Death of Ocean View Park

The Death of Ocean View Park

Tom Flood

1979
Meteor

Meteor

General Adlon

1979
The Last Word

The Last Word

Captain Garrity

1979
The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher

Roderick Usher

1979
Destination Moonbase-Alpha

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

Commander John Koenig

1978
Aliens from Spaceship Earth

Aliens from Spaceship Earth

Self

1977
Shadows in an Empty Room

Shadows in an Empty Room

Dr. George Tracer

1976
Space: 1999

Space: 1999

John Koenig

1975
Savage

Savage

Paul Savage

1973
Black Gunn

Black Gunn

Capelli

1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

Johnny Bristol

1972
A Town Called Bastard

A Town Called Bastard

The Colonel

1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Logan Sharpe

1970
Operation Snafu

Operation Snafu

Joe Mellone

1970
The Mama Cass Television Program

The Mama Cass Television Program

Self

1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

Rollin Hard

1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker

Rollin Hand

1969
Mission: Impossible - The Slave

Mission: Impossible - The Slave

Rollin Hand

1967
Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out

Mission: Impossible - Old Man Out

Rollin Hand

1966
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

Jesse Coe

1966
The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

Chief Walks-Stooped-Over

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Caiaphas

1965
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

Nelson Orion

1964
Decision at Midnight

Decision at Midnight

1963
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

Rufio

1963
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Dade Coleman

1962
The Gazebo

The Gazebo

The Duke

1960
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

Leonard

1959
Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill

Lt. Marshall

1959