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