Frank Langella André in "The Father". He also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Richard Nixon in the film "Frost/Nixon" (2008). Langella was nominated for two other Best Leading Actor in a Play Tonys: first in 1978 for the Edward Gorey-designed revival of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and again in 2004 for Stephen Belber's "Match". In 2002, Langella was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards, two for
The Tale of Despereaux (film) The Tale of Despereaux (film) The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 British-American computer-animated adventure fantasy family film directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen and produced by Gary Ross and Allison Thomas. Loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the movie is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, Charles Shaughnessy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, and Emma Watson. It was released on December 19, 2008, by Universal Pictures. The movie is the second