Frank Langella (1979), Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe" (1987), Bob Alexander in "Dave" (1993), William S. Paley in "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) and Richard Nixon in the film production of "Frost/Nixon" (2008), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He had a recurring role as Gabriel, the KGB handler for the lead characters, in the FX series "The Americans" between 2013 and 2017. Langella, an Italian American, was born January 1, 1938, in Bayonne, New Jersey, the son of Angelina and Frank A. Langella Sr., a business executive who was the president of the Bayonne Barrel
The Majestic (film) The Majestic (film) The Majestic is a 2001 American romantic period drama film directed and produced by Frank Darabont, written by Michael Sloane, and starring Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Brent Briscoe, Jeffrey DeMunn, Amanda Detmer, Allen Garfield, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Ron Rifkin, David Ogden Stiers, and James Whitmore. Filmed in Ferndale, California, it premiered on December 11, 2001, and was released in the United States on December 21, 2001. Jim Carrey's performance in "The Majestic" was a departure from his previous work, which until then had mostly been comedy films. The film received generally mixed reviews from