Frank Langella 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 Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performances as Richard Nixon in the play "Frost/Nixon" and as André in "The Father" and two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the roles of Leslie in Edward Albee's "Seascape" and Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov in Ivan Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool". Additionally, Langella has won two Obie Awards. His notable film roles include George Prager in "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970), Count Dracula in "Dracula"
Robot & Frank while critical of what he saw as a film "more concerned with telling a story and moving an audience than challenging anyone," recommended it overall as "sturdily crafted" and well-acted. The film won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, tying with the Kashmiri film "Valley of Saints". Robot & Frank Robot & Frank is a 2012 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford. Set in the near future, it focuses on Frank Weld, an aging jewel thief played by Frank Langella, whose son buys him a domestic robot.