Michael Sheen of David Frost in 2008's "Frost/Nixon", a film dramatisation of The Nixon Interviews of 1977. Despite appearing in the original stage production in a part written for him by Peter Morgan, Sheen was surprised to have been cast in the film: "Peter said he'd only be prepared to give the rights to someone who would cast me as Frost, which was very nice, but when the studios get their hands on something... Right up until we started filming I was prepared to be disappointed". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" asserted that Sheen embodied his character in a "compelling, intense"
Frank Langella Baker in "Dominance", a 2003 episode of "" and had a recurring role as Pino in the 2005 short-lived sitcom "Kitchen Confidential". On film, he played Clare Quilty in Adrian Lyne's adaptation of "Lolita" and appeared as a villainous pirate in the summer 1995 release "Cutthroat Island". His film work also includes roles in George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005) as former CBS chief executive William S. Paley and Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" (2006) as "Daily Planet" editor Perry White. Langella received critical acclaim as well as the Boston Society of Film Critics Award in 2007 for his