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
Frank Langella a second Tony Award. But Langella would continue to juggle film and television with his stage work, playing Sherlock Holmes in a 1981 adaptation of William Gillette's play "Sherlock Holmes". He repeated the role on Broadway in 1987 in Charles Marowitz's play "Sherlock's Last Case". That same year, Langella would also portray the villain Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe", which he has described as one of his favorite roles. In 1988, Langella co-starred in the film "And God Created Woman". In 1993, he made a three-episode appearance on "" as the devious Jaro Essa. He also appeared as Al