Frank Langella sensitive portrayal of an elderly novelist in "Starting Out in the Evening". He was cast as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's "Frost/Nixon", which received enthusiastic reviews during a run at the Donmar Warehouse and Gielgud Theatre in London before moving to New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in April 2007, culminating in Langella's third Tony Award. He reprised the role of Nixon in the 2008 Oscar nominated Best Picture film "Frost/Nixon", directed by Ron Howard. He received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA nominations for Best Actor for his performance. He was also nominated for an Academy Award in
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