David Frost Best Play and Best Direction. The play was adapted into a Hollywood motion picture entitled Frost/Nixon and starring Michael Sheen as Frost and Langella as Nixon, both reprising their stage roles. The film was released in 2008 and directed by Ron Howard. It was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning none: Best Motion Picture-Drama, Best Director-Drama, Best Actor-Drama (Langella), Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score. It was also nominated for five Academy Awards, again winning none: Best Picture, Best Actor (Langella), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. In February 2009, Frost was featured on the Australian
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