Frank Langella - Milestones

• 2005: Co-starred in David Duchovny's directorial debut "House of D"
• 2003: Played Tobi Powell, an aging choreographer and dance teacher in the play "Match"; received a Tony nomination
• 2002: Appeared opposite Alan Bates in "Fortune's Fool" on Broadway
• 2001: Portrayed a shark-like executive in a memorable cameo in the remake of "Sweet November"
• 2001: Starred as a cable network owner in "The Beast", an ABC summer series set in the world of the 24-hour World News Service
• 2001: Co-starred with Joan Collins in the London production of the stage comedy "Moon Over Buffalo", retitled as "Over the Moon"; withdrew shortly after the opening
• 2000: Appeared in NBC miniseries, "Jason and the Argonauts"
• 1999: Played a seemingly fit TV producer who discovers that he stands a good chance of dying within the year of inoperable cancer in "I'm Losing You"
• 1998: Provided the voice of Archer for Joe Dante's "Toy Soldiers"
• 1998: Reprised "The Father" in Los Angeles stage production
• 1997: Directed, starred in the title role and adapted Edmund Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" in an intimate Off-Broadway setting
• 1997: Played Claire Quilty in Adrain Lyne's version of "Lolita", banned from feature release in the USA; aired on Showtime in August 1998; although he had refused to do full-frontal nudity in his feature debut, finally bared all
• 1996: Garnered nearly unanimously positive reviews playing the title role in the revival of August Strindberg's searing play "The Father"
• 1996: Played the Pharaoh to Ben Kingsley's "Moses" (TNT)
• 1996: Earned acclaim for his Broadway turn as hammy actor Garry Essedine in a revival of Noel Coward's "Present Laughter"
• 1996: Co-starred with Whoopi Goldberg in the film comedy "Eddie"
• 1994: Appeared as family patriarch Junius Brutus Booth in New York stage production of Austin Pendleton's "Booth"
• 1993: Starred opposite Madonna (as her ex-lover) in the uneven thriller "Body of Evidence"
• 1993: Portrayed evil White House chief of staff in "Dave"
• 1991: Moved to California
• 1991: Made musical comedy stage debut as Henry Higgins in the Houston Grand Opera staging of "My Fair Lady"
• 1987: Was unrecognizable as the villain Skeletor in "Masters of the Universe"
• 1987: Produced and starred on Broadway as Sherlock Holmes in "Sherlock's Last Case"
• 1985: Returned to Broadway as Eddie in David Rabe's acclaimed "Hurlyburly"
• 1984: Co-starred with Jill Clayburgh in Noel Coward's "Design for Living"
• 1984: Produced and starred as Quentin in Off-Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "After the Fall"
• 1982: Played Salieri on Broadway in "Amadeus"
• 1980: Undertook role of "Cyrano de Bergerac" for a second time at the Williamstown Theater Festival
• 1980: Directed playwright Albert Innaurato's "Passione" on Broadway
• 1979: Reprised "Dracula" for the screen
• 1977: Scored Broadway triumph in the title role of "Dracula"; earned a Best Actor Tony nomination
• 1976: Starred opposite Blythe Danner in Tennessee Williams' "Eccentricities of a Nightingale", staged at Williamstown; filmed for PBS' "Theater in America" series
• 1975: Appeared in the Williamstown staging of "The Seagull"; filmed for public television's "Theater in America"
• 1975: Broadway debut as a lizard in Edward Albee's "Seascape" earned him a Best Supporting Actor Tony
• 1974: First TV-movie, "The Mark of Zorro" (ABC), playing the title role
• 1973: Made TV debut on an episode of the short-lived romantic anthology series "Love Story" (NBC)
• 1972: Originated the role of the
• 1971: Cast in the title role of "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Williamstown Theater Festival
• 1970: Film debut, "Diary of a Mad Housewife"; also acted that year in Mel Brooks' "The Twelve Chairs"
• 1969: Stage directing debut with "John and Abigail"
• 1968: Portrayed a young Will Shakespeare in the stage drama "A Cry of Players"
• 1967: Acted in "The Devils" (adapted from Aldous Huxley's "The Devils of Loudon"), the innaugural performance at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum
• 1967: First appeared onstage in the play "Dracula"
• 1963: New York stage debut, "The Immoralist"
• From 1959 to 1960: Toured Europe with folk-singing group
• Cast in the role of Superman's boss, Perry White, in Bryan Singer's upcoming comic book adventure "Superman Returns" (lensed 2005)