Martin Landau
Actor, Film actor
1928 –
Who is Martin Landau?
Martin Landau is an American film and television actor. His career started in the 1950s, with early film appearances including a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999.
Landau received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, as well as his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream; he received his second Oscar nomination for his appearance in Crimes and Misdemeanors. His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award. He continues to perform in film and TV and heads the Hollywood branch of the Actors Studio.
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- Born
- Jun 20, 1928
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Marty
- King of Brooklyn
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Barbara Bain
(1957/01/31 - 1993)
- Barbara Bain
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Pratt Institute
- James Madison High School
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
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on July 23, 2013
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