Martin Landau
| Martin Landau | |
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Landau in 2010
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| Born |
June 20, 1928 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | West Hollywood, California |
| Education | James Madison High School |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
| Occupation | Actor and acting coach |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Organization | Actors Studio |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Bain (m. 1957; div. 1993) |
| Children |
Susan Bain Landau Finch Juliet Landau |
Martin Landau (born June 20, 1928) 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 (1959). He played regular roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award) 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 (1988); he received his second Oscar nomination for his appearance in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) 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.
Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 20, 1928, the son of Selma and Morris Landau. His family was Jewish; his father, an Austrian-born machinist, scrambled to rescue relatives from the Nazis. He attended James Madison High School and the Pratt Institute before finding full-time work as a cartoonist.
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