MARTIN LANDAU BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Martin Landau was born on June 20th, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York and is in Oscar winning character actor.  He first began working at the age of seventeen when he was hired by the New York Daily News staff to work as a cartoonist and illustrator.  He always had the intention if growing up and working as an actor so after five years working as a cartoonist he decided it was time to make the career switch.
 
He first began as a stage actor making his debut in 1951 on "Detective Story" and then made his first off Broadway appearance that same year in "First Love".
 
When Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio held open auditions he was one of 2000 applicants in 1955 and only two actors were accepted, Steve McQueen and Landau.  He soon began getting work on television on such shows as, "Playhouse 90" (1956), "Studio One in Hollywood" (1948), "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1948), "Kraft Theatre" (1947), "GoodYear Playhouse" (1951),  "Omnibus" (1952), "The Lawless Years" (1959), "Wagon Train" (1960), ""Checkmate" (1960), "Bonanza" (1961) and "The Rifleman" (1961).
 
Along with a very decent resume as a television actor he did not neglect his love of stage acting and made quite a name for himself on such Broadway productions as, "Middle of the Night" (1957).
 
Soon he left New York for a chance at the film industry in Hollywood.  His film debut was on, "Pork Chop Hill" (1959) Starring alongside Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Robert Blake, Norman Fell, Gavin MacLeod, Harry Dean Stanton, Carl Benton Reid, Bob Steele and Woody Strode, followed by Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" (1959) starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll and Edward Platt.  After he made an appearance on two episodes of "The Outer Limits" (1963) he got the role that brought him to a whole new level of fame on "Mission: Impossible" (1966) when he was cast as a regular and received numerous Emmy nominations as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for all three seasons in which he made appearances.  This was followed by a win of the Golden Globe Award as Best Male Television Star.
 
Some of his later work were roles in the film, "They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!" (1970) starring Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Jeff Corey and Edward Asner, the television movie, "Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol" (1972) and the Science Fiction series, "Space: 1999" (1975).
 
Well into the next decade Landau continued to work on films and television.  He appeared on the NBC sitcom, "Buffalo Bill" (1983) and on "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" (1988) starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell and Lloyd Bridges, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 
 
His career continued with winning numerous Golden Globe Awards and another Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Woody Allen's, "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989).  He never let his fans down as each performance continued to outdo his last and he continued to earn incredible reviews and more viewers watching for his next career move.  Again, he received his fourth Emmy nomination in 2004 for the Drama series, "Without a Trace" (2002). 
 
He married only once to Barbara Bain on January 31st, 1957 and they had two children before ending the union in 1993.  He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the Motion Picture Industry.
 
Martin Landau currently lives in West Hollywood, California and continues to work today.  His latest work are in pre and post production on, "Frankenweenie" (2012), "Latin Quarter" (2011), "Blood on the Border" (2011), "You'll Never Amount to Anything" (2012) and "20% Fiction" (2013).  He is still going strong and his fans continue to await his next big screen appearance.      
 

Filmography

2013 20% Fiction
2012 You'll Never Amount to Anything 
2011 Blood on the Border 
2011 Latin Quarter
2012 Frankenweenie 
2011 Have a Little Faith 
2011 Mysteria 
2010 Finding Grandma 
2011 The Simpsons
2010 Ivory 
2009 9
2009 In Plain Sight 
2004-2009 Without a Trace 
2006-2008 Entourage 
2008 Billy: The Early Years
2008 City of Ember
2008 Harrison Montgomery 
2008 Lovely, Still
2008 David & Fatima
2006 An Existential Affair
2006 The Evidence 
2006 Love Made Easy 
2004 The Aryan Couple 
2004 Space: 1899 
2003 Wake 
2003 The Commission 
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2002 Corsairs
2001 The Majestic 
2001 Haven 
2000 In the Beginning
2000 Shiner
2000 Very Mean Men 
2000 Ready to Rumble 
1999 Sleepy Hollow 
1999 The New Adventures of Pinocchio 
1999 Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999 The Joyriders
1999 Edtv 
1999 Carlo's Wake 
1998 Rounders 
1998 The X Files 
1997 Merry Christmas, George Bailey 
1997 Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997 B*A*P*S 
1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio
1995-1996 Spider-Man
1996 City Hall
1996 The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996 The Elevator
1995 Joseph 
1994 Time Is Money 
1994 Ed Wood 
1994 Intersection 
1994 The Color of Evening 
1993 12:01
1993 Sliver 
1993 No Place to Hide 
1993 Eye of the Stranger
1992 Mistress
1992 Legacy of Lies 
1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1991 Firehead
1990 By Dawn's Early Light
1990 Max and Helen 
1990 Real Bullets
1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors 
1989 Paint It Black 
1989 The Neon Empire 
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream 
1988 Empire State
1987 Cyclone
1987 The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman 
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 
1987 Sweet Revenge 
1987 Delta Fever
1987 Run If You Can
1987 Death Blow: A Cry for Justice 
1986 Kung Fu: The Movie
1985 The Twilight Zone 
1985 Treasure Island 
1984 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Buffalo Bill 
1984 Access Code
1983 The Being 
1983 Hotel 
1983 Matt Houston
1983 Trial by Terror
1982 Alone in the Dark 
1982 The Fall of the House of Usher
1981 The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1980 Without Warning
1980 The Return 
1979 The Last Word
1979 The Death of Ocean View Park
1979 Meteor 
1975-1978 Space: 1999 
1978 Destination Moonbase-Alpha
1976 Shadows in an Empty Room
1976 Alien Attack 
1976 Journey Through the Black Sun
1973 Savage
1973 Columbo 
1972 Black Gunn 
1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1971 A Town Called Hell 
1970 They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! 
1970 Rosolino Paternò, soldato... 
1969 Get Smart 
1966-1969 Mission: Impossible 
1958-1966 Gunsmoke 
1966 Nevada Smith 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 
1966 Branded 
1965 The Wild Wild West
1965 The Big Valley
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah
1965 I Spy 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told 
1963-1965 Mr. Novak 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 
1959-1964 Twilight Zone 
1964 The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-1964 The Outer Limits 
1964 The Defenders 
1964 The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre 
1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 
1963 Cleopatra
1963 Decision at Midnight 
1962 Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock 
1961-1962 The Tall Man 
1959-1961 The Untouchables 
1961 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor 
1961 The Rifleman 
1960-1961 Checkmate 
1961 Bonanza 
1960-1961 Adventures in Paradise 
1961 The Best of the Post 
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones 
1960 The Islanders 
1960 Shirley Temple Theatre 
1960 Wagon Train
1960 Tate
1960 Johnny Ringo 
1960 Outlaws
1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive 
1959 The Gazebo 
1959 G.E. True Theater
1959 Playhouse 90 
1959 Johnny Staccato
1959 The Lawless Years 
1959 North by Northwest 
1959 Pork Chop Hill 
1959 Rawhide 
1959 Tales of Wells Fargo
1958 Lawman 
1958 Sugarfoot 
1958 Maverick 
1958 The Walter Winchell File 
1957 Harbormaster 
1956 Armstrong Circle Theatre 
1953 Molly