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Martin Landau

Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977).

Martin Landau with Barbara Bain (left) and Catherine Schell from Space: 1999 in 1976.

Biography

Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News, but influenced by Charlie Chaplin and the escapism of the cinema, he pursued becoming an actor. He attended the Actor's Studio in the same class with Steve McQueen and in 1957, Landau made his Broadway debut in Middle of the Night. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston.

After his successes in Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, Landau moved on to a fruitful film career which included an Academy Award winning role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors.

He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993.

Selected filmography

  • Hollywood Homicide (2003)
  • The Majestic (2001)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
  • The Joyriders (1999)
  • The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
  • Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor)
  • Intersection (1994)
  • Eye of the Stranger (1993)
  • Sliver (1993)
  • By Dawn's Early Light
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)
  • The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
  • Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series
  • They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
  • Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
  • Cleopatra (1963)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Pork Chop Hill (1959)

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Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in 1993. He also had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, with his longtime mistress, the actress Catherine Deneuve; both were at his bedside when he died of pancreatic cancer. He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 (and Mission Impossible) co-star Barbara Bain. Mastroianni was married to the Italian actress Flora Carabella (1926-1999), who appeared in many films including "Lunatics and Lovers" and "A Night Full of Rain", from 1948 until his death; they had one child, Barbara. He was also nominated for Oscars for his roles in Tucker and Crimes and Misdemeanors. He followed that with another signature role, that of a frustrated, womanizing film director in Fellini's . After his successes in Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, Landau moved on to a fruitful film career which included an Academy Award winning role as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. He soon became a major international romantic star, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street; and especially when Federico Fellini cast him in La Dolce Vita with Anita Ekberg in 1960.

Some of the actors he has coached include Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston. His film debut was in I Miserabili (from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables) in 1947. Encouraged by his mentor Lee Strasberg, Landau also taught acting. In 1945 he started working for a film company, and began taking acting lessons. He attended the Actor's Studio in the same class with Steve McQueen and in 1957, Landau made his Broadway debut in Middle of the Night. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News, but influenced by Charlie Chaplin and the escapism of the cinema, he pursued becoming an actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome.

He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. 1963 - Best Actor - Divorce, Italian Style. Pork Chop Hill (1959). 1978 - Best Actor - A Special Day. North by Northwest (1959). 1988 - Best Actor - Dark Eyes.

Cleopatra (1963). The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series. They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970).

Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). The Fall of the House of Usher (1982). Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). By Dawn's Early Light. Sliver (1993). Eye of the Stranger (1993).

Intersection (1994). Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor). The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998). The Joyriders (1999).

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999). Sleepy Hollow (1999). The Majestic (2001). Hollywood Homicide (2003).