Frank Langella

Frank A. Langella, Jr. (born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor.

Early life

Langella, an Italian American, was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Langella attended Washington Elementary School and Bayonne High School in Bayonne.Coutros, Evonne E. "PLAYING A WICKED STREAK FOR ALL IT'S WORTH", The Record . January 23, 1994. after the family moved to South Orange, New Jersey he graduated from Columbia High School, in the South Orange-Maplewood School District, in 1955, and graduated from Syracuse University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama.Venutolo, Anthony. , The Star-Ledger, November 29, 2008. Accessed June 14, 2011. "The family moved to South Orange, where Langella graduated from Columbia High School before heading off to Syracuse to study drama." He remains a brother of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity.

Career

Langella appeared off-Broadway before he made his first foray on a Broadway stage in New York in Gacia-Lorca's "Yerma" at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, on December 8, 1966. He followed this role by appearing in William Gibson's A Cry of Players, playing a...
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