Biography
Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cartoonist. His career began 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 – Motio...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Without Ward
2022
The Sci-Fi Romantic Independent film WITHOUT WARD takes place in the future where a one-world government; Contractualism, controls everything. A notab...

TINSEL: The Lost Movie About Hollywood
2020
as Self
A melancholy and affectionate look at the global obsession with movies, "TINSEL - The Lost Movie About Hollywood" was lost for 30 years and never show...

Love, Antosha
2019
as Self (archive footage)
From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photog...

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
2018
as Abe
Dr. Abe Mandelbaum has just moved into a retirement home. After forming an unlikely friendship with a womanizing gambler, their relationship is tested...

The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Bernard Florence
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambas...
A Fighting Chance
2016
as Martin Kramer
In order to get his family back, Frank must transform internally and overcome his fear instilled in him by his father since childhood. And in the proc...

Remember
2015
as Max Rosenbaum
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the d...

Entourage
2015
as Bob Ryan
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold....

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs
2014
as Rulon Jeffs
Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to...
Meir's Festival
2013
as Self
Meir's Festival is a 2013 no budget short documentary about the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA and about the magic of the movie theater. The...

Anna Nicole
2013
as J. Howard Marshall
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-...

Frankenweenie
2012
as Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" ...

Have a Little Faith
2011
as Rabbi Albert Lewis
At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit t...

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing...

Mysteria
2011
as Hotel Manager
A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the ce...

Ivory
2010
as Leon Spencer
Ivory centers on a young man's struggle between success versus fulfillment, and chronicles the exploration of an artist: the passion, dedication, and ...

Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics
2009
as Self
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics looks at Hollywood’s biggest screen spectaculars from all sides, including the genre’s beginnings, ...

Lovely, Still
2009
as Robert
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

Lovely, Still
2009
Executive Producer
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009
as Self
A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of ad...

9
2009
as #2 (voice)
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small comm...

Billy: The Early Years
2008
as Old Charles Templeton
Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. N...

City of Ember
2008
as Sul
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is fail...

David & Fatima
2008
as Rabbi Schmulic
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.

Harrison Montgomery
2008
as Harrison Montgomery
In a rundown apartment complex in San Francisco's Tenderloin, a septuagenarian seer is waiting for his final message. For decades the eccentric reclus...

Brando
2007
as Self
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.

Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005
as Self
Hollywood's Greatest Villains

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
as Self
Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.

James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
as Self
Documentary exploring the last 18 months of James Dean's acting career.

The Aryan Couple
2004
as Joseph Krauzenberg
A German Jewish industrialist is forced to hand over his business to the Nazis in order to ensure his family's safe passage out of Germany.

Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004
as Self / Bela Lugosi
Martin Landau talks about how he portrayed Bela Lugosi in the movie. He mentions the similarities between Lugosi and his own career, and how he worke...

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
as Self
Introduced by Jonny Depp, this 14 minute behind the scenes featurette shows the filming of several scenes, without narration or interviews.

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Production designer Tom Duffield shows how he created the look of the film and talks about the challenges of filming in black and white.

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston and find out his sister is his real mother.

Cary Grant: A Class Apart
2004
as Self
Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running seri...
Wake
2003
as Older Sebastian Riven
The fateful reunion of four brothers quickly dissolves into a night of drinking, deceit, perversions, and death. They don't realize until it is too la...

The Commission
2003
as Sen. Richard Russell
Using transcripts from the Warren Commission Report, this film documents the workings of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination o...

Hollywood Homicide
2003
as Jerry Duran
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonligh...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

Shanghai Ghetto
2002
as Narrator
SHANGHAI GHETTO recalls the strange-but-true story of thousands of European Jews who were shut out of country after country while trying to escape Naz...

The Majestic
2001
as Harry Trimble
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

Contender: Mastering the Method
2001
as Self
An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the 1954 film "On the Wa...
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Haven
2001
as Papa Gruber
Based on the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to l...

Shiner
2000
as Frank Spedding
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
2000
as Self
Hosted by Eva Marie Saint, the film's leading lady, this 40-minute documentary of Alfred Hitchcock's only M-G-M film combines interviews (Martin Landa...

Very Mean Men
2000
as Mr. White
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, t...

Ready to Rumble
2000
as Sal Bandini
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.

Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Peter Van Garrett (uncredited)
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...

The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999
as Geppetto
Puppeteer Geppetto becomes a puppet himself after drinking an elixir that Pinocchio bought from a traveling carnival.

Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
as Joseph Bonanno, age 94
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.

The Joyriders
1999
as Gordon Trout
The close-knit relationship among a trio of homeless teenagers is changed forever after they kidnap a suicidal septuagenarian for his car and money.

EDtv
1999
as Al
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

Carlo's Wake
1999
as Carlo Torello
Carlo's Wake is a black comedy about the life, death and wake of an Italian-American patriarch and his colorful, combative extended family.

Rounders
1998
as Abe Petrovsky
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

The X-Files
1998
as Kurtzweil
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about ...

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
1998
as Self
In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting dignitaries, Presidents and the Pope. During its two fi...

The Elevator
1998
as Roy Tilden
Things are going swimmingly for the film producer Roy Tilden, his last film is a success and he will soon receive an award for it. But his perfect day...

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
1997
as Pa Bailey / Mr. Potter
Performance of the 1947 Lux Radio version of "It's a Wonderful Life", taped live in the historic Pasadena Playhouse as a benefit for the Pediatric AID...

The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

Legend of the Spirit Dog
1997
as Storyteller
A young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf.

B.A.P.S
1997
as Mr. Donald Blakemore
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
as Geppetto
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someda...

City Hall
1996
as Judge Walter Stern
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Joseph
1995
as Jakob
Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Jo...

Time is Money
1994
as Mac
A grumpy writer resists his wife's and agent's attempts to goad him into completing his latest novel.

Ed Wood
1994
as Bela Lugosi
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever...

Intersection
1994
as Neal
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance...

12:01
1993
as Dr. Thadius Moxley
Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again ...

Sliver
1993
as Alex Parsons
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

Eye of the Stranger
1993
as Mayor Howard Bains
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The...

No Place to Hide
1992
as Frank McCoy
Detective Joe Garvey is called in to a mysterious case: a ballerina has been slayed on stage during a performance, it seems she didn't even fight. At ...

Mistress
1992
as Jack Roth
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems t...

Legacy of Lies
1992
A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who is in charge of this case discovers that there is...

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as Jerry Gertz
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.

Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Echoes That Remain combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with live action sequences shot on location at the sit...

Firehead
1991
as Adm. Pendleton
When a Russian cyborg with telekinetic powers terrorizes a city, an elite government agency intervenes. Col. Vaughn convinces "regular guy" chemist, W...

Secrets of the Unknown
1991
as Narrator
A special reenacting of the experiences of people who have seen first hand the power of psychic phenomenon in their lives. A mother finds justice for ...

The Color of Evening
1990
as Max Loeb
An aging artist seeks his muse and a young lover in the form of a beautiful model.

By Dawn's Early Light
1990
as President
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race...

Paint It Black
1990
as Daniel Lambert
A California metal sculptor becomes a suspect after someone kills his gallery-owner lover.

Max and Helen
1990
as Simon Wiesenthal
In trying to bring a former concentration camp commandant to justice, Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal uncovers the tragic story of two lovers separated b...

The Neon Empire
1989
as Max
New York mobster Junior Moloff begins plans to transform Las Vegas into a mecca of prostitution and gambling.

Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Judah Rosenthal
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...

Run If You Can
1988
as Malvani
A young woman accidentally sees snuff films through a satellite dish aberration and alerts the police, who are already looking for a serial killer.

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
as Abe
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by ...
Real Bullets
1988
as Sallini
A group of stuntmen and women travel to the wilderness for a weekend party. Two of the women stumble upon the secret entrance to a drug-lord's narcoti...

Delta Fever
1987
as Bud
As he strives to make it on his own, Nick Ramsey has alienated his father by rejecting his upbringing and lifestyle. Now 25, Nick has been rejected by...

Cyclone
1987
as Bosarian
Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate an...

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
1987
as Lyle Stenning
Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating...

Empire State
1987
as Chuck
In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle gro...

Sweet Revenge
1987
as Cicero
Nancy Allen plays an investigative news reporter Jillian Gray, who, along with her daughter is kidnapped by white slave king Cicero, after getting too...

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987
as Judge Shaw
When a man dodges conviction after raping multiple women, his victims take justice into their own hands.

Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
as John Martin Perkins III
In his travels, Caine meets up with an old man who has several surprises for him. The first being the destruction of the Shaolin order, the second bei...

Treasure Island
1986
as The Captain
Jim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to the Island they live will trouble his existence and t...

Access Code
1984
as Agency Head
A secret organization gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them.

The Being
1983
as Garson Jones
Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up t...

Trial by Terror
1983
A couple moves into a new home and find success and happiness, but soon their dream becomes a nightmare when they hear chilling voices in the night, v...

Cosmic Princess
1982
as Commander John Koenig
An alien princess aids people stranded on out-of-orbit Moonbase Alpha.

Alone in the Dark
1982
as Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

Journey Through the Black Sun
1982
as Commander John Koenig
"Journey Through the Black Sun" (1982) made by ITC New York combined the first season episodes "Collision Course" and "Black Sun" from the TV series "...

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as J.J. Pierson
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must ...

Without Warning
1980
as Fred 'Sarge' Dobbs
Sandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunt...

Alien Attack
1980
as Commander John Koenig
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it...

The Return
1980
as Niles Buchanan
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the s...

Meteor
1979
as General Adlon
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible cat...

The Death of Ocean View Park
1979
as Tom Flood
A group of celebrants find themselves trapped in an amusement park that is being torn apart by a hurricane during a Fourth of July holiday. The real O...

The Last Word
1979
as Captain Garrity
When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police office...

The Fall of the House of Usher
1979
as Roderick Usher
After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitan...

Destination Moonbase-Alpha
1978
as Commander John Koenig
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth ...

Aliens from Spaceship Earth
1977
as Self
While the aliens in this film may seem to be quite human, one must realize that we're dealing with close encounters of the fourth kind. An inner space...

Shadows in an Empty Room
1976
as Dr. George Tracer
An Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister, who was attending the university in Montreal. So desperate is he for revenge...

Space 1999
1975
as John Koenig
A moonbase crew fights for survival in the aftermath of a massive explosion that shifts the moon from its orbit into space.

Savage
1973
as Paul Savage
A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

Black Gunn
1972
as Capelli
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militan...

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Johnny Bristol
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finall...

A Town Called Hell
1971
as The Colonel
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to t...

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Logan Sharpe
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

Operation Snafu
1970
as Joe Mellone
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
as Rollin Hard
Jim Phelps leads the IMF on an assignment to destroy a criminal empire headed by Frank Wayne.

The Mama Cass Television Program
1969
as Self
"Mama" Cass Elliott of 1960s vocal group The Mamas and the Papas stars in this television variety special, performing comic sketches with Buddy Hacket...

Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
as Rollin Hand
Dr. Erich Rojak, a brilliant scientist, is being held in an underground bunker containing a laboratory where he is forced to work on a small but extre...

Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967
as Rollin Hand
The Impossible Missions Force takes on the absolute ruler of a Middle East nation who is running a secret slave market. Barney poses as a slave, part ...

Nevada Smith
1966
as Jesse Coe
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and...

The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Chief Walks-Stooped-Over
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local ...

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Caiaphas
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. M...

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
1964
as Nelson Orion
Terrified of being buried alive, a woman installs a phone in her crypt. A few days after her death, the phone suddenly rings and paranormal investigat...
Decision at Midnight
1963
Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.

Cleopatra
1963
as Rufio
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962
as Dade Coleman
Five passengers in a stagecoach are abandoned by their driver in the desert. Trying to survive, they struggle with illness, thirst, hunger, and the th...

The Gazebo
1960
as The Duke
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.

North by Northwest
1959
as Leonard
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Lt. Marshall
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...

The Return of Victor Bergman
N/A
as Commander John Koenig (archive footage)
Victor Bergman records a Moonbase Alpha status report on his commlock in the Medical Centre, whilst the Alphans watch in the Command Centre.