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Martin Landau

American actor (1928–2017)

  • Fame64.2
  • Momentum1.2
  • Actors rank#187
Source-basedStable
  • Fame64.2
  • Momentum1.2
  • Actors rank#187
  • Wikipedia62.9K
Lived 1928–2017, aged 89United States
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  • Wikipedia
    83 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1928–2017
    Aged 89
  • Known for
    Sleepy Hollow
    1999
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

He played a spy who never showed his face, a moon-base commander stranded in deep space, and Bela Lugosi himself — winning an Oscar for that last one at 66, three decades after Hollywood first noticed him in a Hitchcock thriller.

Key facts
Profile type
Actor
Category
Actors
Country
United States
Category rank
#187
Last updated
2026-06-10
Biography

About

Martin Landau's career began in the late 1950s with a supporting turn in Hitchcock's North by Northwest in 1959. His breakthrough came leading Mission: Impossible from 1966 to 1969, then Space: 1999 from 1975 to 1977. He earned back-to-back Academy Award nominations for Tucker: The Man and His Dream in 1988 and Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors in 1989. Five years later he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, a role that also brought him the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards. He continued working through Rounders, Sleepy Hollow, and Remember whi…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Martin Landau

Martin Landau
said · 25 Dec 2016
My mantra is “stay perpendicular.” Horizontal is not as good.
— Martin Landau: ‘Doubt Is Important’, Washington Times (December 25, 2016)
Martin Landau
said · 25 Dec 2016
Doubt is an important part of the human being. Trust has to be attained. If you don’t trust yourself, you won’t trust others. You make a choice and see where it goes.
— Martin Landau: ‘Doubt Is Important’, Washington Times (December 25, 2016)
Martin Landau
said · 25 Dec 2016
I have done some films along the way that have been screwed up and not as good as they read. Some films that are not that good on the page turn into good movies.
— Martin Landau: ‘Doubt Is Important’, Washington Times (December 25, 2016)
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    Mary Pickford Award
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    Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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    star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Fame
Stable
64.2
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Score components
Momentum1.2
Historical26.3
Now attention12.0
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Profile type
Actor
Status
deceased
Born
June 20, 1928
Died
July 15, 2017
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Last updated
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