Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. He is an Academy Award-winning American film and television actor.

In 1959, Landau made his first major film appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest at the age of 28.

He starred in two of the best-known science-fiction television series of all time, Mission: Impossible (1966) and Space: 1999 (1975). In the late-1980s, Landau staged a major career comeback by winning an Academy Award nomination for his role in Tucker: The Man and His Dream.

He later received a second nomination for Crimes and Misdemeanors and won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his uncanny portrayal of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. In 2006, Landau made a guest appearance on the TV series Entourage.

Landau was married Barbara Bain on January 31, 1957 and divorced in 1993.

Filmography

• Lovely, Still (2009)
• 9 (2008) (voice)
• City of Ember (2008)
• Billy: The Early Years (2008)
• Ivory (2008)
• David & Fatima (2008)
• Harrison Montgomery (2008)
• An Existential Affair (2006)
• "Entourage" (3 episodes, 2006)
• "The Evidence" (8 episodes, 2006)
• Love Made Easy (2006)
• "Without a Trace" (4 episodes, 2004-2005)
• The Aryan Couple (2004)
• Space: 1899 (2004) (V)
• Wake (2003)
• The Commission (2003)
• Hollywood Homicide (2003)
• Corsairs (2002) (TV)
• The Majestic (2001)
• Haven (2001) (TV)
• In the Beginning (2000) (TV)
• Shiner (2000)
• Very Mean Men (2000)
• Ready to Rumble (2000)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999)
• Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) (TV)
• The Joyriders (1999)
• Edtv (1999) 
• Carlo's Wake (1999)
• Rounders (1998)
• The X Files (1998)
• Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) (TV)
• Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997) (voice)
• B*A*P*S (1997)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
• "Spider-Man" (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
• City Hall (1996)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) (VG)
• The Elevator (1996)
• Joseph (1995) (TV)
• Time Is Money (1994)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Intersection (1994)
• The Color of Evening (1994)
• 12:01 (1993) (TV)
• Sliver (1993)
• No Place to Hide (1993)
• Eye of the Stranger (1993)
• Mistress (1992)
• Legacy of Lies (1992) (TV)
• Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992) (TV)
• Firehead (1991)
• By Dawn's Early Light (1990) (TV)
• Max and Helen (1990) (TV)
• Real Bullets (1990)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• Paint It Black (1989)
• The Neon Empire (1989) (TV)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV)
• "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1 episode, 1987)
• Cyclone (1987)
• Sweet Revenge (1987)
• Empire State (1987)
• Delta Fever (1987)
• Run If You Can (1987)
• W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
• Kung Fu: The Movie (1986) (TV)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1985)
• Treasure Island (1985)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1984)
• "Buffalo Bill" (1 episode, 1984)
• Access Code (1984)
• The Being (1983)
• "Hotel" (1 episode, 1983)
• "Matt Houston" (1 episode, 1983)
• Trial by Terror (1983)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (1982) (TV)
• The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981) (TV)
• Without Warning (1980)
• The Last Word (1980)
• The Return (1980)
• Meteor (1979)
• The Death of Ocean View Park (1979) (TV)
• "Space: 1999" (48 episodes, 1975-1978)
• A Special Magnum for Tony Saitta (1976)
• Destination Moonbase Alpha (1976) (TV)
• Alien Attack (1976) (TV)
• Cosmic Princess (1976) (TV)
• Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (TV)
• Savage (1973) (TV)
• Columbo: Double Shock (1973) (TV)
• Black Gunn (1972)
• Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972) (TV)
• A Town Called Hell (1971)
• They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
• Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (1970)
• "Get Smart" (1 episode, 1969)
• "Mission: Impossible" (76 episodes, 1966-1969)
• "Gunsmoke" (2 episodes, 1958-1966)
• Nevada Smith (1966)
• "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1 episode, 1966)
• "Branded" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Wild Wild West" (1 episode, 1965)
• "The Big Valley" (1 episode, 1965)
• "A Man Called Shenandoah" (1 episode, 1965)
• "I Spy" (1 episode, 1965)
• The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• "Mr. Novak" (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
• "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1 episode, 1964)
• "The Twilight Zone" (2 episodes, 1959-1964)
• "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1 episode, 1964)
• "The Outer Limits" (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
• "The Defenders" (1 episode, 1964)
• The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964) (TV)
• "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (1 episode, 1963)
• Cleopatra (1963)
• Decision at Midnight (1963)
• Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (1962)
• "The Tall Man" (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
• "The Untouchables" (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
• "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1 episode, 1961)
• "The Rifleman (1 episode, 1961)
• "Checkmate" (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
• "Bonanza" (1 episode, 1961)
• "Adventures in Paradise" (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
• "The Best of the Post" (1 episode, 1961)
• "The Law and Mr. Jones" (1 episode, 1961)
• "The Islanders" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Wagon Train" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Tate" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Johnny Ringo" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Outlaws" (1 episode, 1960)
• "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1 episode, 1960)
• The Gazebo (1959)
• "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1959)
• "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1959)
• "Johnny Staccato" (1 episode, 1959)
• "The Lawless Years" (1 episode, 1959)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Pork Chop Hill (1959)
• "Rawhide" (1 episode, 1959)
• "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1 episode, 1959)
• "Lawman" (1 episode, 1958)
• "Sugarfoot" (1 episode, 1958)
• "Maverick" (1 episode, 1958)
• "Harbourmaster" (1 episode, 1957)
• "The Walter Winchell File" (1 episode)
• "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)

Awards

• American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Male--Motion Picture "Ed Wood" 1994
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• Oscar Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• Society of Texas Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor "Ed Wood" 1994
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role "Ed Wood" 1994
• CableACE Award Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries "Legacy of Lies" 1992
• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" 1988
• Golden Globe Award Male TV Star 1967