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Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an United
States|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).

==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 Actors 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.

In the 1959, Landau made his first major film
appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's, North by
Northwest. A few years later, after turning down
the role of Mr. Spock in Star Trek, Landau took
the role of master of disguise Rollin Hand in
Mission: Impossible, becoming one of that show's
best-known stars. He co-starred in the series with
his then-wife, Barbara Bain, and the two left
after the third season due to a salary dispute.
 
In the mid-1970s, Landau and Bain returned to
television in the United Kingdom|British science
fiction series, Space: 1999. Although it remains a
cult classic, the series was critically derided
during its run and was cancelled after two
seasons; Landau himself became very critical of
the show's scripts and storylines near the end.

After Space: 1999, Landau appeared in supporting
roles in a number of films and TV shows of varying
quality, including The Harlem Globetrotters on
Gilligan's Island (which again co-starred Bain).

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 Best Supporting Actor
award in 1994 for his uncanny portrayal of Bela
Lugosi in Ed Wood (movie)|Ed Wood.

He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet
Landau|Juliet, from his marriage to Barbara Bain.
Landau and Bain married in 1957 and divorced in
1993.

For his contribution to the motion picture
industry, Martin Landau has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Blvd.

==Selected TV==
*Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series 
*Space: 1999 (1975-77) TV Series 
*The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
(1981) 
*By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
*Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)

==Selected films==
*Pork Chop Hill (1959) 
*North by Northwest (1959) 
*Cleopatra (movie)|Cleopatra (1963)
*The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 
*They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
*The Fall of the House of Usher (1982) 
*Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
*Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
*Sliver (1993) 
*Eye of the Stranger (1993) 
*Intersection (movie)|Intersection (1994) 
*Ed Wood (movie)|Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award
winner, Best Supporting Actor)
*The X Files (motion picture)|The X Files (1998) 
*Rounders (1998)
*The Joyriders (1999) 
*Sleepy Hollow (movie)|Sleepy Hollow (1999)  
*The Majestic (2001)
*Hollywood Homicide (2003)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0001445|name=Martin Landau