Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an American film and television actor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Times before becoming an actor. He is perhaps most well known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999.
He has two daughters, Susan and Juliet, from his marriage to Space: 1999 co-star Barbara Bain.
Landau has appeared in countless films and shows since the late 1950s. Among his many credits:
- Hollywood Homicide (2003)
- The Majestic (2001)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999)
- The Joyriders (1999)
- The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
- Ed Wood (1994) (Academy Award winner, Best Supporting Actor)
- Intersection (1994)
- Eye of the Stranger (1993)
- Sliver (1993)
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)
- The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
- Space: 1999 (1975) TV Series
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs (1970)
- Mission: Impossible (1966-69) TV Series
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Cleopatra (1963)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959)
