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Stephen Lang Biography

Stephen Lang is an American screen and stage actor and playwright. He is popular for roles in films including Manhunter in 1986, Gettysburg in 1993, Gods and Generals in 2003, Public Enemies in 2009 and Don’t Breathe in 2016.

For his role in the 1992 Broadway production of The Speed of Darkness awarded him a Tony Award nomination and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in James Cameron’s Avatar in 2009. He was co-artistic director of the Actors Studio from 2004 to 2006.

Stephen Lang Age

Born on July 11, 1952, Lang is 66 years as of 2018.

Stephen Lang Net Worth

Stephen Lang has a net worth of $5 million dollars as of 2018.

Stephen Lang Height

Stephen Lang stands at a height of 1.79 m

Stephen Lang Wife

Since June 1, 1980, Lang has been married to Kristina Watson, a costume designer and teacher. They have four children;Noah Lang, Lucy Lang, Grace Lang and Daniel Lang.

Stephen Lang Education

He went to elementary school in Jamaica Estates, Queens. He attended middle school in a New York City public school, George Ryan Junior High School, in nearby Fresh Meadows. For high school, he attended George School, a Quaker boarding school in Newtown, PA and graduated from there a year early in 1969. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1973 with a degree in English Literature; on May 30, 2010, Swarthmore awarded him an honorary degree in recognition of his distinguished career in theatre, television, and film. In the same ceremony his youngest son, Noah, received his bachelor’s degree. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Jacksonville University and was an artist in residence at Northeastern University in 2011. Lang served as a Jury Member for the Woodstock Film Festival in the fall of 2015.

Stephen Lang Career

Lang played Harold Loman in the 1984 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman and the 1985 television film with Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and appeared in the first Hannibal Lecter film Manhunter in 1986, as reporter Freddy Lounds. He played attorney David Abrams in the television series Crime Story in 1986–1988. He played the title role in the NBC movie Babe Ruth in 1991. In the 2000 revival of The Fugitive starring Tim Dalye played the “One Armed Man”. However the series was a modest success but lasted only one season because of its large production budget.

He was nominated for a Tony Award for his lead role in The Speed of Darkness in 1992. In 1989, in his film role in Last Exit to Brooklyn garnered him widespread critical acclaim, but its limited release prevented the film from reaching a wider audience. On stage, he was the first to play the role of Colonel Nathan Jessup in A Few Good Men, a role made famous on film in 1992 by Jack Nicholson. He won over half a dozen theatre awards including the Drama Desk and Helen Hayes awards.

In films, in 1993 he played Maj. Gen. George Pickett in Gettysburg and the lead role of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in the Gettysburg prequel Gods and Generals in 2003, both from director Ronald F. Maxwell. Gods and Generals to him be his finest performance. His most popular film role, before Avatar, was his portrayal of the villainous Ike Clanton in the successful Western Tombstone in 1993 with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

In February 2005, Shortly after Arthur Miller’s death, Lang appeared in his long-time friend’s last play, titled Finishing the Picture. In 2004 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre it premiered, where Lang had the second run of his own play, Beyond Glory, which had premiered in Arlington, Virginia, early in 2004 and his Tony-nominated portrayal for The Speed of Darkness. Lang perfomed a one-man show Beyond Glory, for troops deployed overseas. He played the role of Colonel Littlefield in John Patrick Shanley’s play Defiance in 2006. In 2007, he brought Beyond Glory to Roundabout’s Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre. Beyond Glory has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Lucille Lortel Award both for outstanding solo performance since its New York City premiere.

Lang has a role in the ESPN miniseries The Bronx Is Burning, as well as roles in independent features Save Me and From Mexico with Love. He plays a lead role as the villainous Colonel Quaritch in James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar.

He appeared in Michael Mann’s film Public Enemies as FBI Agent Charles Winstead in 2009. The man widely considered to have fired the shots that killed John Dillinger and in Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor and George Clooney.

He narrated the audiobook Road Rage in 2009, which combines the short stories “Duel” by Richard Matheson and “Throttle” by Stephen King and Joe Hill. He guest-starred in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 8 finale, “Revolution” in the role of Axel Kaspers. He performed the narration for “The Gettysburg Story: Battlefield Auto Tour,” the top-selling audio tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield in 2010 at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Written and produced by filmmaker Jake Boritt and based on works by historian Gabor Boritt it tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg National Cemetery. Lang is also the narrator of the companion public television documentary The Gettysburg Story presented by Maryland Public Television.

In the 2011 Conan the Barbarian reboot, Lang played the villain Khalar Zym starring Jason Momoa. In the Steven Spielberg-produced TV series Terra Nova he played one of the leads, Nathaniel Taylor.

He signed on to play Mary Shannon’s estranged father in a three episode arc on the final season of the USA television series In Plain Sight in February 2012.

Lang appeared in The Monkey’s Paw for Chiller TV in 2013.

Lang will be in the upcoming sequels to Avatar for his reprising role as Colonel Miles Quaritch.

He plays Increase Mather, in a recurring role, on WGN America’s first original scripted series, Salem.

Lang is cast in AMC’s martial-arts drama Into the Badlands and played The Blind Man in Fede Alvarez’s hit horror-thriller Don’t Breathe in 2016. He will next appear in Braven alongside Jason Momoa and Hostiles from director Scott Cooper.

Lang lobbied for the role Cable in Deadpool 2 through captioned Twitter pictures in February 2016. The role ultimately went to Josh Brolin.

It was announced that Lang had joined the cast of the film Mortal Engines, which Peter Jackson is producing for Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital in March 2017.

Lang starred in Hostiles as Colonel Abraham Biggs and is the father of Joe Braven, Linden Braven in the action thriller film Braven in 2018.

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