Hollywood star, a popular film actor MartinLandau was born in Brooklyn on June 20, 1931. Is an elder of American cinema. This is the real patriarch of Hollywood. And today, Martin Landau, who is already eighty-four years old, is actively involved in film projects, and young actors can envy his diligence and endurance. Landau brings tangible benefits on the set - it is an inexhaustible source of professionalism. Not only actors learn from the master, but also the directors try to learn something new for themselves. And the luminary of American cinema is glad to share experience.
Career
Martin Landau, whose biography contains the mostunexpected twists and turns, including the fateful ones, are considered to be the most successful representative of the US film industry. His acting role evolved in a somewhat unusual way, the characters were mostly from the underworld. Moreover, Martin Landau most often played the main characters in low-level action films, and in films of higher rank he had to be content with secondary roles. Such is the specificity of Hollywood, where any role should be taken for granted and play it with full dedication.
Craftsmanship and attractiveness
Still Martin Landau, whose filmographyincludes more than one hundred and forty roles, became a kind of record holder in the number of filmed film material. In the archives of Hollywood paintings with his participation occupy a separate shelf. In addition, Martin Landau, whose photos were also reproduced in record numbers, can claim the honorary title of one of America’s brightest sex symbols. In his mature years, his appearance drove a good half of the female population in the United States and Europe.
Competitiveness
At one time, Landau took a courseacting skills in the workshop of Lee Strasberg. Once at the casting in the film company "Twentieth Century Fox", Martin was selected as the best candidate for a role among two thousand applicants. But for all his popularity, he did not fit into Hollywood standards, such as Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. This circumstance, however, did not embarrass the actor, he confidently occupied a niche in American cinema and successfully played his colorful characters.
Martin Landau - a versatile actor, a lotstarred in television series, one of which was the film Mission Impossible. In several episodes, Martin played with his wife Barbara Bane, this duet was considered very productive. Spouses left the project together too, none of them wanted to act with other partners.
The lull in the works
Were in the career of Martin Landau and "dead seasons"when he hasn’t been in any film for years. Such a period of calm was a fifteen-year break from 1973 to 1988. However, in 1988, returning to the cinema, Landau immediately played such a role, which earned him an Oscar nomination, despite the fact that the character was of secondary importance.
Awards
During his long career in the cinema, Martin Landau has been nominated nine times for the Emmy, the Oscar and the BAFTA. Also, he was awarded five times the highest prizes of American cinema, among which were:
- Golden Globe - the first award of the actor, received in 1968 for participation in the television series Mission Impossible.
- Another Golden Globe was awarded to Landau in 1989 for Best Supporting Actor in the movie Tucker: Man and Dream.
- In 1995, he received his first "Oscar" in the nomination "Best Male Secondary Role" in the film "Ed Wood".
- For the same role, the actor was awarded the third Golden Globe prize in 1995.
- At the same time, for participation in the film "Ed Wood" he was awarded the Award of the Guild of Actors of US Cinema.
Personal life
Martin Landau was married only once.In this, he also set a kind of record, since against the background of numerous marriages and divorces in Hollywood, his family alliance looks at least unnatural. Nevertheless, the actor turned out to be a monotone. The reasons for the divorce remained unknown, there were several attempts on the part of the newspaper people to somehow justify this event, but every time there was a tough denial from Barbara Bane. In several cases, the editorial staff had to pay fines for “placing slanderous materials”, after which the reporters were silenced.
His wife, Martin, made an offer at the beginning1957, and on January 31 they signed. His chosen was the American actress Barbara Bane. Young people were of the same age, they had many points of contact, common professional interests. Therefore, their marriage lasted more than thirty-five years, and during this time, the couple repeatedly appeared on various film sets hand in hand. However, in 1993, the star couple divorced. It happened without any preludes, which are usually different long-term marriages. The divorce followed spontaneously, but the judge did not even give a term for reconciliation of the parties, the decision to dissolve the marriage was made immediately, by mutual consent.
Martin Landau, whose children were left with his mother after the divorce, suffered from loneliness. However, having a real opportunity to re-create a family, he did not take the chance and continue to live alone.
Martin Landau today
Currently, an elderly actor lives in the WestHollywood, in your own home all alone. He tries to spend as much time on the set as possible, since there is no shortage of roles for him. Vast experience gained over many years of work in the cinema helps the actor to play the most complex characters.
