Stephen Lang
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Biography
A chameleon-like regional theater veteran, Stephen Lang won acclaim for his performance on the Broadway stage as the murderous Col. Jessep in Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men" (1989) and received a Tony nomination for his performance as a disturbed Vietnam veteran in Steve Tesich's "Speed of Darkness" (1990).
The compact, light-haired actor made his screen debut in Bud Yorkin's "Twice in a Lifetime" (1985) and gave strong performances as a tabloid journalist in Michael Mann's "Manhunter" (1986) and as a closeted homosexual in "Last Exit to Brooklyn" (1989). In 1991's "The Hard Way," Lang played the psychotic villain, appeared as General Pickett in "Gettysburg" (1993) and was featured in John Sayles' "Lone Star" (1996).
Lang's TV credits include recreating his stage role of Happy opposite Dustin Hoffman's Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" (CBS, 1985), portraying the legendary baseball star "Babe Ruth" (NBC, 1991) and played a man struggling with an evil force in "The Possession of Michael D." (Fox, 1995).
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Life Events
1969
Made stage debut in "Othello" at the Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania
1975
Off-Broadway debut in "Hamlet" at New York Shakespeare Festival
1977
Made Broadway debut in "Saint Joan"
1978
Appeared at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN
1980
Made small screen debut in CBS TV-movie "We're Fighting Back"
1984
Played Happy, one of Dustin Hoffman's sons in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman"
1985
Made film debut in "Twice in a Lifetime"
1985
Recreated the role of Happy opposite Dustin Hoffman in the ABC TV-movie "Death of a Salesman"
1986
Played attorney David Abrams on NBC series "Crime Story"
1991
Gained 35 pounds to play the title character in the NBC TV-movie "Babe Ruth"
1991
Earned a Tony nomination for his lead role in "The Speed of Darkness"
1992
Starred off-Broadway as "Hamlet" at the Roundabout Theater
1993
Played Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in the film "Gettysburg"
1993
Portrayed the villainous Ike Clanton in "Tombstone," starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer
1997
Co-starred in the political thriller "Shadow Conspiracy"
1998
Returned to Broadway to star in "Wait Until Dark"
2000
Cast as the one-armed man on the short-lived CBS remake of "The Fugitive"
2003
Portrayed General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson in "Gods and Generals"
2004
Appeared in Arthur Miller's last play "Finishing the Picture" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago
2006
Played the role of Colonel Littlefield in John Patrick Shanley's play "Defiance"
2007
Played a supporting role in the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx is Burning"
2007
Starred in Roundabout's off-Broadway production of "Beyond Glory"
2009
Appeared as an intelligence officer in Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats" alongside Jeff Bridges and George Clooney
2009
Co-starred in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" as Texas Ranger Charles Winstead
2009
Cast as SecFor's Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar"
2011
Portrayed the villain Khalar Zym in the "Conan the Barbarian" reboot
2011
Co-starred opposite Jason O'Mara on the Fox series "Terra Nova"
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