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).
Family
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Daughter: Grace Lang. Mother, Kristina Watson
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Daughter: Lucy Jane Lang. Mother, Kristina Watson
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Father: Eugene Lang. Hungarian-American
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Son: Daniel Lang. Mother, Kristina Watson
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Son: Noah Lang. Mother, Kristina Watson
Education
Milestones
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1969 Made stage debut in Othello at the Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania
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1975 Off-Broadway debut in Hamlet at New York Shakespeare Festival
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1977 Made Broadway debut in Saint Joan
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1978 Appeared at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN
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1980 Made TV debut in CBS TV-movie, We re Fighting Back
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1984 Played one of Dustin Hoffman s sons, Happy, in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman
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1985 Made film debut in Twice in a Lifetime
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1985 Recreated the role of Happy, opposite Dustin Hoffman, in the ABC TV-movie, Death of a Salesman
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1986 Played attorney David Abrams on NBC series, Crime Story
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1991 Earned a Tony nomination for his lead role in The Speed of Darkness
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1991 Gained 35 pounds to play the title character in the NBC TV-movie, Babe Ruth
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1992 Starred Off-Broadway as Hamlet at the Roundabout Theater
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1993 Played Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in the film, Gettysburg
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1993 Portrayed the villainous Ike Clanton in Tombstone, with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer
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1997 Co-starred in the political thriller, Shadow Conspiracy
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1998 Returned to Broadway to star in Wait Until Dark
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2000 Cast as the one-armed man in the short-lived CBS drama, The Fugitive
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2003 Portrayed General Thomas Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals
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2004 Appeared in Arthur Miller s last play, Finishing the Picture, at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago
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2006 Played the role of Colonel Littlefield in John Patrick Shanley s play, Defiance
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2007 Played a supporting role in the ESPN mini-series, The Bronx is Burning
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2007 Starred in Roundabout s Off-Broadway production of Beyond Glory
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2009 Appeared as an intelligence officer in Grant Heslov s The Men Who Stare at Goats, alongside Jeff Bridges and George Clooney
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2009 Co-starred in Michael Mann s Public Enemies as Texas Ranger Charles Winstead
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Will star as SecFor s Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron s sci-fi epic Avatar