A stage actor of great recognition, Stephen Lang has shaped a formidable career on and off the various stages of the United States and abroad. Broadway roles include a Tony-nominated performance as a homeless man in 'The Speed of Darkness', Happy in the Dustin Hoffman revival of 'Death of a Salesman', Colonel Jessep in 'A Few Good Men', and a thief alongside Quentin Tarantino and Marisa Tomei in 'Wait Until Dark'. Off-Broadway credits include John Patrick Shanley's 'Defiance', Anne Nelson's 'The Guys', Arthur Miller's 'Finishing the Picture', and his own play 'Beyond Glory' for which he received a Helen Hayes Award nomination. Television and Film credits include celebrated performances as Babe Ruth and Stonewall Jackson in 'Babe Ruth' and 'Gods and Generals' respectively, as well as acclaimed performances in 'Last Exit to Brooklyn', 'Tombstone', 'Gettysburg', Michael Mann's hit TV show 'Crime Story', and an NBC revival of 'The Fugitive' featuring Tim Daly. He has been nominated for and won numerous awards including the Grace Prize, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, and Tony awards.
Graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania Has four children: Noah, Grace, Dan, Lucy. Has narrated numerous audio books and was recently awarded the "Audiofile Earphone award." Shared a house with Billy Campbell in Santa Monica California before purchasing his own house. Was nominated for Broadway's 1991 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Speed of Darkness." Is one of three Crime Story stars to appear in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy. He starred with Dennis Farina and Bill Smitrovich in Manhunter, and Ted Levine played "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs. Runs the famed Actors Studio in New York along with Lee Grant, Al Pacino and others. Played Colonel Jessep in the hit Broadway show "A Few Good Men." Jack Nicholson enacted the stern, officious "You can't handle the truth!" role when it moved to film starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. Played Happy, one of Dustin Hoffman's sons, in the acclaimed 1984 Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman." John Malkovich played the other son, Biff. Gave special performances of his one-man show "Beyond Glory," which deals with America's greatest war heroes who were awarded the Medal of Honor, for both the U.S. Senate in Washington and the U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf. The show was backed by The National Endowment for the Arts. Plays Dustin Hoffman's son in Death of a Salesman. In Manhunter, he plays Freddy Lounds, a character played in Red Dragon by Philip Seymour Hoffman. He and Julianne Moore have both appeared in separate films from the Hannibal Lecter series: Manhunter and Hannibal. Julianne Moore also had a small part in the film The Fugitive. Lang appeared in the remake of the television series, as the one-armed man. Has appeared in two films about serial killers: Manhunter and The Hard Way. Manhunter was based on the novel Red Dragon. The original climax of the novel featured the villain, Francis Dolarhyde, faking his own death by killing a gas station attendant named Arnold Lang, placing his dentures inside the corpse, and burning the body in a fire. Though this was changed for the film, it is interesting the note that the victim's last name was Lang, just like Stephen's. Michael J. Fox's character in The Hard Way was named Nick Lang.