# Let's Talk about Martin Landau

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**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-martin-landau/182434 "2003-06-17T12:33:07Z")\
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> [@JerrySTL](#):
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> No one has mentioned his Academy Award yet? He played Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood. He also won Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for the part.

I see he won that Oscar by beating Samuel L Jackson’s definitive role in PULP FICTION, and Gary Sinise’s definitive role as Lieutenant Dan in FORREST GUMP – and danged if it wasn’t the right call _anyway,_ because Landau happened to be perfect.

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