in 2005|alt=Lang with Senator Daniel Inouye Lang played Happy Loman in the 1984 Broadway revival of
Death of a Salesman and the 1985 television film with
Dustin Hoffman as
Willy Loman, and appeared in the first
Hannibal Lecter film
Manhunter (1986), as reporter
Freddy Lounds. He played attorney David Abrams in the television series
Crime Story (1986–1988). He played the title role in the NBC movie
Babe Ruth (1991). He later played the "One Armed Man" in
The Fugitive, the 2000 revival starring
Tim Daly. The series was a modest success but lasted only one season because of its large production budget. In 1992, he was nominated for a
Tony Award for his lead role in
The Speed of Darkness. His film role in
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) garnered him widespread critical acclaim, but its limited release prevented the film from reaching a wider audience. On stage, he was the first to play the role of Colonel Nathan Jessup in
A Few Good Men, a role made famous on film (1992) by
Jack Nicholson. He is the winner of over half a dozen theatre awards including the Drama Desk and Helen Hayes awards. In 1992, he also played
Hamlet in a
Broadway production of
Shakespeare's play. In films, he played
Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett in
Gettysburg (1993) and the lead role of
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the Gettysburg
prequel Gods and Generals (2003), both from director
Ronald F. Maxwell. His interest in the Civil War has prompted him to perform at symposia of The Lincoln Forum, which, in 2020, presented him with its Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement. Shortly before
Arthur Miller's death in February 2005, Lang appeared in his long-time friend's last play, titled
Finishing the Picture. It premiered in 2004 at
Chicago's
Goodman Theatre, where Lang had the second run of his own play,
Beyond Glory, which had premiered in Arlington, Virginia, early in 2004, and his Tony-nominated portrayal for
The Speed of Darkness. Lang also performed
Beyond Glory, a one-man show, for troops deployed overseas. In 2006, he played the role of Colonel Littlefield in
John Patrick Shanley's play
Defiance. He brought
Beyond Glory to Roundabout's Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre in 2007. Since its New York City premiere,
Beyond Glory has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Lucille Lortel Award both for outstanding solo performance. A movie about the play has been produced and released. Lang has a role in the ESPN miniseries
The Bronx Is Burning, as well as roles in independent features
Save Me and
From Mexico with Love. He plays a lead role in
James Cameron's sci-fi epic
Avatar as the villainous Colonel
Miles Quaritch. In 2009, he appeared in Michael Mann's film
Public Enemies as FBI Agent Charles Winstead, the man widely considered to have fired the shots that killed
John Dillinger, and in Grant Heslov's
The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside
Jeff Bridges,
Kevin Spacey,
Ewan McGregor, and
George Clooney. Also in 2009, he narrated the
audiobook Road Rage—which combines the short stories "
Duel" by
Richard Matheson and "Throttle" by
Stephen King and
Joe Hill—and guest-starred in the
Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 8 finales, "
Revolution" in the role of Axel Kaspers. In 2010 he performed the narration for "The Gettysburg Story: Battlefield Auto Tour," the top-selling audio tour of the
Gettysburg Battlefield at
Gettysburg National Military Park in
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania. Written and produced by filmmaker
Jake Boritt and based on works by historian
Gabor Boritt it tells the story of the
Battle of Gettysburg and
Abraham Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address in
Gettysburg National Cemetery. Lang is also the narrator of the companion
public television documentary
The Gettysburg Story presented by
Maryland Public Television. Lang played the villain Khalar Zym in the 2011
Conan the Barbarian reboot starring Jason Momoa. He also played one of the leads, Nathaniel Taylor, in the
Steven Spielberg–produced television series
Terra Nova. In February 2012, he signed on to play Mary Shannon's estranged father in a three-episode arc on the final season of the
USA television series
In Plain Sight. In 2013, Lang appeared in ''
The Monkey's Paw'' for
Chiller TV. Lang has been confirmed as reprising his role as Colonel Miles Quaritch in the upcoming sequels to
Avatar. He plays
Increase Mather, in a recurring role, on
WGN America's first original scripted series,
Salem. Lang is part of the cast of
AMC's martial-arts drama
Into the Badlands. He played The Blind Man in
Fede Álvarez's hit horror-thriller ''
Don't Breathe (2016), which received positive reviews. He reprised the role in the sequel Don't Breathe 2'' in 2021. In February 2016, Lang lobbied for the role of
Cable in
Deadpool 2 through captioned
Twitter pictures. The role ultimately went to
Josh Brolin. In 2017, he played Colonel Abraham Biggs in
Hostiles, from director
Scott Cooper. In 2018, he appeared as father of Joe Braven (
Jason Momoa), Linden Braven in the action thriller film
Braven, and played Shrike in
Mortal Engines, which
Peter Jackson produced for
Universal Pictures and
Media Rights Capital. Other recent projects include the historical epic series
House of David for Amazon Studios, boxing drama
The Featherweight which premiered at the
Venice Film Festival, and the drama
Avenue of the Giants for which he won the Best Actor Prize at the
Sedona International Film Festival. == Personal life ==