Stephen Lang

American actor and playwright with a career spanning Broadway, film, and television, celebrated for commanding performances across more than 145 screen credits.

Stephen Lang - Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: July 11, 1952
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Gender: Male
  • Job Title: Actor
  • Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Writer

Biography

Stephen Lang (born July 11, 1952) is an American actor and playwright. He started in theatre on Broadway but is well known for his film portrayals of Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals (2003), George Pickett in Gettysburg (1993), and his 2009 roles as Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar and as Texan lawman Charles Winstead in Public Enemies.

Lang was the co-artistic director (along with Carlin Glynn and Lee Grant) of the famed Actor's Studio at its headquarters in New York City from 2004 to 2006.

Selected Filmography

A selection of Stephen Lang's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.

  • Avatar 5 (2031) as Colonel Miles Quaritch
  • Avatar 4 (2029) as Colonel Miles Quaritch
  • Hellfire (2026) as Man
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) as Quaritch
  • This Ordinary Thing (2025) as Self (voice)
  • Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (TV - 2025) as Self - "Quaritch"
  • Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025) as Yeagor Dragunov
  • Barron's Cove (2025) as Benji Faulkner
  • House of David (TV - 2025) as Samuel the Prophet
  • The Optimist (2023) as Herbert Heller

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