Stephen Lang

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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.

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Known For

Avatar

Colonel Miles Quaritch

Avatar: The Way of Water

Colonel Miles Quaritch

Don't Breathe

The Blind Man

Mortal Engines

Shrike

Public Enemies

Charles Winstead

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Michael Baxter

The Lost City

Fantasy Villain

The Rookie

Chief Williams

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2031	Avatar 5 MOVIE	Colonel Miles Quaritch
2029	Avatar 4 MOVIE	Colonel Miles Quaritch
2026	Hellfire MOVIE	Man
2025	Avatar: Fire and Ash MOVIE	Quaritch
2025	This Ordinary Thing MOVIE	Self (voice)
2025	Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films TV	Self - "Quaritch"
2025	Sisu: Road to Revenge MOVIE	Yeagor Dragunov
2025	Barron's Cove MOVIE	Benji Faulkner
2025	House of David TV	Samuel the Prophet
2023	The Optimist MOVIE	Herbert Heller
2023	Muzzle MOVIE	Leland
2023	The Featherweight MOVIE	Bill Gore
2023	My Love Affair with Marriage MOVIE	Jonas (voice)
2023	Inside Pandora's Box MOVIE	Self
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water MOVIE	Colonel Miles Quaritch
2022	Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 MOVIE	Self
2022	The Independent MOVIE	Gordon
2022	Old Man MOVIE	Old Man
2022	Death in Texas MOVIE	John
2022	Mid-Century MOVIE	Frederick Banner
2022	The Lost City MOVIE	Fantasy Villain
2021	Don't Breathe 2 MOVIE	The Blind Man
2021	Law & Order: Organized Crime TV	Angus Boone
2021	The Seventh Day MOVIE	Archbishop
2021	Calls TV	Doctor Wheating (voice)
2020	Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation MOVIE	The President
2020	Solar Opposites TV	Sgt. Argent (voice)
2020	Solar Opposites TV	Sergeant Argent (voice)
2019	Rogue Warfare: The Hunt MOVIE	Président
2019	Rogue Warfare MOVIE	President
2019	VFW MOVIE	Fred
2019	The Gandhi Murder MOVIE	D.I.G Sunil Raina
2018	Mortal Engines MOVIE	Shrike
2018	The Rookie TV	Chief Williams
2018	Braven MOVIE	Linden
2017	Hostiles MOVIE	Colonel Abraham Biggs
2017	Justice MOVIE	Mayor Pierce
2017	The Good Fight TV	David Cord
2016	Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich MOVIE	Emil F. Reinhardt
2016	Gridlocked MOVIE	Korver
2016	Don't Breathe MOVIE	The Blind Man
2016	Isolation MOVIE	William
2016	Band of Robbers MOVIE	Injun Joe
2015	Into the Badlands TV	Waldo
2015	Beyond Glory MOVIE	Self
2015	Sun Belt Express MOVIE	Officer Rick
2015	Exeter MOVIE	Father Conway
2014	23 Blast MOVIE	Coach Farris
2014	Gutshot Straight MOVIE	Duffy
2014	A Good Marriage MOVIE	Holt Ramsey
2014	Jarhead 2: Field of Fire MOVIE	Major Gavins
2014	The Girl on the Train MOVIE	Det. Lloyd Martin
2014	Salem TV	Increase Mather
2014	In the Blood MOVIE	Casey
2014	The Nut Job MOVIE	King (voice)
2013	The Monkey's Paw MOVIE	Tony Cobb
2013	Pioneer MOVIE	John Ferris
2013	The Gettysburg Story MOVIE	Voice
2013	Love, Marilyn MOVIE	Self
2013	Pawn MOVIE	Charlie
2013	Officer Down MOVIE	Lieutenant Jake 'Lieu' LaRussa
2012	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You MOVIE	Barry Rogers
2011	Terra Nova TV	Commander Nathaniel Taylor
2011	Conan the Barbarian MOVIE	Khalar Zym
2011	White Irish Drinkers MOVIE	Patrick
2010	Capturing Avatar MOVIE	Self
2010	Christina MOVIE	Inspector Edgar Reinhardt
2010	False Creek Stories MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2010	Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora MOVIE	Self
2010	Matadors MOVIE	Victor Galloway
2009	Avatar MOVIE	Colonel Miles Quaritch
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats MOVIE	Brigadier General Dean Hopgood
2009	Live from Studio Five TV	Self
2009	Public Enemies MOVIE	Charles Winstead
2009	From Mexico With Love MOVIE	Big Al Stevens
2009	Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion MOVIE	Self
2008	Save Me MOVIE	Ted
2008	In Plain Sight TV	James Wiley Shannon
2006	George Washington: We Fight to Be Free MOVIE	Dr. James Craik
2006	The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' MOVIE	Self
2006	Psych TV	Mr. Salamatchla
2004	The I Inside MOVIE	Mr. Travitt
2003	Code 11-14 MOVIE	Justin Shaw
2003	Gods and Generals MOVIE	Lt. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson
2002	D-Tox MOVIE	Jack Bennett
2002	The Making of 'Tombstone' MOVIE	Self
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Axel Kaspers
2001	After the Storm MOVIE	Sargeant Major Jim
2001	Story of a Bad Boy MOVIE	Spryos
2001	The Proposal MOVIE	Simon Baclg
2000	Ed TV	Jack Foster
2000	The Fugitive TV	Ben Charnquist
2000	Running Mates MOVIE	Ron Noble - Financier (uncredited)
2000	Trixie MOVIE	Jacob Slotnick
1999	At the Mercy of a Stranger MOVIE	Dr. Thomas Cooper
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Michael Baxter
1998	A Town Has Turned to Dust MOVIE	Sheriff Harvey Denton
1998	Escape: Human Cargo MOVIE	Dennis McNatt
1998	Niagara, Niagara MOVIE	Claude
1997	Liberty! TV	George Washington
1997	Fire Down Below MOVIE	Earl Kellogg
1997	Loose Women MOVIE	Prophet Buddy
1997	The Trial of Adolf Eichmann MOVIE	Aaron Lindenstrauss / Dr. Joseph Melkman (voices)
1997	Journey of the Heart MOVIE	Thomas Deblois
1997	Dead Man's Gun TV	Clay Strand
1997	Shadow Conspiracy MOVIE	The Agent
1996	An Occasional Hell MOVIE	Alex Laughton
1996	Gang in Blue MOVIE	Moose Tavola
1995	The Amazing Panda Adventure MOVIE	Michael Tyler
1995	The Possession of Michael D. MOVIE	Michael
1995	The Outer Limits TV	Dr. James Houghton
1995	Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure MOVIE	Jonas Hackett
1995	A Season of Hope MOVIE	Michael Hackett
1994	The Mother MOVIE	Boss
1994	Baseball TV	(voice)
1994	Murder Between Friends MOVIE	Kerry Myers
1993	Tombstone MOVIE	Ike Clanton
1993	Gettysburg MOVIE	Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett
1993	Guilty as Sin MOVIE	Phil Garson
1993	Darkness Before Dawn MOVIE	Guy Grand
1992	Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story MOVIE	Steven Ziegenmeyer
1991	Babe Ruth MOVIE	George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1991	Performance TV	Boss
1991	Another You MOVIE	Dibbs
1991	The Hard Way MOVIE	Party Crasher
1990	Law & Order TV	Terry Dorn
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV	Criminal Gun Shooter (uncredited)
1989	Last Exit to Brooklyn MOVIE	Harry Black
1989	Finish Line MOVIE	Coach Harkins
1987	Project X MOVIE	Watts
1986	Crime Story TV	Atty. David Abrams
1986	Crime Story: Pilot MOVIE	Atty. David Abrams
1986	Manhunter MOVIE	Freddy Lounds
1986	Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ MOVIE	Self - Happy
1986	American Masters TV	Self
1986	Band of the Hand MOVIE	Joe
1985	Stone Pillow MOVIE	Tim
1985	Twice in a Lifetime MOVIE	Keith
1985	The Equalizer TV	Joseph Morrison
1985	Death of a Salesman MOVIE	Harold 'Happy' Loman
1982	King of America MOVIE	Vassilis
1981	We're Fighting Back MOVIE	Janos
1975	Good Morning America TV	Self
	Convergence MOVIE	Rear Admiral James Bradford
	Gettysburg 1863 MOVIE	Self
	The Dregs MOVIE	Self

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