Wallace Langham

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Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham at London Expo.jpg
Langham at Royal Victoria Dock, London, England, October 28, 2006
Born
James Wallace Langham II

(1965-03-11) March 11, 1965 (age 59)
Other namesWally Ward
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Spouses
Laura Langham
(m. 1986;div. 1998)
Karey Richard
(m. 2002;div. 2012)
Melissa Voyagis
(m. 2015)
[1]
Children2 (with Laura)

James Wallace Langham II [2] (born March 11, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Phil the Head Writer on The Larry Sanders Show . He has also played the roles of David Hodges on the crime drama television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel, CSI: Vegas , and NASA Administrator Harold Weisner on the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind . In the 1990s, he was well-known for playing Josh Blair on the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet (1997–2000), which was a Top 10 hit in its first couple of seasons.

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Film career

Formerly billed as Wally Ward, Langham got his start in the John Hughes film Weird Science (1985), as well as in The Invisible Kid and the ABC Afterschool Special entitled Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story, but later moved to roles as a young bigot in Soul Man and as a gang leader in The Chocolate War . He appeared in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care , and the critically acclaimed Little Miss Sunshine and The Social Network .

Television career

Langham dropped the Ward moniker in the 1990s as he moved to more adult roles, appearing as a regular in the much-hyped but short-lived CBS series WIOU . His big breakthrough came when he was cast as Phil, the cynical staff and then head writer for insecure talk show host Larry Sanders, in HBO's sitcom The Larry Sanders Show . Langham then took on a role in NBC's Veronica's Closet , playing Kirstie Alley's gay assistant Josh. He then appeared on the Joan Cusack sitcom What About Joan?

He has guest-starred on many series including, Murphy Brown , NewsRadio , ER , Murder, She Wrote , Sex and the City , 21 Jump Street , Medium , both the 1985 and the 2002 versions of The Twilight Zone , The Outer Limits , Star Trek: Voyager , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Monk , Shameless , and Grace Under Fire .

He was the voice of Andy French on the animated series Mission Hill , as well as the Care-Bots and Smoltz in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , Basil Karlo/Clayface II in The Batman , Orm/Ocean Master in Batman: The Brave and the Bold , and Anarky in Beware the Batman .

Langham played lab technician David Hodges on the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . Starting with the eighth-season premiere, Langham was listed in the main titles.

Other work

Langham plays Dr. Grant Seeker in the preshow of the theme park attraction Dinosaur at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom, in which his character attempts to send guests back in time to retrieve a live Iguanadon; his voice is also heard in the ride vehicle throughout the attraction.

Personal life

Langham was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Sunni, a costume designer, and James Langham, an elevator repairman. [2]

In March 2000, Langham pleaded no contest to battery charges after beating a gay tabloid reporter (who had allegedly made accusations against Langham's girlfriend's tattoos; the reporter in turn claimed that Langham yelled homophobic slurs at him while he was being beaten) and was ordered to serve three years' probation and to serve 450 hours of community service for gay and lesbian charities, and to donate $10,000 to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. [3] [4] In exchange for pleading no contest, prosecutors dropped a hate crime charge that had been filed against him. In a statement, Langham said he supports gay rights "and would have never attacked anyone had I not first been provoked". [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Weird Science ArtCredited as Wally Ward
1986 Thunder Run Paul
Soul Man Barky Brewer
Combat AcademyPercival 'Percy' Barnett
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon Private Anson W. PucketSegment: "The Unknown Soldier"; uncredited
1988 The Invisible Kid Milton McClaneCredited as Wally Ward
Under the Boardwalk Backwash
The Chocolate War Archie
1989 Martians Go Home Voyeur Martian
1990 Vital Signs Gant
1996God's Lonely ManRick
Michael Bruce Craddock
2001On EdgeJimmy Hand
2003 Daddy Day Care Jim Fields
2004Hot Night in the CityJack
2006 Little Miss Sunshine Kirby
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With Claude Clochet
2007The Keyunknown Direct-to-video
2008 The Great Buck Howard Dan Green
Growing OpBryce
2009Triumph of SparhusenBjorn EpsteinShort film
2010 The Bannen Way Surveillance Tech
The Social Network Peter Thiel
2012 Ruby Sparks Warren
Hitchcock Saul Bass
Freeloaders Swedish Car Enthusiast
2013 Somewhere Slow Paul
Rain from StarsAndy
2014 Transcendence Dr. Strauss
Draft Day Pete Begler
Buttwhistle Mr. Confer
AJ's Infinite Summer Danny/GuardVoice, short film
Taken 3 Mike
2016 War Dogs Vegas X Supplier
Spaceman Bruce Lindsay
LBJ Arthur Schlesinger
ClosureShort film; director/producer
2017BobBobShort film
Battle of the Sexes Henry
2018 The Darkest Minds Dr. Viceroy
2019Sophie's QuinceaneraManShort film
Ford v Ferrari Dr. Granger
2021 Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal Gordon Caplan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 CBS Schoolbreak Special BabeEpisode: "Ace Hits the Big Time"
Credited as Wally Ward
The Best Times Bill SkeezacEpisode: "Snake Meat"
Credited as Wally Ward
Children of the Night KevinTelevision film; credited as Wally Ward
1986 Fast Times Mark Ratner7 episodes; recurring role
Combat High Perry BennettTelevision film; credited as Wally Ward
1987One HouseChris Houston2 episodes; credited as Wally Ward
The Twilight Zone Nelson BaxleyEpisode: "Time and Teresa Golowitz/Voices in the Earth"
Credited as Wally Ward
ABC Afterschool Specials Paul HendlerEpisode: "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"
1989A Deadly SilenceJimmy Pierson, Jr.Television film; credited as Wally Ward
Matlock Dennis AustinEpisode: "The Cult"
1990 21 Jump Street PooleEpisode: "Research and Destroy"
Murphy Brown MichaelEpisode: "The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting"
1990–1991 WIOU Willis TeitlebaumSeries regular; 14 episodes
1992 Life Goes On John HemingwayEpisode: "The Fairy Tale"
1992–1998 The Larry Sanders Show PhilSeries regular; 89 episodes
Nominated - Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Actor in a Cable Series
1993 Murder, She Wrote Todd MerlinEpisode: "Dead to Rights"
1994 Madman of the People DavisEpisode: "The Jack Buckner Story"
Dave's World NeilEpisode: "Family Membership"
Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. StillmanUnknownVoice, television short
1995 NewsRadio JeffEpisode: "Pilot"
1996 NewsRadio StewartEpisode: "Physical Graffiti"
ER Dr. MelvoinEpisode: "Doctor Carter, I Presume"
1997 Grace Under Fire Eric SpencerEpisode: "Grace's New Job"
F/X: The Series Levi ChaseEpisode: "Shooting Mickey"
1997–2000 Veronica's Closet Josh BlairSeries regular; 67 episodes/ Director Episode: "Veronica's Clips"
Nominated - Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1998 Star Trek: Voyager Flotter T. Water IIIEpisode: "Once Upon a Time"
1999 The Wild Thornberrys SvenVoice, episode: "Pal Joey" [6]
1999–2002 Mission Hill Andy FrenchVoice, main role (13 episodes)
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Prince Bobby, FishVoice, episode: "The Frog Princess"
Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story Don Kirshner Television film
The Outer Limits Ezekiel, Daniel FaradayEpisode: "Final Appeal"
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Care-botsVoice, episode: "Speed Trap" [6]
2000–2001 What About Joan? Mark LudlowSeries regular; 21 episodes
2001 Sister Mary Explains It All Aloysius BenheimTelevision film
Inside Schwartz A.J.Episode: "Comic Relief Pitcher"
2002 The Twilight Zone Charlie StickneyEpisode: "Mr. Motivation"
2003 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' Jay Bernstein Television film
Sex and the City WillyEpisode: "To Market, to Market"
Las Vegas Julian KerbisEpisode: "Donny, We Hardly Knew Ye"
Miss Match LucasEpisode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
Good Morning, Miami KenEpisode: "With Friends Like These, Who Needs Emmys?"
Rubbing CharlieunknownTelevision film
2003–2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation David Hodges 73 episodes; recurring role (seasons 3–7)
; series regular (seasons 8–15)

Writer/Teleplay Episode: "Field Mice"
2004 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' Jay BernsteinTelevision film
2004 The West Wing Terry AndersEpisode: "The Hubbert Peak"
2005 Medium Alan2 episodes
Curb Your Enthusiasm Man in BathroomEpisode: "The End"
2006 The Batman Basil Karlo / Clayface Voice, episode: "Clayfaces" [6]
2008 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Orm / Ocean Master Voice, episode: "Evil Under the Sea!" [6]
Ben 10: Alien Force TylerVoice, episode: "Inside Man"
2009 Monk Steve DeWittEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Dog"
Glenn Martin DDS Dr. Gary RosVoice, episode: "Mom Dated THAT Guy?"
2009–2011 Easy to Assemble Bjorn Eppstein6 episodes; recurring role
20119inePhysicianEpisode: "November"
2013 Drop Dead Diva Lester Tuttle2 episodes
2013–2014 Beware the Batman Lonnie Machin / Anarky Voice, recurring role (7 episodes) [6]
2014Nikki & Nora: The N&N FilesCarl Mottenberg2 episodes
2015 Castle Dar. Van HoltzmanEpisode: "Hollander's Woods"
CSI: Immortality David HodgesTelevision film
Casual IanEpisode: "Pilot"
Scream Queens Mr. PutneyEpisode: "The Final Girl(s)"
2016 Mike & Molly RobertEpisode: "Cops on the Rocks"
iZombie Dr. Alan BenwayEpisode: "He Blinded Me...With Science"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Tom MetcalfeEpisode: "Imposter"
Rosewood Duncan JacottEpisode: "Eddie & the Empire State of Mind"
2017 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Steve CorridanEpisode: "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?"
Doubt Harrison WeissEpisode: "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Manhunt: Unabomber Louis Freeh Episode: "Publish or Perish"
Criminal Minds Mr. XEpisode: "Killer App"
Good Behavior StephenEpisode: "You Could Discover Me"
Longmire Brian O'Keane2 episodes
2018 Lethal Weapon Charlie BlumEpisode: "Ruthless"
Heathers Mr. SawyerRecurring role
Young Sheldon Dr. Edward Pilson1 episode
My Dinner with Hervé Aaron Spelling Television film
2019 Veronica Mars Courthouse ClerkEpisode: "Years, Continents, Bloodshed"
The Boys Damien HodgmanEpisode: "The Female of the Species"
Shameless Dr. Tyson2 episodes
9-1-1 BrianEpisode: "Malfunction"
For All Mankind Harold Weisner5 episodes; recurring role (season 1)
2020 Mom JerryEpisode: "Silly Frills and a Depressed Garden Gnome"
The Resident John CoppleEpisode: "The Flea"
2021 CSI: Vegas David HodgesRecurring
2023 1923 Kyle MurphyOne episode
Perry Mason Melville Phipps6 episodes; recurring role (season 2)

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