Wallace Langham Biography
Born: March 11, 1965
HBO enthusiasts will invariably remember character actor Wallace Langham for his winning multi-season portrayal of Phil, the conceited head writer of Larry Sanders' late-night talk show, on the Garry_Shandling-headlined sitcom The_Larry_Sanders_Show. Langham (who first received billing in projects as Wally_Ward) grew up in Los Angeles; his parents divorced at an early age and his mother, Sunni, designed costumes for the musical variety series Donny and Marie. Langham was, by all accounts, drawn magnetically to showbusiness; he enrolled in acting classes, signed with an agent, and landed a string of television commercials beginning at age 16 (in 1981). After high school, Langham enrolled briefly in Cal State Northridge, but dropped out after snagging a bit part in John_Hughes' teenage sci-fi comedy Weird_Science (1985).
Scattered appearances on such series as Murder,_She_Wrote and Star_Trek:_Voyager followed -- as well as the recurring role of Josh, smart-alecky assistant to lingerie proprietor Veronica on the Kirstie_Alley sitcom Veronica's_Closet. It was the Shandling turn, however, that put Langham on top of his game. He made occasional feature appearances in such pictures as the Nora_Ephron comedy-fantasy Michael (1996) opposite John_Travolta, the Eddie_Murphy vehicle Daddy_Day_Care (2003), and the ensemble comedy drama Little_Miss_Sunshine (2006), but -- outside of Larry_Sanders -- he is probably best known for his fine work on the series drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. On that program, Langham sustained a multi-season portrayal as lab technician David Hodges. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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