Film career

Formerly billed as Wally Ward, Langham got his start in the John Hughes film Weird Science, 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 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, 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. Seeker in the pre-show of the ride Dinosaur in Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. He explains the reason for going back in time and rescuing a stray dinosaur. 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.

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. 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."

Filmography

• Weird Science (1985) as Art
• Soul Man (1986) as Barky Brewer
• Combat Academy (1986) as Percival 'Perry' Barnett (billed as Wally Ward)
• Thunder Run (1986) as Paul (billed as Wally Ward)
• The Chocolate War (1988) as Archie Costello
• The Invisible Kid (1988) as Milton McClane
• Martians Go Home (1989) as Voyeur Martian
• Under The Boardwalk (1989) as Backwash
• Vital Signs (1990) as Grant
• WIOU (1990-1991 fourteen episodes) as Willis Teitlbaum
• The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998 seventy-five episodes) as Phil
• Murder, She Wrote in Dead to Rights episode as Todd Merlin
• Newsradio (1995-1996 two episodes) as Jeff
• Michael (1996) as Bruce Craddock
• Veronica's Closet (1997-2000 sixty-four episodes) as Josh Blair
• Mission Hill (1999-2002 thirteen episodes) as Andy French
• Sister Mary Explains It All (2001) as Aloysius Benheim
• Daddy Day Care (2003) as Jim Fields
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003-2015) as David Hodges (242 Episodes) Recurring role season 3-7 Main Cast Season 8- Immortality
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005) as Man in Bathroom
• Medium (2005 two episodes) as Alan
• I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) as Claude Clochet
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006) as Kirby
• The Great Buck Howard (2008) as Dan Green
• Growing Op (2008) as Bryce Dawson
• Monk (2009) "Mr. Monk and the Dog"
• The Social Network (2010) as Peter Thiel
• Hitchcock (2013) as Saul Bass
• Beware the Batman (2013) as Anarky (voice)
• Draft Day (2014) as Pete Begler
• Transcendence (2014) as Dr. Strauss
• Taken 3 (2014) as Mike
• Castle (2015) as Dr. Van Holtzman
• Mike & Molly (2016) as Robert
• iZombie (2016) as a pirate

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