Academy Award nominee Frank Langella is joining the cast of The Americans.
Langella has been cast as KGB sleeper agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings's (Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys) former handler Gabriel, who takes the reigns once again from Claudia (Margo Martindale).
The Americans producers Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields announced Langella's casting, saying: "We've been huge fans of Frank's work for a long time, and it's been such a pleasure getting to know Frank himself in the beginning stages of working together on the character of Gabriel.
"We look forward to a great season together, and to what we're sure will be a phenomenal creative collaboration."
Langella earned an Oscar nomination for portraying US President Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon, and has also had roles in the hit films Dracula, Masters of the Universe and Good Night, and Good Luck.
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The Americans chronicles the Jennings' covert missions as they try to conceal their identities while working for the USSR in the US in the early 1980s.
FX will air the third season of The Americans in January 2015.
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