The Da Vinci Code

film by Howard [2006]

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discussed in biography

  • Ron Howard
    In Ron Howard

    …James Braddock (Russell Crowe), and The Da Vinci Code (2006), a film adaptation of Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller featuring symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks); Howard later directed other installments in the Langdon series: Angels & Demons (2009) and Inferno (2016).

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Hanks

  • Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War
    In Tom Hanks

    …of Dan Brown’s hugely popular The Da Vinci Code; he reprised the role of Langdon in Angels & Demons (2009) and Inferno (2016). In Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), Hanks appeared as the real-life senator Charlie Wilson, who assisted the Afghan resistance to the Soviets in the 1980s, and he later…

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McKellen

  • Ian McKellen in Richard III
    In Ian McKellen

    …cast as supervillain Magneto, and The Da Vinci Code (2006). McKellen’s subtlety and exactitude as an actor were showcased in the character study Mr. Holmes (2015), about the attempts of a nonagenarian Sherlock Holmes to resolve a case that has bedeviled him for 30 years. In 2017 he appeared in…

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novel by Brown

  • Dan Brown
    In Dan Brown

    The film adaptations of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons were released in 2006 and 2009, respectively, with Tom Hanks starring as Langdon.

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Tautou

  • Audrey Tautou
    In Audrey Tautou

    …her first big-budget Hollywood film, The Da Vinci Code, but soon thereafter she returned to the more intimate French films that made her famous.

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