He has two roles in common with Anthony Hopkins, who is only one day his senior: (1) Langella played Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro in El signo del Zorro (1974) while Hopkins played him in La máscara del Zorro (1998) and (2) Hopkins played U.S. President Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995) while Langella played him in El desafío - Frost contra Nixon (2008). Both actors also appeared in adaptations of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula": Langella played the title character in Drácula (1979) while Hopkins played his arch-enemy Professor Abraham Van Helsing in Drácula de Bram Stoker (1992).
