Stanley Tucci
Acting
Biography
Stanley Tucci Jr. (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles ranging from menacing to sophisticated. Tucci has earned numerous accolades, including six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's Prizzi's Honour (1985) and continued to play a variety of supporting roles in films such as Deconstructing Harry (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), and The Terminal (2004). He made his directorial debut with the comedy Big Night (1996), which he also co-wrote and starred in. Following roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Julie & Julia (2009), Tucci was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Lovely Bones (2009). Tucci's other film roles include Burlesque (2010), Easy A (2010), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Margin Call (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015), Spotlight (2015), Supernova (2020), Worth (2021), and Conclave (2024). He has starred in numerous television series such as the legal drama Murder One (1995–1997), the medical drama 3 lbs (2006), Ryan Murphy's limited series Feud: Bette & Joan (2017), and the drama Limetown (2018). He played Stanley Kubrick in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). For his portrayal of Walter Winchell in the HBO film Winchell (1998), he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Since 2020, Tucci has voiced Bitsy Brandenham in the Apple TV+ animated series Central Park. From 2021 to 2022, he hosted the CNN food and travel documentary series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, for which he won two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2003) and a Grammy Award for narrating the audiobook The One and Only Shrek! (2008).
Born: November 11, 1960
Place of Birth: Peekskill, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Nigel Kipling
as Self (archive footage)
as The Elder
as Self - Host
as Ethan Skate
as Self - Audience Member
as Bellini
as Bernard Orlick
as Clive Davis
as Jefferson Grieff
as Self
as United States Ambassador
as Mish Mosh (voice)
as Frank Wild
as Dr. Erskine (voice)
as Charles Wolf
as Dr. Ivan Munchin
as Self - Host
as Tusker
as Mr Stringer
as Walter Winchell
as Bitsy (voice)
as Self
as Emile Haddock
as Self
as Commissioner Harper
as Hugh Andrews
as Tony Shaw
as The Professor
as Jack Maye
as Philippe (voice)
as Ted Swenson
as Merlin
as Maestro Cadenza
as Jack Warner
as Narrator (voice)
as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling/Dr. Wylie
as Caesar Flickerman
as Mitchell Garabedian
as Publishing Executive
as Philippe, Duc d'Orleans
as Self - Caesar Flickerman
as Narrator
as DCI Morton
as Baby
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Caesar Flickerman
as Self
as Herb Kazzaz (voice)
as Joshua Joyce
as Ivan the Guard
as Self - Caesar Flickerman
as Self
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
as Fred
as Caesar Flickerman
as James Boswell
as Mr. D / Dionysus
as Caesar Flickerman
as Roderick
as Ray Fuller
as Self - Caesar Flickerman
as Martin Zaidenweber
as Train Engine
as Caesar Flickerman
as Eric Dale
as Dr. Abraham Erskine
as Father
as Self
as Sean
as Dill
as Senator (voice)
as Jack Abramoff (voice)
as George Harvey
as Paul Child
as Self - Guest
as Boldo (voice)
as Scott Solomon
as Don
as Martin Fox
as Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk
as Senator (voice)
as Self
as Larry
as Douglas Hanson
as Shelton Fisher
as Henry Warren
as Nigel
as Self
as Det. Brikowski
as Narrator (voice)
as Herb Copperbottom (voice)
as Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice)
as Lorenzo (voice)
as Narrator
as Link
as Stanley Kubrick
as Frank Dixon
as Frank Haley
as Dr. Conrad Zimsky
as Jerry Siegel
as Narrator (voice)
as David Ruskin
as Frank Nitti
as Arthur Herk
as Griffin
as Dave Kingman
as Adolf Eichmann
as Giovanni Bazinni
as Hunter Lasky
as Joe Mitchell
as Self
as Preston D'Ambrosio
as Puck
as Walter Winchell
as Heinrich Grigoris
as Arthur
as Nicholas 'Nick' Roth
as Paul Epstein
as Elliot Zweikel
as Self
as Louis D'Amico
as Todd Stanton
as Arthur Wilkins
as Secondo
as Peter Kessler
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Richard Cross
as Frank Zioli
as Frank
as George
as Kevin Moretti
as Fred Hunter
as Eddie Biasi
as Khamel
as Morrie (voice)
as Muerte
as Gregoire
as Sal
as Amos (uncredited)
as Taylor
as Vernon
as Lucky Luciano
as Mal
as Johnny
as Det. Patrick McGuire
as Frank Mirelli
as Donny
as Harvey Yelton
as Darryl
as Self - Guest
as Dr. John Wiseman
as 2nd Dock Worker
as 1st Tenant
as Assemblyman Phillip Wingate
as Soldier
as Frank Mosca
as Steven DeMarco
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Himself