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Michael Stuhlbarg
ActorBorn July 5, 1968 (56 years)
Michael Stuhlbarg (/ˈstuːlˌbɑːrɡ/ STOOL-barg; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known as a character actor, having portrayed a variety of roles in film, television, and theatre. He has received several awards, including nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
He rose to prominence as troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuhlbarg has since become known as a character actor and has appeared in numerous films and television series portraying real-life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), Abe Rosenthal in The Post (2017), and Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley (2020). His other supporting roles include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water (both 2017), and Bones and All (2022). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
On television, he portrayed Arnold Rothstein in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), Richard A. Clarke in The Looming Tower (2018), and Richard Sackler in Dopesick (2021), receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for the latter two. He also acted in FX's Fargo (2017), Showtime's Your Honour (2020–2023), and HBO's The Staircase (2022). On stage, Stuhlbarg has acted in numerous productions, including the 2005 debut of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman on Broadway, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and received a Tony Award nomination. He returned to Broadway playing Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots (2024) and received a second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.
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He rose to prominence as troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuhlbarg has since become known as a character actor and has appeared in numerous films and television series portraying real-life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), Abe Rosenthal in The Post (2017), and Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley (2020). His other supporting roles include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water (both 2017), and Bones and All (2022). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
On television, he portrayed Arnold Rothstein in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), Richard A. Clarke in The Looming Tower (2018), and Richard Sackler in Dopesick (2021), receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for the latter two. He also acted in FX's Fargo (2017), Showtime's Your Honour (2020–2023), and HBO's The Staircase (2022). On stage, Stuhlbarg has acted in numerous productions, including the 2005 debut of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman on Broadway, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and received a Tony Award nomination. He returned to Broadway playing Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots (2024) and received a second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.
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Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | The Instigators · as Mr. Besegai |
| 2022 | Bones and All · as Jake |
| 2022 | The Staircase (2022) (TV Series) · as David Rudolf |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness · as Dr. Nic West |
| 2021 | Dopesick (TV Series) · as Richard Sackler |
| 2021 | Beckett · as April's Father |
| 2021 | American Oz · as L. Frank Baum (voice) |
| 2020 | Your Honor (TV Series) · as Jimmy Baxter |
| 2020 | Shirley · as Stanley Hyman |
| 2019 | Traitors (TV Series) · as Rowe |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower (TV Series) · as Richard Clarke |
| 2017 | The Post · as Abe Rosenthal |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water · as Dr. Robert Hoffstetler |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name · as Mr. Perlman |
| 2016 | Miss Sloane · as Pat Connors |
| 2016 | Arrival · as Agent Halpern |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange · as Dr. Nicodemus West |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Edward G. Robinson |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs · as Andy Hertzfeld |
| 2015 | Miles Ahead · as Harper Hamilton |
| 2014 | Pawn Sacrifice · as Paul Marshall |
| 2014 | Cut Bank · as Derby Milton |
| 2014 | The 50 Year Argument · as Narration |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Sy Feltz |
| 2014 | Transparent (TV Series) · as Chaim |
| 2013 | Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq · as Jerome Robbins (voice) |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine · as Dr. Flicker |
| 2012 | Hitchcock · as Lew Wasserman |
| 2012 | Lincoln · as George Yeaman |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths · as Tommy |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Griffin |
| 2011 | Hugo · as René Tabard |
| 2010 | God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America (TV Series) · as Isaac Mayer Wise |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) · as Arnold Rothstein |
| 2009 | Cold Souls · as Hedge Fund Consultant |
| 2009 | A Serious Man · as Larry Gopnik |
| 2009 | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer · as Edward Teller |
| 2008 | Body of Lies · as Ferris' Attorney |
| 2008 | Afterschool · as Mr. Burke |
| 2007 | The Key to Reserva · as Louis Bernard |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as Dr. Bernard Herschenfeld |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Heinrich |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Jerry |
| 2001 | The Grey Zone · as Cohen |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Marcel Costas |
| 1999 | Macbeth in Manhattan · as Robert |
| 1999 | The Hunley · as Wicks |
| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies · as Young Hassid |
| 1998 | |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Timothy Pace |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Officer Stephen Colden |