Stanley Tucci
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
November 11, 1960 (65 years)
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).
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).
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| 2028 | A Sleigh of One's Own · as Santa Claus |
| 2026 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 · as Nigel Kipling |
| 2025 | Fountain of Youth · as The Elder |
| 2025 | The Electric State · as Ethan Skate |
| 2024 | Conclave · as Bellini |
| 2023 | Citadel · as Bernard Orlick |
| 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody · as Clive Davis |
| 2022 | Inside Man (2022) · as Jefferson Grieff |
| 2021 | The King's Man · as United States Ambassador |
| 2021 | Moley · as Mish Mosh (voice) |
| 2021 | The Fortune (2021) · as Frank Wild |
| 2021 | What If…? · as Dr. Erskine (voice) |
| 2021 | Jolt · as Dr. Ivan Munchin |
| 2020 | Worth · as Charles Wolf |
| 2020 | Supernova · as Tusker |
| 2020 | The Witches · as Mr Stringer |
| 2020 | Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip · as Walter Winchell |
| 2020 | Central Park · as Bitsy (voice) |
| 2019 | Limetown · as Emile Haddock |
| 2019 | The Silence · as Hugh Andrews |
| 2018 | A Private War · as Tony Shaw |
| 2018 | Night Hunter · as Commissioner Harper |
| 2018 | Patient Zero · as The Professor |
| 2018 | Show Dogs · as Philippe (voice)On Plex |
| 2017 | Submission · as Ted Swenson |
| 2017 | The Children Act · as Jack MayeOn Plex |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Merlin |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Maestro Cadenza |
| 2017 | Feud · as Jack Warner |
| 2015 | Peter and Wendy · as Captain Hook/mr. Darling/dr. Wylie |
| 2015 | Spotlight · as Mitchell Garabedian |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · as Caesar Flickerman |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Paul Child |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos: Deleted Scenes · as Philippe, Duc D'orleans |
| 2015 | Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant · as Publishing Executive |
| 2015 | Fortitude · as Dci Morton |
| 2015 | Wild Card · as BabyOn Plex |
| 2015 | Metropolis · as Narrator |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina's Christmas Wish · as Mr. Liberatore |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 · as Caesar Flickerman |
| 2014 | A Little Chaos · as Philippe, Duc D'orleans |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman · as Herb Kazzaz (voice) |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction · as Joshua Joyce |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted · as Ivan The Guard |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman · as Leonardo Da Vinci (voice) |
| 2013 | Some Velvet Morning · as FredOn Plex |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Caesar Flickerman |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate · as James Boswell |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters · as Mr. D / Dionysus |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises · as Caproni |
| 2013 | The Frame · as Caesar Flickerman |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer · as Roderick |
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| 2012 | The Company You Keep · as Ray Fuller |
| 2012 | Gambit · as Martin Zaidenweber |
| 2012 | I'm Fast! · as Train Engine |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games · as Caesar Flickerman |
| 2011 | Margin Call · as Eric DaleOn Plex |
| 2011 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place · as NarratorOn Plex |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger · as Dr. Abraham Erskine |
| 2011 | Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited · as Father |
| 2010 | Burlesque · as Sean |
| 2010 | Easy A · as Dill |
| 2010 | Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back · as Senator (voice) |
| 2010 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money · as Jack Abramoff (voice)On Plex |
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones · as George Harvey |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia · as Paul Child |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux · as Boldo (voice) |
| 2008 | What Just Happened · as Scott Solomon |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Nigel |
| 2008 | Swing Vote · as Martin Fox |
| 2008 | Space Chimps · as Senator (voice)On Plex |
| 2008 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl · as Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk |
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| 2007 | Blind Date · as Don |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs · as Larry |
| 2006 | 3 Lbs. · as Douglas Hanson |
| 2006 | The Hoax · as Shelton Fisher |
| 2006 | 30 Rock · as Henry Warren |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada · as Nigel |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin · as Det. Brikowski |
| 2005 | Robots · as Herb Copperbottom (voice) |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken · as Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! · as Lorenzo (voice) |
| 2005 | Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood · as Narrator |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? · as Link |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers · as Stanley Kubrick |
| 2004 | The Terminal · as Frank Dixon |
| 2003 | Spin · as Frank Haley |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us · as Document Voice |
| 2003 | The Core · as Dr. Conrad Zimsky |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan · as Jerry Siegel |
| 2002 | Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition · as Frank Nitti |
| 2002 | Monk · as David Ruskin |
| 2002 | Big Trouble · as Arthur Herk |
| 2001 | Sidewalks of New York · as Griffin |
| 2001 | America's Sweethearts · as Dave Kingman |
| 2001 | Conspiracy · as Adolf Eichmann |
| 2001 | The Whole Shebang · as Giovanni Bazinni |
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| 2000 | Bull · as Hunter Lasky |
| 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret · as Joe Mitchell |
| 2000 | Scottsboro: An American Tragedy · as Voices |
| 1999 | In Too Deep · as Preston D'ambrosio |
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| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Puck |
| 1998 | Winchell · as Walter Winchell |
| 1998 | The Impostors · as Arthur |
| 1998 | Montana · as Nicholas 'nick' Roth |
| 1997 | The Alarmist · as Heinrich Grigoris |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry · as Paul EpsteinOn Plex |
| 1997 | The Eighteenth Angel · as Todd Stanton |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary · as Elliot Zweikel |
| 1996 | Big Night · as Secondo |
| 1996 | The Daytrippers · as Louis D'amico |
| 1995 | Murder One · as Richard Cross |
| 1995 | Sex & the Other Man · as Arthur WilkinsOn Plex |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death · as Frank Zioli |
| 1995 | Jury Duty · as Frank |
| 1994 | A Modern Affair · as Peter Kessler |
| 1994 | Somebody to Love · as George |
| 1994 | ER · as Kevin Moretti |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle · as Fred Hunter |
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You · as Eddie Biasi |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief · as Khamel |
| 1993 | Frasier · as Morrie (voice) |
| 1993 | Undercover Blues · as Muerte |
| 1992 | The Public Eye · as Sal |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag · as Amos (uncredited) |
| 1992 | In the Soup · as Gregoire |
| 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss · as Taylor |
| 1992 | Beethoven · as Vernon |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate · as Lucky Luciano |
| 1990 | Men of Respect · as Mal |
| 1990 | Quick Change · as Johnny |
| 1990 | Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler · as Det. Patrick Mcguire |
| 1990 | Equal Justice · as Frank Mirelli |
| 1989 | Fear Anxiety and Depression · as Donny |
| 1989 | The Feud · as Harvey Yelton |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York · as Darryl |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Samuel Liebowitz |
| 1988 | Monkey Shines · as Dr. John Wiseman |
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| 1987 | WiseguyOn Plex |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl · as 2nd Dock WorkerOn Plex |
| 1987 | Kojak: The Price of Justice · as 1st Tenant |
| 1986 | Crime Story · as Zack LowmanOn Plex |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Narrator |
| 1985 | The Equalizer · as Assemblyman Phillip Wingate |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor · as Soldier |
| 1984 | Miami Vice · as Frank Mosca |
| 2025 | Tucci in Italy · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2021 | Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2016 | Paint It Black · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Park Bench · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Medora · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Vine Talk · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Saint John of Las Vegas · as Executive Producer |
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| 1999 | Independent Lens · as Executive Producer |
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| 1996 | Big Night · as Co-Producer |
Behind the Sun · as Executive Producer |
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| 2017 | Final Portrait · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | Blind Date · as Screenplay |
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| 2021 | Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy · as ShowrunnerOn Plex |
| 2014 | A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY · as Executive Producer: Olive Productions |