1. Michael Stuhlbarg rose to prominence playing a troubled university professor in the Joel and Ethan Coen's dark comedy film A Serious Man.
29 Facts About Michael Stuhlbarg
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Michael Stuhlbarg has acted in Hugo, Men in Black 3, Blue Jasmine, Arrival, Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water, and Bones and All.
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Michael Stuhlbarg joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange and its 2022 sequel.
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Michael Stuhlbarg acted in FX's Fargo, Showtime's Your Honor, and HBO's The Staircase.
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On stage, Stuhlbarg made his Broadway debut in the revival of the George Bernard Shaw play Saint Joan.
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Michael Stuhlbarg earned Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role a traumatized man in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman and Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots.
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Michael Stuhlbarg was born on July 5,1968, in Long Beach, California, the son of Susan and Mort Michael Stuhlbarg.
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Michael Stuhlbarg's father had been a salesman, becoming a successful manufacturer of security products.
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Michael Stuhlbarg graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992.
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Michael Stuhlbarg studied acting at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Oxford, and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the University of London.
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Michael Stuhlbarg made his film debut in the 1998 drama A Price Above Rubies, which starred Renee Zellweger.
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Michael Stuhlbarg played the dual role of both Time and Clown in a 2000 production of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale; The New York Press critic Jonathan Kalb praised his "endearing stutter and hopping gait".
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Michael Stuhlbarg had previously appeared in the play of the same by Nelson in 1996.
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Michael Stuhlbarg played Michal, a mentally damaged man who has suffered years of abuse from his parents, and gained 50 pounds for the role.
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Michael Stuhlbarg won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and received his first Tony Award nomination for his performance.
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In 2006, Michael Stuhlbarg appeared in the plays Measure for Pleasure and The Voysey Inheritance.
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Michael Stuhlbarg played a recurring role on Aaron Sorkin's television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip from 2006 to 2007, which aired for one season.
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Also in 2008, Michael Stuhlbarg portrayed Prince Hamlet in Oskar Eustis' production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Delacorte Theater.
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In Scorsese's historical adventure film Hugo, Michael Stuhlbarg played Rene Tabard, a film historian.
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Michael Stuhlbarg appeared in the science fiction comedy sequel Men in Black 3 as Griffin, an alien with clairvoyant abilities who helps Agent J and K on their mission.
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The Alfred Hitchcock biopic Hitchcock was his final release of the year, with Michael Stuhlbarg portraying talent agent and studio executive Lew Wasserman.
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Michael Stuhlbarg played chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer's manager, Paul Marshall, in the 2014 film Pawn Sacrifice, starring Tobey Maguire as Fischer.
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In Danny Boyle's 2015 Steve Jobs biopic, Michael Stuhlbarg portrayed computer scientist Andy Hertzfeld, who was a member of the original Mac team.
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Michael Stuhlbarg played a CIA agent in the science fiction drama Arrival, appearing alongside Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker as they attempt to translate communications from an extraterrestrial craft.
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Michael Stuhlbarg was moved by Perlman's "sense of generosity and love and understanding" and director Luca Guadagnino said he cast Michael Stuhlbarg because he wanted "someone who could carry a sort of softness and warmth and at the same time communicate a great knowledge and great culture".
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Michael Stuhlbarg appeared in the 2018 miniseries The Looming Tower as counter-terrorism czar Richard A Clarke, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Michael Stuhlbarg received a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Richard Sackler in the 2021 miniseries Dopesick.
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In 2024, Michael Stuhlbarg returned to Broadway portraying Boris Berezovsky in the transfer of Peter Morgan's play Patriots at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
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On March 31,2024, Michael Stuhlbarg was attacked in Central Park, New York City.