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Stanley Tucci

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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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

As Caesar Flickerman

Julie & Julia

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Core

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Devil Wears Prada 2

As Nigel

The Devil Wears Prada

As Nigel

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

As Caesar Flickerman

Beauty and the Beast

As Maestro Cadenza

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

As Caesar Flickerman

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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A Feast for the Wandering Eye

From Tokyo ramen bars to Mumbai tiffin carriers, eight films that use food to map the distances between people and the places they call home.

8 films

What Lies Beneath the Surface of the World

From Tom Cruise's relentless deep-earth driller to Martian relics under the London Underground, this is a descent through cinema's fascination with what waits b...

10 films

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