Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci
Tucci in 2017
Born
Stanley Tucci Jr.

(1960-11-11) November 11, 1960 (age 64)
EducationState University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active1982–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
  • Kathryn Spath
    (m. 1995; died 2009)
  • Felicity Blunt
    (m. 2012)
Children5
Relatives
AwardsFull list
Signature

Stanley Tucci Jr. (/ˈti/ TOO-chee Italian pronunciation: [ˈtuttʃi]; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor,[1][2] 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 as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award.

Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's Prizzi's Honor (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 (1995–1996), 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),[3] and a Grammy Award for narrating the audiobook The One and Only Shrek! (2008).[4]

  1. ^ "The 10 Best Character Actors In Movies Right Now3. Stanley Tucci". Complex. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Terry talks with character actor STANLEY TUCCI". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "The 2003 Tony Award nominations". Los Angeles Times. May 13, 2003. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Stanley Tucci". Grammy.com. May 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.

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