Stanley Tucci
Acting
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).
Known for
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movieA Sleigh of One's Own
2028
Santa Claus
moviePARASOCIAL
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieFountain of Youth
2025
The Elder
tvTucci in Italy
2025
Self - Host
movieThe Electric State
2025
Ethan Skate
movieMichael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
2024
Self - Audience Member
movieConclave
2024
Bellini
tvCitadel
2023
Bernard Orlick
tvInside Man
2022
Jefferson Grieff
movieThe King's Man
2021
United States Ambassador
tvMoley
2021
Mish Mosh (voice)
tvLa Fortuna
2021
Frank Wild
tvWhat If...?
2021
Dr. Erskine (voice)
movieWorth
2021
Charles Wolf
movieJolt
2021
Dr. Ivan Munchin
tvStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
2021
Self - Host
movieSupernova
2020
Tusker
movieRoald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Mr. Stringer
movieWalter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
2020
Walter Winchell
tvCentral Park
2020
Bitsy (voice)
tvLimetown
2019
Emile Haddock
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Self - Guest
movieNight Hunter
2019
Commissioner Harper
movieThe Silence
2019
Hugh Andrews
movieA Private War
2018
Tony Shaw
moviePatient Zero
2018
The Professor
movieThe Children Act
2018
Jack Maye
movieShow Dogs
2018
Philippe (voice)
movieSubmission
2018
Ted Swenson
movieBeauty and the Beast
2017
Maestro Cadenza
tvFEUD
2017
Jack Warner
movieBattle at Versailles
2016
Narrator (voice)
moviePeter & Wendy
2015
Captain Hook/Mr. Darling/Dr. Wylie
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Caesar Flickerman
movieSpotlight
2015
Mitchell Garabedian
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self / Self - Guest
movieLarry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
Publishing Executive
movieA Little Chaos
2015
Philippe, Duc d'Orleans
movieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Self - Caesar Flickerman
tvThe Italian Americans
2015
Self, Narrator
tvFortitude
2015
DCI Morton
movieBing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Caesar Flickerman
tvBoJack Horseman
2014
Herb Kazzaz (voice)
movieTransformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Joshua Joyce
movieMuppets Most Wanted
2014
Ivan the Guard
movieSurviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
Self - Caesar Flickerman
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self / Self - Guest
movieMr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
movieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Caesar Flickerman
movieThe Fifth Estate
2013
James Boswell
moviePercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
Mr. D / Dionysus
tvThe Frame
2013
Caesar Flickerman
movieJack the Giant Slayer
2013
Roderick
movieThe Company You Keep
2012
Ray Fuller
movieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Self - Caesar Flickerman
movieGambit
2012
Martin Zaidenweber
movieI'm Fast!
2012
Train Engine
movieThe Hunger Games
2012
Caesar Flickerman
movieMargin Call
2011
Eric Dale
movieCaptain America: The First Avenger
2011
Dr. Abraham Erskine
movieEasy A
2010
Dill
movieSpace Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
2010
Senator (voice)
movieCasino Jack and the United States of Money
2010
Jack Abramoff (voice)
movieThe Lovely Bones
2009
George Harvey
movieJulie & Julia
2009
Paul Child
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieThe Tale of Despereaux
2008
Boldo (voice)
movieWhat Just Happened
2008
Scott Solomon
movieSwing Vote
2008
Martin Fox
movieKit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008
Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk
movieSpace Chimps
2008
Senator (voice)
tv3 lbs
2006
Douglas Hanson
movieThe Hoax
2006
Shelton Fisher
tv30 Rock
2006
Henry Warren
movieLucky Number Slevin
2006
Det. Brikowski
movieRobots
2005
Herb Copperbottom (voice)
tvRobot Chicken
2005
Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice)
tvAmerican Dad!
2005
Lorenzo (voice)
movieThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Stanley Kubrick
movieThe Terminal
2004
Frank Dixon
movieSpin
2003
Frank Haley
movieThe Core
2003
Dr. Conrad Zimsky
movieMaid in Manhattan
2002
Jerry Siegel
movieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieRoad to Perdition
2002
Frank Nitti
tvMonk
2002
David Ruskin
movieBig Trouble
2002
Arthur Herk
movieSundance 20
2002
Himself
movieAmerica's Sweethearts
2001
Dave Kingman
movieConspiracy
2001
Adolf Eichmann
movieThe Whole Shebang
2001
Giovanni Bazinni
tvBull
2000
Hunter Lasky
movieJoe Gould's Secret
2000
Joe Mitchell
movieIn Too Deep
1999
Preston D'Ambrosio
movieWinchell
1998
Walter Winchell
movieThe Alarmist
1998
Heinrich Grigoris
movieThe Impostors
1998
Arthur
movieMontana
1998
Nicholas 'Nick' Roth
movieDeconstructing Harry
1997
Paul Epstein
movieA Life Less Ordinary
1997
Elliot Zweikel
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieThe Daytrippers
1997
Louis D'Amico
movieThe Eighteenth Angel
1997
Todd Stanton
movieSex and the Other Man
1996
Arthur Wilkins
movieBig Night
1996
Secondo
movieA Modern Affair
1996
Peter Kessler
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
tvMurder One
1995
Richard Cross
movieKiss of Death
1995
Frank Zioli
movieJury Duty
1995
Frank
tvER
1994
Kevin Moretti
movieMrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
Fred Hunter
movieIt Could Happen to You
1994
Eddie Biasi
tvFrasier
1993
Morrie (voice)
movieIn the Soup
1992
Gregoire
movieThe Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
Amos (uncredited)
movieBeethoven
1992
Vernon
movieBilly Bathgate
1991
Lucky Luciano
Lifestories
1990
Art Conforti
movieQuick Change
1990
Johnny
movieRevealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990
Det. Patrick McGuire
tvEqual Justice
1990
Frank Mirelli
movieThe Feud
1989
Harvey Yelton
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieMonkey Shines
1988
Dr. John Wiseman
movieWho's That Girl
1987
2nd Dock Worker
movieKojak: The Price of Justice
1987
1st Tenant
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Assemblyman Phillip Wingate
moviePrizzi's Honor
1985
Soldier
tvMiami Vice
1984
Frank Mosca / Steven DeMarco
tvJeopardy!
1984
Self - Clue Presenter
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Harvey Yelton
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Production8
tvTucci in Italy
2025
Executive Producer
tvEva Longoria: Searching for Mexico
2023
Executive Producer
tvStanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
2021
Executive Producer
moviePaint It Black
2016
Executive Producer
movieSaint John of Las Vegas
2010
Executive Producer
movieThe Mudge Boy
2003
Producer
movieThe Impostors
1998
Producer
Tucci in Great Britain
Executive Producer
Directing5
movieFinal Portrait
2017
Director
movieBlind Date
2008
Director
movieJoe Gould's Secret
2000
Director
movieThe Impostors
1998
Director
movieBig Night
1996
Director
Writing4
movieFinal Portrait
2017
Screenplay
movieBlind Date
2008
Screenplay
movieThe Impostors
1998
Writer
movieBig Night
1996
Writer