Michael Stuhlbarg
Michael Stuhlbarg | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Juilliard School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse | Mai-Linh Lofgren |
Michael S. Stuhlbarg[1] (born July 5, 1968)[2] is an American actor. He is best known for playing organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, Griffin in Men in Black 3 (2012), Dr. Flicker in Blue Jasmine (2013), and computer scientist and inventor Andy Hertzfeld in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015).
Personal life
Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California,[3] the son of Susan and Mort Stuhlbarg.[4] He was raised in Reform Judaism.[2] Stuhlbarg trained at The Juilliard School in New York City,[5] where he was a member of the Drama Division's Group 21 (1988–1992).[6] He graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992.
Stuhlbarg studied acting at the University of California at Los Angeles,[7] the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Oxford, and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the University of London. He also studied mime with Marcel Marceau.[8] Stuhlbarg is married to Mai-Linh Lofgren.[9]
Career
Stuhlbarg appeared in several stage productions, including award-winning performances in Old Wicked Songs in 1996, Long Day's Journey into Night in 1997, and The Pillowman in 2005 (for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and received his first Tony Award nomination).[10] He has appeared in a number of television shows, including Law & Order, Ugly Betty, and The American Experience.
Starting in 2010, Stuhlbarg portrayed organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. His film credits had been limited to a handful of minor roles, including playing a lawyer in Body of Lies and a hedge fund consultant in Cold Souls,[10] until the Coen brothers' 2009 dark comedy A Serious Man, in which he starred as troubled 1960s university professor Larry Gopnik. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[5]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Marcel Costas | Episode: "Slither" |
2006–2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Jerry | 2 episodes |
2006–2010 | The American Experience | Various Characters | 4 episodes |
2008 | Law & Order | Timothy Pace | Episode: "Bogeyman" |
2009 | Ugly Betty | Heinrich | 1 episode |
2010–2013 | Boardwalk Empire | Arnold Rothstein | 32 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2010, 2011) |
2015 | Transparent | Haim | Episode: "Grey Green Brown & Copper" |
References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
- ^ a b Wloszczyna, Susan (October 11, 2009). "Michael Stuhlbarg: Coen brothers get their 'Serious Man'". USA Today. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^ "Michael Stuhlbarg". Broadway.com. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ^ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-stuhlbarg/bio/298785
- ^ a b Grosz, Christy (September 13, 2009). "The Coens found Michael Stuhlbarg to be 'A Serious Man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ^ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. September 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
- ^ "NOTABLE ALUMNI ACTORS". UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Michael Stuhlbarg". Back Stage. September 3, 1999.
- ^ http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/actor-michael-stuhlbarg-and-wife-mai-linh-lofgren-arrive-at-news-photo/160220296
- ^ a b "Cast and Crew – Michael Stuhlbarg". FilmInFocus.com. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine". Sony Pictures. January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
External links
- 1968 births
- American Jews
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- Drama Desk Award winners
- Jewish American male actors
- Juilliard School alumni
- Living people
- Male actors from Long Beach, California
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
- American Reform Jews
- UCLA Film School alumni
- National Youth Theatre members