Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 11, 1960
Place of Birth:
Peekskill, New York, USA
Stanley Tucci Jr. (/ˈtuːtʃi/ TOO-chee; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtuttʃi]; 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).
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Year | TV Show | Role |
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2025 | Tucci in Italy | Self - Host |
2023 | Citadel | Bernard Orlick |
2022 | Inside Man | Jefferson Grieff |
2022 | Be My Guest with Ina Garten | Self |
2021 | Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | Self - Host |
2021 | What If...? | Dr. Erskine (voice) |
2021 | Moley | Mish Mosh (voice) |
2021 | La Fortuna | Frank Wild |
2020 | Central Park | Bitsy (voice) |
2020 | Some Good News | Self |
2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
2019 | Limetown | Emile Haddock |
2017 | FEUD | Jack Warner |
2015 | Fortitude | DCI Morton |
2015 | The Italian Americans | Narrator |
2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | BoJack Horseman | Herb Kazzaz (voice) |
2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
2013 | The Frame | Caesar Flickerman |
2012 | Honest Trailers | Caesar Flickerman (archive footage) |
2012 | Honest Trailers | Abraham Erskine (archive footage) |
2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
2006 | 3 LBS | Douglas Hanson |
2006 | 30 Rock | Henry Warren |
2005 | Robot Chicken | Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice) |
2005 | American Dad! | Lorenzo (voice) |
2002 | Monk | David Ruskin |
2000 | Bull | Hunter Lasky |
2000 | Bull | |
1999 | The Early Show | Self |
1999 | Independent Lens | |
1997 | The View | Self |
1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
1995 | Murder One | Richard Cross |
1994 | ER | Kevin Moretti |
1993 | Frasier | Morrie (voice) |
1990 | Lifestories | Art Conforti |
1990 | Equal Justice | Frank Mirelli |
1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
1987 | thirtysomething | |
1987 | Wiseguy | |
1985 | The Equalizer | Assemblyman Phillip Wingate |
1984 | Miami Vice | Frank Mosca |
1984 | Miami Vice | Steven DeMarco |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
1956 | Tony Awards | Self |