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Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Actor · b. 1968 · Long Beach, California, USA

Michael Stuhlbarg (/ˈstuːlˌbɑːrɡ/ STOOL-barg; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known as a character actor, having portrayed a variety of roles in film, television, and theatre. He has received several awards, including nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He rose to prominence as troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuhlbarg has since become known as a character actor and has appeared in numerous films and television series portraying real-life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), Abe Rosenthal in The Post (2017), and Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley (2020). His other supporting roles include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water (both 2017), and Bones and All (2022). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). On television, he portrayed Arnold Rothstein in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), Richard A. Clarke in The Looming Tower (2018), and Richard Sackler in Dopesick (2021), receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for the latter two. He also acted in FX's Fargo (2017), Showtime's Your Honour (2020–2023), and HBO's The Staircase (2022). On stage, Stuhlbarg has acted in numerous productions, including the 2005 debut of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman on Broadway, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and received a Tony Award nomination. He returned to Broadway playing Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots (2024) and received a second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Stuhlbarg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Movie7.2
  • Movie7.4

    Doctor Strange

    2016 · 23K votes

  • Movie7.6

    Arrival

    2016 · 19K votes

  • Movie8.1

    Call Me by Your Name

    2017 · 12K votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Amateur

    2025 · 1.8K votes

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    Digger

    2026

  • Movie7.2

    The Shape of Water

    2017 · 13K votes

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    Men in Black 3

    2012 · 11K votes

  • Movie5.7

    After the Hunt

    2025 · 528 votes

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    Bones and All

    2022 · 1.7K votes

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    The Instigators

    2024 · 691 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Hugo

    2011 · 7.8K votes

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    The Post

    2017 · 5K votes

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    Body of Lies

    2008 · 3.4K votes

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    Lincoln

    2012 · 4.1K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Seven Psychopaths

    2012 · 4.4K votes

  • Movie7.4

    Miss Sloane

    2016 · 2K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Steve Jobs

    2015 · 4.5K votes

  • Movie7.0

    Blue Jasmine

    2013 · 3.7K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Pawn Sacrifice

    2015 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Trumbo

    2015 · 1.7K votes

  • Movie6.7

    A Serious Man

    2009 · 2.5K votes

  • Movie6.4

    Miles Ahead

    2016 · 244 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Hitchcock

    2012 · 1.7K votes

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  • TV7.3

    Law & Order

    1990 · 725 votes

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  • TV8.3

    Fargo

    2014 · 3.4K votes

  • TV7.5

    Damages

    2007 · 250 votes

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    Boardwalk Empire

    2010 · 1.3K votes

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    American Experience

    1988 · 48 votes

  • TV6.4

    Ugly Betty

    2006 · 293 votes

  • TV8.1

    Your Honor

    2020 · 1.7K votes

  • TV6.4

    Transparent

    2014 · 178 votes

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  • TV8.0

    Dopesick

    2021 · 552 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Staircase

    2022 · 291 votes

  • TV7.4

    The Looming Tower

    2018 · 200 votes

  • TV6.2

    Traitors

    2019 · 60 votes