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Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Birthday: 1968-07-05 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
After the Hunt

as    Frederik Imhoff

2025
The Amateur

as    Schiller

2024
The Instigators

as    Mr. Besegai

2022
The Staircase

as    David Rudolf

2022
2022
Bones and All

as    Jake

2022
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2021
American Oz

as    L. Frank Baum (voice)

2021
Dopesick

as    Richard Sackler

2020
Your Honor

as    Jimmy Baxter

2020
Shirley

as    Stanley Hyman

2019
Traitors

as    Rowe

2018
The Looming Tower

as    Richard Clarke

2017
The Shape of Water

as    Dr. Robert Hoffstetler

2017
Call Me by Your Name

as    Mr. Perlman

2016
Arrival

as    Agent Halpern

2016
Doctor Strange

as    Dr. Nicodemus West

2016
Miles Ahead

as    Harper Hamilton

2016
Miss Sloane

as    Pat Connors

2015
Steve Jobs

as    Andy Hertzfeld

2015
Cut Bank

as    Derby Milton

2015
Trumbo

as    Edward G. Robinson

2015
Pawn Sacrifice

as    Paul Marshall

2014
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq

as    Jerome Robbins (voice)

2014
The 50 Year Argument

as    Narration

2013
Blue Jasmine

as    Dr. Flicker

2012
Men in Black 3

as    Griffin