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Robert Stanton

Robert Stanton

Birthday: 1963-03-08 | Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Robert Stanton (born Robert Lloyd Stanton, March 8, 1963, in San Antonio, Texas) was raised in Annandale, Virginia. He earned an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and began his career in theater, including a role in Joseph Papp's Measure for Measure (1985) and a stint in the resident company of the American Repertory Theater (1989–1991). He is also a director and playwright, having won an Obie Award in 1994 for All in the Timing. His notable film credits include A League of Their Own (1992, with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis), Dennis the Menace (1993, with Macaulay Culkin), Mercury Rising (1998, with Brad Pitt), The Quiet American (2002, with Pitt), The Stepford Wives (2004, with Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick), Find Me Guilty (2006, with Sean Penn), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009, with Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy), and Jason Bourne (2016, with Matt Damon).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
2009
2008
Gigantic

as    James Weathersby

2002
The Quiet American

as    Joe Tunney

1998
Mercury Rising

as    Dean Crandell

1997
Washington Square

as    Arthur Townsend

1997
Red Corner

as    Ed Pratt

1996
Striptease

as    Erb Crandal

1994
Don't Drink the Water

as    Mr. Burns

1993
Dennis the Menace

as    Henry Mitchell

1992
Bob Roberts

as    Bart Macklerooney

1989
Margaret Bourke-White

as    Lloyd-Smith