Call Me by Your Name Actor Michael Stuhlbarg Attacked by Man with a Rock in N.Y.C.

Call Me By Your Name and Boardwalk Empire actor Michael Stuhlbarg was attacked by a man with a rock near New York City’s Central Park on Sunday.

Xavier Israel, 27, was taken into custody after striking a 55-year-old man in the back of the neck, according to the New York Police Department. Though police did not name Stuhlbarg, PEOPLE has confirmed he was the victim.

A rep for Stuhlbarg did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. 

The New York Post was the first to report the news of the seemingly-random attack.

The incident took place when Stuhlbarg was walking near 90th Street and East Drive around 7:45 p.m., and the actor then chased down Israel afterward. Israel was arrested nearby at 8 p.m., police said, adding that the victim declined to be treated for minor injuries.

Israel, who is currently homeless, was on parole for attempted robbery when he struck Stuhlbarg, according to police.

A character actor who’s been active for the past 25 years, Stuhlbarg has starred in series including Damages, Ugly Betty and Boardwalk Empire, on which he played gambler and gangster Arnold Rothstein. His performances in Dopesick and The Looming Tower earned him Emmy nominations for best supporting actor in a limited series or movie. 

His film credits include Best Picture Oscar winner The Shape of Water, Lincoln, A Serious Man, and Call Me By Your Name.

Stuhlbarg’s new Broadway show, Patriots, from The Crown creator Peter Morgan, begins previews Monday. Stuhlbarg, who plays wealthy Russian Boris Berezovsky opposite Will Keep as Vladimir Putin, will be performing as scheduled, a rep for the show confirms to PEOPLE.

“In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs — and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky,” according to a synopsis of the show. 

“When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men,” the synopsis adds.