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Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Highest Rated: 94% Arrival (2016)

Lowest Rated: 37% Cut Bank (2014)

Birthday: Jul 5, 1968

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA

While award-winning stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg was known in New York theater circles since the 1990s, he was considered a relative unknown when the Coen Brothers cast him as the lead in their 2009 feature, "A Serious Man." Among Stuhlbarg's calling cards were his chameleonic versatility, including his ability (and willingness) to wildly alter his physical appearance, as well as a talent that could toe the line between comedy and tragedy. He appeared in a number of Shakespeare in the Park productions in New York, including starring roles in "Hamlet" and "Richard II," and garnered a Tony Award nomination in 2005 for his supporting Broadway role in "The Pillowman." Prior to 2009, Stuhlbarg made a few supporting film appearances and found he was curiously at home in period pieces, but it was his "Serious Man" breakout that truly showcased the soulfulness and expressive face of the stage-to-screen crossover talent.

Highest rated movies

94% Call Me by Your Name 94% Arrival 93% Hugo 92% The Shape of Water
90% Blue Jasmine
90% Lincoln
89% Doctor Strange 89% A Serious Man

Photos

STEVE JOBS, from left: Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Fassbender, as Steve Jobs, Kate Winslet, 2015. ph: Francois Duhamel/©Universal Pictures Michael Stuhlbarg at arrivals for BOARDWALK EMPIRE Season Four Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY September 3, 2013. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection at arrivals for HITCHCOCK Premiere, The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, NY November 18, 2012. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Michael Stuhlbarg at arrivals for STEVE JOBS Premiere at the 53rd New York Film Festival (NYFF), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY October 3, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection Vincent Piazza, Michael Stuhlbarg in attendance for ATAS Presents an Evening with BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA April 26, 2012. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection Vincent Piazza, Michael Stuhlbarg, Steve Buscemi in attendance for ATAS Presents an Evening with BOARDWALK EMPIRE, Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA April 26, 2012. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection STEVE JOBS, from left: Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Fassbender, as Steve Jobs, 2015./©Universal Pictures A SERIOUS MAN, from left: Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Aaron Wolff, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, from left: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features A SERIOUS MAN, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2009. ph: Wilson Webb/©Focus Features PAWN SACRIFICE, from left: Peter Sarsgaard, cinematographer Bradford Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, on set, 2014. ph: Takashi Meida/© Bleecker Street Media MISS SLOANE, from left: Raoul Bhaneja, Alison Pill, Sam Waterston, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2016, ph: Kerry Hayes/© EuropaCorp USA ARRIVAL, Michael Stuhlbarg (center of frame), 2016. ph: Jan Thijs/© Paramount Pictures Boardwalk Empire, Michael Stuhlbarg, 'White Horse Pike', Season 4, Ep. #10, 11/10/2013, ©HBO TRUMBO, from left: Louis C.K., Michael Stuhlbarg, as Edward G. Robinson, 2015. ph: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/©Bleecker Street Media CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, L-R: MICHAEL STUHLBARG, TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, ARMIE HAMMER, 2017. ©SONY PICTURES CLASSICS PAWN SACRIFICE, from left: Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, 2014. ph: Takashi Seida/©Bleecker Street SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, from left: Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg, 2012. ph: Chuck Zlotnick/©CBS Films

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Instigators Unknown (Character) - 2024
82% 62% Bones and All Unknown (Character) $7.8M 2022
73% 85% Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Dr. Nic West (Character) $411.3M 2022
76% 71% Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams Narrator $65.5K 2020
88% 54% Shirley Stanley Hyman (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gore Unknown (Character) - 2018
94% 86% Call Me by Your Name Samuel Perlman (Character) $18.0M 2017
88% 74% The Post Abe Rosenthal (Character) $81.4M 2017
92% 73% The Shape of Water Dr. Robert Hoffstetler (Character) $63.3M 2017
76% 72% Miss Sloane Pat Connors (Character) $3.5M 2016
94% 82% Arrival Agent Halpern (Character) $100.5M 2016
89% 86% Doctor Strange Dr. Nicodemus West (Character) $232.6M 2016
74% 57% Miles Ahead Harper Hamilton (Character) $2.6M 2016
75% 79% Trumbo Edward G. Robinson (Character) $7.9M 2015
85% 73% Steve Jobs Andy Hertzfeld (Character) $17.8M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Carvalho's Journey Narrator - 2015
78% 61% The 50 Year Argument Narrator - 2014
72% 66% Pawn Sacrifice Paul Marshall (Character) $2.4M 2014
37% 29% Cut Bank Derby Milton (Character) - 2014
90% 77% Blue Jasmine Dr. Flicker (Character) $33.4M 2013
60% 60% Hitchcock Lew Wasserman (Character) $6.0M 2012
90% 80% Lincoln George Zeaman (Character) $182.2M 2012
67% 70% Men in Black 3 Griffin (Character) $179.0M 2012
93% 78% Hugo Rene Tabard (Character) $73.8M 2011
89% 68% A Serious Man Larry Gopnik (Character) $9.2M 2009
80% 48% Afterschool Unknown (Character) $2.6K 2008
No Score Yet 88% The Key to Reserva Louis Bernard (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 72% The Hunley Wicks (Character) - 1999

TV

Credit
50% 68% Your Honor Tommy (Character) 2020-2021 2023
92% 58% The Staircase David Rudolf (Character) 2022
89% 94% Dopesick Richard Sackler (Character) 2021
67% 29% Traitors Rowe (Character) 2019
88% 68% The Looming Tower Richard Clarke (Character) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jewish Film Showcase Narrator 2017
93% 85% Fargo Sy Feltz (Guest Star) 2017
91% 76% Transparent Chaim (Guest Star) 2015-2016
92% 95% Boardwalk Empire Arnold Rothstein (Character) 2010-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet God in America Unknown (Character) 2010
97% 83% Ugly Betty Heinrich (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
74% 88% Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Jerry (Guest Star) 2006-2007
No Score Yet 71% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2006