| Michael Stuhlbarg | |
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| Born | July 5, 1968 Long Beach, California |
Michael S. Stuhlbarg[1] (born July 5, 1968)[1][2] is a Tony Award-nominated American theatre, film and television actor.
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Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California[3] and raised in Reform Judaism.[2] He trained at Juilliard School[4] and also studied acting at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, University of London and UCLA. After university he became a noted theater actor appearing in several productions including award winning performances in Old Wicked Songs in 1996, Long Day's Journey into Night in 1997 and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for The Pillowman in 2005 (for which he also received his first Tony Award nomination).[5]
He has appeared in a number of television shows including Law & Order, Ugly Betty and The American Experience.
His film credits had been limited to a handful of minor roles, including a lawyer in Ridley Scott's Body of Lies and a hedge fund consultant in Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls,[5] until his first lead role as the troubled 1960s university professor Larry Gopnik in the Coen brothers 2009 black comedy A Serious Man.[4]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | A Price Above Rubies | Young Hassid | |
| 2001 | The Grey Zone | Cohen | |
| 2008 | Afterschool | Mr. Burke | |
| Body of Lies | Ferris' Attorney | ||
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Hedge Fund Consultant | |
| A Serious Man | Larry Gopnik | Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion
Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
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