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Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci Jr. ( ; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles, earning numerous accolades for his work.

Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's ''Prizzi's Honor'' (1985), before taking supporting roles in films such as ''Deconstructing Harry'' (1997), ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), and ''The Terminal'' (2004). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sinister neighbor in ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009). He also acted in ''The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), ''Julie & Julia'' (2009), ''Burlesque'' (2010), ''Easy A'' (2010), ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), ''Margin Call'' (2011), ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2012–2015), ''Transformers'' films (2014–2017), ''Spotlight'' (2015), ''Supernova'' (2020), ''Worth'' (2021), and ''Conclave'' (2024). He made his directorial debut with the comedy ''Big Night'' (1996), which he also co-wrote and starred in.

He has starred in numerous television series such as the legal drama ''Murder One'' (1995–1997), the medical drama ''3 lbs'' (2006), Ryan Murphy's limited series ''Feud: Bette & Joan'' (2017), and the drama ''Limetown'' (2018). He played Stanley Kubrick in the HBO film ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'' (2004). For his portrayal of Walter Winchell in the HBO film ''Winchell'' (1998) he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. From 2020 to 2022, Tucci voiced Bitsy Brandenham in the Apple TV+ animated series ''Central Park''.

From 2021 to 2022, he hosted the CNN food and travel documentary series ''Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy'' for which he won two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' (2003), and a Grammy Award for narrating the audiobook ''The One and Only Shrek!'' (2008). Provided by Wikipedia