Michael Stuhlbarg

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Biography

" 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 …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

July 5, 1968

Career Milestones

2012

Cast in ensemble crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths"

2012

Appeared in "Men in Black III" opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones

2011

Cast in Martin Scorsese's family adventure "Hugo"

2010

Co-starred on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"

2009

Nominated for the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy ("A Serious Man")

2009

Played the lead role in the Coen brothers' "A Serious Man"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor

2008

Cast as Leonardo DiCaprio's attorney in Ridley Scott's "Body of Lies"

2005

Played the mentally handicapped brother of an author (Billy Crudup) under suspicion of child murder in Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman"; earned a Tony nomination

2001

Appeared in Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-nominated play "The Invention of Love"

1999

Featured in the Civil War-set TNT movie "The Hunley"

1999

Cast in Sam Mendes' Broadway production of "Cabaret"

1998

Made film debut in "A Price Above Rubies" as a young Hassid

1997

Starred in Tony Kushner's adaptation of "A Dyybuk" at the New York Shakespeare Festival

1996

Appeared in an American Repertory Theater production of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night"

1995

Cast in John Maran's Pulitzer prize-nominated play "Old Wicked Songs"

1994

Played the lead as Shakespeare's "Richard II" at the New York Shakespeare Festival

1993

Made Broadway debut in a National Actors Theater revival of Bernard Shaws "St. Joan"

Participated in an intensive month-long training program with renowned French mime Marcel Marceau

At age 11, began performing at a local community theater

Awards

2011

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Boardwalk Empire

2010

Independent Spirit Award for Robert Altman Award in A Serious Man

2009

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in A Serious Man