Stanley Tucci

Biography

Stanley Tucci Jr. (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles ranging from menacing to sophisticated. Tucci has earned numerous accolades, including six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's Prizzi's Honour (1985) and continued to play a variety of supporting roles in films such as Deconstructing Harry (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), and The Terminal (2004). He made his directorial debut with the comedy Big Night (1996), which he also co-wrote and starred in. Following roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Julie & Julia (2009), Tucci was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Lovely Bones (2009). Tucci's other film roles include Burlesque (2010), Easy A (2010), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Margin Call (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015), Spotlight (2015), Supernova (2020), Worth (2021), and Conclave (2024). 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. Since 2020, Tucci has 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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Monk

All Movies (131)

• A Sleigh of One's Own2028 · as Santa Claus
• The Devil Wears Prada 22026 · as Nigel
• The Devil Wears Prada 2 Red Carpet World Premiere2026 · as Self
• PARASOCIAL2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fountain of Youth2025 · as The Elder
• The Electric State2025 · as Ethan Skate
• Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special2024 · as Self - Audience Member
• Conclave2024 · as Bellini
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023 · as Self
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody2022 · as Clive Davis
• The King's Man2021 · as United States Ambassador
• Worth2021 · as Charles Wolf
• Jolt2021 · as Dr. Ivan Munchin
• Supernova2020 · as Tusker
• Roald Dahl's The Witches2020 · as Mr. Stringer
• Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip2020 · as Walter Winchell
• Night Hunter2019 · as Commissioner Harper
• The Silence2019 · as Hugh Andrews
• A Private War2018 · as Tony Shaw
• Patient Zero2018 · as The Professor
• The Children Act2018 · as Jack Maye
• Show Dogs2018 · as Philippe (voice)
• Submission2018 · as Ted Swenson
• Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · as Merlin
• Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft2017 · as Narrator
• Beauty and the Beast2017 · as Maestro Cadenza
• Battle at Versailles2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Peter & Wendy2015 · as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling/Dr. Wylie
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015 · as Caesar Flickerman
• Spotlight2015 · as Mitchell Garabedian
• Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant2015 · as Publishing Executive
• A Little Chaos2015 · as Philippe, Duc d'Orleans
• The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 12015 · as Self - Caesar Flickerman
• Wild Card2015 · as Baby
• Bing Crosby: Rediscovered2014 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014 · as Caesar Flickerman
• Evolution Within Extinction2014 · as Self
• Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · as Joshua Joyce
• Muppets Most Wanted2014 · as Ivan the Guard
• Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2014 · as Self - Caesar Flickerman
• Mr. Peabody & Sherman2014 · as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
• Some Velvet Morning2013 · as Fred
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 · as Caesar Flickerman
• The Fifth Estate2013 · as James Boswell
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters2013 · as Mr. D / Dionysus
• Jack the Giant Slayer2013 · as Roderick
• Blackout2013
• The Company You Keep2012 · as Ray Fuller
• The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games2012 · as Self - Caesar Flickerman
• Gambit2012 · as Martin Zaidenweber
• I'm Fast!2012 · as Train Engine
• The Hunger Games2012 · as Caesar Flickerman
• Margin Call2011 · as Eric Dale
• Captain America: The First Avenger2011 · as Dr. Abraham Erskine
• Fight for Your Right Revisited2011 · as Father
• The Making of Easy A2010 · as Self
• Burlesque2010 · as Sean
• Easy A2010 · as Dill
• Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back2010 · as Senator (voice)
• Casino Jack and the United States of Money2010 · as Jack Abramoff (voice)
• The Lovely Bones2009 · as George Harvey
• Julie & Julia2009 · as Paul Child
• The Tale of Despereaux2008 · as Boldo (voice)
• What Just Happened2008 · as Scott Solomon
• Blind Date2008 · as Don
• Swing Vote2008 · as Martin Fox
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl2008 · as Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk
• Space Chimps2008 · as Senator (voice)
• Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies2008
• Four Last Songs2007 · as Larry
• The Hoax2006 · as Shelton Fisher
• The Devil Wears Prada2006 · as Nigel
• 10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada2006 · as Self
• Edge of Outside2006 · as Self
• Lucky Number Slevin2006 · as Det. Brikowski
• Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Robots2005 · as Herb Copperbottom (voice)
• Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood2005 · as Narrator
• Shall We Dance?2004 · as Link
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004 · as Stanley Kubrick
• The Terminal2004 · as Frank Dixon
• Spin2003 · as Frank Haley
• The Core2003 · as Dr. Conrad Zimsky
• Maid in Manhattan2002 · as Jerry Siegel
• Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Road to Perdition2002 · as Frank Nitti
• Big Trouble2002 · as Arthur Herk
• Sundance 202002 · as Himself
• Sidewalks of New York2001 · as Griffin
• America's Sweethearts2001 · as Dave Kingman
• Conspiracy2001 · as Adolf Eichmann
• The Whole Shebang2001 · as Giovanni Bazinni
• Top Hat and Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of the New Yorker2001 · as Narrator
• Joe Gould's Secret2000 · as Joe Mitchell
• In Too Deep1999 · as Preston D'Ambrosio
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1999 · as Puck
• Winchell1998 · as Walter Winchell
• The Alarmist1998 · as Heinrich Grigoris
• The Impostors1998 · as Arthur
• Montana1998 · as Nicholas 'Nick' Roth
• Deconstructing Harry1997 · as Paul Epstein
• A Life Less Ordinary1997 · as Elliot Zweikel
• The Daytrippers1997 · as Louis D'Amico
• The Eighteenth Angel1997 · as Todd Stanton
• Sex and the Other Man1996 · as Arthur Wilkins
• Big Night1996 · as Secondo
• A Modern Affair1996 · as Peter Kessler
• Kiss of Death1995 · as Frank Zioli
• Jury Duty1995 · as Frank
• Somebody to Love1994 · as George
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle1994 · as Fred Hunter
• It Could Happen to You1994 · as Eddie Biasi
• The Pelican Brief1993 · as Khamel
• Undercover Blues1993 · as Muerte
• In the Soup1992 · as Gregoire
• The Public Eye1992 · as Sal
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag1992 · as Amos (uncredited)
• Prelude to a Kiss1992 · as Taylor
• Beethoven1992 · as Vernon
• Billy Bathgate1991 · as Lucky Luciano
• Men Of Respect1990 · as Mal
• Quick Change1990 · as Johnny
• Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler1990 · as Det. Patrick McGuire
• Fear, Anxiety and Depression1989 · as Donny
• The Feud1989 · as Harvey Yelton
• Slaves of New York1989 · as Darryl
• Monkey Shines1988 · as Dr. John Wiseman
• Who's That Girl1987 · as 2nd Dock Worker
• Kojak: The Price of Justice1987 · as 1st Tenant
• Prizzi's Honor1985 · as Soldier
• Masterplan— · as Roger

All TV Shows (48)

• Tucci in Italy2025 · as Self - Host
• Citadel2023 · as Bernard Orlick
• Inside Man2022 · as Jefferson Grieff
• Be My Guest with Ina Garten2022 · as Self
• Moley2021 · as Mish Mosh (voice)
• La Fortuna2021 · as Frank Wild
• What If...?2021 · as Dr. Erskine (voice)
• Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy2021 · as Self - Host
• Central Park2020 · as Bitsy (voice)
• Some Good News2020 · as Self
• Limetown2019 · as Emile Haddock
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• FEUD2017 · as Jack Warner
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Italian Americans2015 · as Self, Narrator
• Fortitude2015 · as DCI Morton
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Herb Kazzaz (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Frame2013 · as Caesar Flickerman
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• 3 lbs2006 · as Douglas Hanson
• 30 Rock2006 · as Henry Warren
• Robot Chicken2005 · as Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Lorenzo (voice)
• Monk2002 · as David Ruskin
• Bull2000 · as Hunter Lasky
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Independent Lens1999
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Murder One1995 · as Richard Cross
• ER1994 · as Kevin Moretti
• Frasier1993 · as Morrie (voice)
• Lifestories1990 · as Art Conforti
• Equal Justice1990 · as Frank Mirelli
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• thirtysomething1987
• Wiseguy1987
• The Equalizer1985 · as Assemblyman Phillip Wingate
• Miami Vice1984 · as Frank Mosca
• Miami Vice1984 · as Steven DeMarco
• Jeopardy!1984 · as Self - Clue Presenter
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self