Name : Stanley Tucci
Birth Name : Stanley Oliver Tucci
Birth Date : January 11, 1960
Birth Place : Katonah, New York, USA
Occupation : Actor, writer, producer, director
Years active : 1985–present
Spouse : Kate Tucci (1995-2009; her death)
Nationality : American
Zodiac Sign : Scorpio
Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m)
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Peekskill, NY on Nov. 11, 1965, Stanley Oliver Tucci, Jr. was the son of art teacher Stanley Tucci, Sr. and his wife, Joan, a secretary. A graduate of John Jay High School in New York, Tucci befriended Campbell Scott, the son of actors George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst. The two remained close into adulthood and eventually crossed professionally as well. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama from SUNY-Purchase in 1982, Tucci worked on the stage, wracking up critical praise and impressive reviews for his performance in Ugo Betti's "The Queen and the Rebels," which allowed the young actor to get his equity card and health insurance. Within two years, Tucci moved to Los Angeles where he landed his first credit as an unnamed thug in "Prizzi's Honor." From there, it was just a quick jump to television.
One of Tucci's first major roles was in a recurring role as Mafioso Frank Mosca on "Miami Vice" (NBC, 1984-89). Coldly charismatic, Tucci repeated his success in five episodes as mobster Rick Pinzolo on "The Equalizer." Segueing into features, Tucci continued finding work, but once again as typically ethnic protagonists. In 1992, he was cast as Jennifer Beals' French ex-husband in "In the Soup" (1992), then played Lucky Luciano in Robert Benton's "Billy Bathgate" (1993), followed by a Middle Eastern assassin in "The Pelican Brief." In "Equal Justice" (ABC, 1989-1991), he was on the other side of the law as a police detective romancing one of the lawyers. Tucci cut a memorable figure as a murder suspect - the wealthy, powerful businessman and philandering husband Richard Cross - on the ABC drama "Murder One" (1995-97), earning him his first Emmy nomination in 1996. Tucci was perfectly cast by director Paul Mazursky for the titular role in "Winchell (HBO, 1998), a biography of tabloid reporter Walter Winchell, that gave the actor an opportunity to win his first Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Tired of being pigeonholed, Tucci and cousin Joseph Tropiano fashioned a screenplay about two immigrant brothers running a restaurant on the New Jersey shore in the 1950s. After several years of working on the script, he and friend Campbell Scott co-directed "Big Night," which was one of the high points of that year's Sundance Film Festival. A lyrical examination of sibling rivalry and the clash of Old World values with the American dream, "Big Night" was a visual feast and earned glowing reviews. Tucci essayed the role of the younger brother who wants to succeed in his adopted country at all costs and conflicts with his older sibling (Tony Shalhoub) who prefers to retain the customs of their homeland. Following "Big Night," Tucci went on to appear as Hope Davis' straying husband in Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers," a dentist in Danny Boyle's uneven "A Life Less Ordinary," and a fictional version of Woody Allen in "Deconstructing Harry" (all 1997). On his own, he wrote and directed "The Imposters" (1998), a period comedy about mistaken identities set on a cruise ship in the 1930s. Miscast as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999), Tucci bounced back as producer, director and star in "Joe Gould's Secret" (2000), the true-to-life telling of the friendship between New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell (Tucci) and self-proclaimed scholar of the streets, Joe Gould (Ian Holm).
After turns as a studio executive in "America's Sweethearts" and a cheating husband in "Sidewalks in New York" (both 2001), Tucci earned himself another Emmy nomination for his turn as Nazi Adolph Eichmann in "Conspiracy" (HBO, 2001). Tucci continued to demonstrate his versatility in 2002 by playing the menacing Chicago mob boss Frank Nitti in director Sam Mendes' "The Road to Perdition;" then as Ralph Fiennes' nervous campaign manager in the romantic comedy, "Maid in Manhattan." The actor's considerable talents were wasted in the disaster film misfire "The Core" (2003), but he found a far more suitable role working again opposite his "Perdition" lead Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg in "The Terminal" (2004). Tucci played an angry and exasperated airport official, who is desperate to rid his terminal of an immigrant (Hanks) forced to reside there because of a glitch in his passport paperwork.
Tucci appeared as an attorney who leads a secret life as a ballroom dancer in the Richard Gere-Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy "Shall We Dance?" (2004), an Americanized version of a popular feel-good Japanese movie from 1996, before portraying the visionary film director Stanley Kubrick in the HBO biopic, "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004). Then in 2005, he provided the voice for Herb Copperbottom, the dishwasher father of genius inventor Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor), in the sci-fi animated feature, "Robots." Tucci was then wasted as a cop watching two gang lords (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley) in the not-so-hip crime thriller "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006).
In "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006), however, Tucci was upstaged only by an Oscar-nominated Meryl Streep, playing a gay fashion director - a role that he could have easily steered into stereotypical characterization, but was made fresh and three-dimensional instead. Also that year, Tucci reunited with his old friend and "Big Night" costar Tony Shalhoub for a memorable guest appearance in Shalhoub's smash hit series, "Monk" (USA, 2002- ). His performance as an actor intending to play a fictional version of the obsessive-compulsive detective, earned Tucci an Emmy nod for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Tucci was then set to play a neurosurgeon on Peter Ocko's medical drama, "3 LBS." (CBS, 2006-07), but the network pulled the plug after airing only three episodes. Back on the big screen, Tucci reverted to tough guy status in "The Hoax" (2007), playing a heavy for McGraw/Hill who, despite his skepticism, helps the company publish a fake biography of Howard Hughes written by a struggling author (Richard Gere).
After earning a guest-starring Emmy nod for his recurring role as a hospital chief on "ER" (1994-2009), Tucci joined an all-star ensemble cast for Barry Levinson's Hollywood satire, "What Just Happened?" (2008), which followed the trials and travails of a middle-aged producer (Robert De Niro) struggling to keep his life and career from falling apart. The following year, he played two widely divergent roles; one of which earned him considerable awards attention. First, he co-starred in "Julie & Julia" (2009), playing the caring and supportive husband of Julia Child (Meryl Streep). Doing a complete 180-degree turn, Tucci was cast as George Harvey, a serial killer who favors young girls, including one who watches over her family from heaven in "The Lovely Bones" (2009), directed by Peter Jackson. For his creepy, effective turn, Tucci nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actor.
One of Tucci's first major roles was in a recurring role as Mafioso Frank Mosca on "Miami Vice" (NBC, 1984-89). Coldly charismatic, Tucci repeated his success in five episodes as mobster Rick Pinzolo on "The Equalizer." Segueing into features, Tucci continued finding work, but once again as typically ethnic protagonists. In 1992, he was cast as Jennifer Beals' French ex-husband in "In the Soup" (1992), then played Lucky Luciano in Robert Benton's "Billy Bathgate" (1993), followed by a Middle Eastern assassin in "The Pelican Brief." In "Equal Justice" (ABC, 1989-1991), he was on the other side of the law as a police detective romancing one of the lawyers. Tucci cut a memorable figure as a murder suspect - the wealthy, powerful businessman and philandering husband Richard Cross - on the ABC drama "Murder One" (1995-97), earning him his first Emmy nomination in 1996. Tucci was perfectly cast by director Paul Mazursky for the titular role in "Winchell (HBO, 1998), a biography of tabloid reporter Walter Winchell, that gave the actor an opportunity to win his first Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Tired of being pigeonholed, Tucci and cousin Joseph Tropiano fashioned a screenplay about two immigrant brothers running a restaurant on the New Jersey shore in the 1950s. After several years of working on the script, he and friend Campbell Scott co-directed "Big Night," which was one of the high points of that year's Sundance Film Festival. A lyrical examination of sibling rivalry and the clash of Old World values with the American dream, "Big Night" was a visual feast and earned glowing reviews. Tucci essayed the role of the younger brother who wants to succeed in his adopted country at all costs and conflicts with his older sibling (Tony Shalhoub) who prefers to retain the customs of their homeland. Following "Big Night," Tucci went on to appear as Hope Davis' straying husband in Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers," a dentist in Danny Boyle's uneven "A Life Less Ordinary," and a fictional version of Woody Allen in "Deconstructing Harry" (all 1997). On his own, he wrote and directed "The Imposters" (1998), a period comedy about mistaken identities set on a cruise ship in the 1930s. Miscast as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999), Tucci bounced back as producer, director and star in "Joe Gould's Secret" (2000), the true-to-life telling of the friendship between New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell (Tucci) and self-proclaimed scholar of the streets, Joe Gould (Ian Holm).
After turns as a studio executive in "America's Sweethearts" and a cheating husband in "Sidewalks in New York" (both 2001), Tucci earned himself another Emmy nomination for his turn as Nazi Adolph Eichmann in "Conspiracy" (HBO, 2001). Tucci continued to demonstrate his versatility in 2002 by playing the menacing Chicago mob boss Frank Nitti in director Sam Mendes' "The Road to Perdition;" then as Ralph Fiennes' nervous campaign manager in the romantic comedy, "Maid in Manhattan." The actor's considerable talents were wasted in the disaster film misfire "The Core" (2003), but he found a far more suitable role working again opposite his "Perdition" lead Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg in "The Terminal" (2004). Tucci played an angry and exasperated airport official, who is desperate to rid his terminal of an immigrant (Hanks) forced to reside there because of a glitch in his passport paperwork.
Tucci appeared as an attorney who leads a secret life as a ballroom dancer in the Richard Gere-Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy "Shall We Dance?" (2004), an Americanized version of a popular feel-good Japanese movie from 1996, before portraying the visionary film director Stanley Kubrick in the HBO biopic, "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004). Then in 2005, he provided the voice for Herb Copperbottom, the dishwasher father of genius inventor Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor), in the sci-fi animated feature, "Robots." Tucci was then wasted as a cop watching two gang lords (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley) in the not-so-hip crime thriller "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006).
In "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006), however, Tucci was upstaged only by an Oscar-nominated Meryl Streep, playing a gay fashion director - a role that he could have easily steered into stereotypical characterization, but was made fresh and three-dimensional instead. Also that year, Tucci reunited with his old friend and "Big Night" costar Tony Shalhoub for a memorable guest appearance in Shalhoub's smash hit series, "Monk" (USA, 2002- ). His performance as an actor intending to play a fictional version of the obsessive-compulsive detective, earned Tucci an Emmy nod for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Tucci was then set to play a neurosurgeon on Peter Ocko's medical drama, "3 LBS." (CBS, 2006-07), but the network pulled the plug after airing only three episodes. Back on the big screen, Tucci reverted to tough guy status in "The Hoax" (2007), playing a heavy for McGraw/Hill who, despite his skepticism, helps the company publish a fake biography of Howard Hughes written by a struggling author (Richard Gere).
After earning a guest-starring Emmy nod for his recurring role as a hospital chief on "ER" (1994-2009), Tucci joined an all-star ensemble cast for Barry Levinson's Hollywood satire, "What Just Happened?" (2008), which followed the trials and travails of a middle-aged producer (Robert De Niro) struggling to keep his life and career from falling apart. The following year, he played two widely divergent roles; one of which earned him considerable awards attention. First, he co-starred in "Julie & Julia" (2009), playing the caring and supportive husband of Julia Child (Meryl Streep). Doing a complete 180-degree turn, Tucci was cast as George Harvey, a serial killer who favors young girls, including one who watches over her family from heaven in "The Lovely Bones" (2009), directed by Peter Jackson. For his creepy, effective turn, Tucci nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actor.
CAREER
Tucci made his Broadway debut in The Queen and the Rebels on 30 September 1982. His film debut was in Prizzi's Honor (1985). Tucci is known for his work in films such as The Pelican Brief, Kiss of Death, Road to Perdition and Big Night, and in the television series Murder One as the mysterious Richard Cross. Big Night (1996), which he co-wrote with his cousin Joseph Tropiano, starred in, and co-directed with Campbell Scott, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film also featured his sister Christine and mother, who wrote a cookbook for the film. It won him and Tropiano the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. He's typically cast in supporting roles such as the sidekick or the villain, but has had the lead in two films, both romantic comedies: A Modern Affair (1995) and The Whole Shebang (2001).
He has been nominated three times for Golden Globes, and won twice for his title role in Winchell (1998), and for his supporting role as Adolph Eichmann in Conspiracy (2001), both for HBO films. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Winchell. He was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play for his role as Johnny in the 2002 revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
In July 2006, Tucci made an appearance on the USA Network TV series Monk, in a performance that earned him a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series. Tucci's TV series, the medical drama 3 lbs., debuted on CBS in the 10:00 p.m. EDT time slot on November 14, 2006. It was canceled on November 30, 2006 due to low ratings. He can be heard as the voice over in the AT&T Wireless "Raising the Bar" marketing campaign. Tucci also played Nigel in the screen adaption of The Devil Wears Prada alongside Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway. In 2007, Tucci had a recurring role in medical drama ER. In 2009, Tucci again starred opposite Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia playing husband Paul Child to her Julia Child. Also in 2009, Tucci portrayed George Harvey, the murderer of a young girl in The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, for which he received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. In 2010, Tucci is directing a revival of the Ken Ludwig play Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway, starring Tony Shalhoub. The show is expected to run through August. Tucci is cast as Dr. Abraham Erskine in Captain America: The First Avenger.
In July 2010 it was announced that Tucci will direct an upcoming comedy entitled Mommy & Me starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey as mother and daughter.
He has been nominated three times for Golden Globes, and won twice for his title role in Winchell (1998), and for his supporting role as Adolph Eichmann in Conspiracy (2001), both for HBO films. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Winchell. He was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play for his role as Johnny in the 2002 revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
In July 2006, Tucci made an appearance on the USA Network TV series Monk, in a performance that earned him a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series. Tucci's TV series, the medical drama 3 lbs., debuted on CBS in the 10:00 p.m. EDT time slot on November 14, 2006. It was canceled on November 30, 2006 due to low ratings. He can be heard as the voice over in the AT&T Wireless "Raising the Bar" marketing campaign. Tucci also played Nigel in the screen adaption of The Devil Wears Prada alongside Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway. In 2007, Tucci had a recurring role in medical drama ER. In 2009, Tucci again starred opposite Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia playing husband Paul Child to her Julia Child. Also in 2009, Tucci portrayed George Harvey, the murderer of a young girl in The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, for which he received a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. In 2010, Tucci is directing a revival of the Ken Ludwig play Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway, starring Tony Shalhoub. The show is expected to run through August. Tucci is cast as Dr. Abraham Erskine in Captain America: The First Avenger.
In July 2010 it was announced that Tucci will direct an upcoming comedy entitled Mommy & Me starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey as mother and daughter.
FILMS & AWARDS/NAMINATIONS
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Who's That Girl (1987)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Fear, Anxiety, & Depression (1989)
The Feud (1990)
Quick Change (1990)
Men of Respect (1991)
Billy Bathgate (1991)
In the Soup (1992)
Beethoven (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
The Public Eye (1992)
Undercover Blues (1993)
The Pelican Brief (1993)
It Could Happen to You (1993)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Somebody to Love (1994)
Jury Duty (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995)
Sex & the Other Man (1995)
A Modern Affair (1995)
The Daytrippers (1996)
Big Night (1996)
Writer/Director/Co-Producer
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best New Director
Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
Nominated — Deaiville Film Festivals Grand Special Prize Award
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best First Film
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated — Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Life During Wartime (1997)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
The Eighteenth Angel (1998)
Montana (1998)
The Impostors (1998)
Winchell (1998)
TVPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
In Too Deep (1999)
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
America's Sweethearts (2001)
The Whole Shebang (2001)
Conspiracy (2001)
TVGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Big Trouble (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
The Core (2003)
Spin (2003)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
Shall We Dance? (2004)
Robots (2005)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Four Last Songs (2007)
The Hoax (2007)
Blind Date (2008)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Space Chimps (2008)
Swing Vote (2008)
What Just Happened (2008)
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
Julie & Julia (2009)
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor
Easy A (2010)
Burlesque (2010)
Margin Call (2010)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
- Crime Story (TV series) (1987) .... Zack Lowman
- Kojak: The Price of Justice (TV) (1987) .... 1st Tenant
- The Street (TV Series) (1988) .... Arthur Scolari
- Miami Vice (TV series) (1986–1988) .... Frank Mosca, Steven Demarco
- The Equalizer (TV series) (1988) .... Assemblyman Phillip Wingate
- Wiseguy (TV series) (1988–1989) .... Rick Pinzolo
- thirtysomething (TV series) (1989–1990) .... Karl Draconis
- Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Stranger (TV) (1990) .... Det. Patrick McGuire
- Lifestories (TV series) (1990) .... Art Conforti
- Equal Justice (TV series) (1990–1991) .... Detective Frank Mirelli
- Murder One (TV series) (1995–1996) .... Richard Cross
- Winchell (TV) (1998) .... Walter Winchell
- Bull (2000) (TV series) .... Hunter Lasky
- Conspiracy (2001) (TV) .... Adolf Eichmann
- Frasier (TV series) (2004) .... Morrie
- Monk (TV series) (2006) .... David Ruskin
- 3 lbs. (TV series) (2006) .... Dr. Douglas Hanson
- ER (TV series) (2007–2008) .... Dr. Kevin Moretti
AWARDS
1999 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Winner
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor for a Drama Series - Nominee
2001 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
2002 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
1999 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Winner
2003 Tony: Actor (Play) - Nominee
2008 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
2009 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1996 Sundance Film Festival: Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Winner
2007 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
2009 BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Nominee
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Nominee
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