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Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci, Jr. (born 11 November 1960) is an American Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning, Screen Actors Guild- and Tony Award-nominated actor, writer, film producer and film director.

Biography

Early life

Tucci, an Italian American, was born in Peekskill, New York, the son of Joan (née Tropiano), a retired secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired high school art teacher. His sister is actress Christine Tucci, and his cousin is the screenwriter Joseph Tropiano. He grew up in Katonah, New York and attended John Jay High School. Stan played primarily on the John Jay soccer team and enjoyed playing a couple of years on the John Jay baseball team, however, his main interest lay mainly in the school's drama club, where he and fellow actor and high school buddy, Campbell Scott, son of the late, great actor George C. Scott, gave well-received performances at many of John Jay's drama club productions. Tucci attended Purchase College, a State University of New York and completed his B.A. degree after four years in their well known Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film division.

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 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 has been nominated twice for Golden Globes, and won both times — 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 latest 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 cancelled on November 30, 2006 due to low ratings. Tucci is the voice of Cingular Wireless/AT&T. He can be heard as the voice over in their "Raising the Bar" campaign. In 2007, Tucci had a recurring role in medical drama ER. In 2009, Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones will hit the cinemas, in which Tucci portrays George Harvey, the murderer of the lead character (portrayed by Saoirse Ronan).

Personal life

Tucci lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife, Kate, and their three children, twins Isabel and Nicolo, and Camilla. Tucci was co-owner of the Finch Tavern restaurant in Croton Falls, New York, which is now the Primavera Restaurant.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1985	Prizzi's Honor	Soldier
1987	Who's That Girl	2nd Dock Worker
1988	Monkey Shines	Dr. John Wiseman
1989	Slaves of New York	Darryl
1989	Fear, Anxiety, & Depression	Unknown
1990	The Feud	Harvey Yelton
1990	Quick Change	Johnny
1991	Men of Respect	Mal
1991	Billy Bathgate	Lucky Luciano
1992	In the Soup	Gregoire
	Beethoven	Vernon
	Prelude to a Kiss	Taylor
	The Public Eye	Sal
1993	Undercover Blues	Muerte
1993	The Pelican Brief	Khamel
1994	It Could Happen to You	Eddie Biasi
	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Fred Hunter
	Somebody to Love	George
1995	Jury Duty	Frank
	Kiss of Death	Frank Zioli
	Sex & the Other Man	Arthur
	A Modern Affair	Peter Kessler
1996	The Daytrippers	Louis D'Amico
1996	Big Night	Secondo
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Paul Epstein
	Life During Wartime	Heinrich Grigoris
	A Life Less Ordinary	Elliot Zweikel
1998	''The Eighteenth Angel	Todd Stanton
	Montana	Nicholas Roth
	The Impostors	Arthur
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Puck
1999	In Too Deep	Preston D'Ambrosio
2000	Joe Gould's Secret	Joe Mitchell
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Griffin Risto
	America's Sweethearts	Dave Kingman
	The Whole Shebang	Giovanni Bazinni
2002	Big Trouble	Arthur Herk
	Road to Perdition	Frank Nitti
	Maid in Manhattan	Jerry Siegel
2003	The Core	Dr. Conrad Zimsky
2003	Spin	Frank Haley
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Stanley Kubrick
	The Terminal	Frank Dixon
	Shall We Dance?	Link
2005	Robots	Herb Copperbottom (voice)
2006	Lucky Number Slevin	Det. Brikowski
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	Nigel
2007	Four Last Songs	Larry
2007	The Hoax	Shelton Fisher
2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Mr. Berk
	Space Chimps	The Senator (voice)
	Swing Vote	Martin Fox

Upcoming films

Year	Title	Role	Status
2008	Blind Date	Don	awaiting release
	What Just Happened?	Scott Solomon	awaiting release
	The Tale of Despereaux	Boldo (voice)	post-production
2009	The Lovely Bones	George Harvey	post-production
2009	Julie & Julia	Paul Child	post-production