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BIO

Michael Stuhlbarg had long been a lauded actor in the New York theatre world, but it wasn’t until he played Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man that he earned serious recognition from the film community including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. His other films include Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water, Miss Sloane, Doctor Strange, Arrival, Jobs, Trumbo, Miles Ahead, Pawn Sacrifice, Lincoln, Blue Jasmine, Cut Bank, Hitchcock, Men in Black 3, Hugo, Body of Lies, The Grey Zone, Cold Souls, and The Key to Reserva. Recent work includes Shirley, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Bones & All, and The Instigators. He played New York City mob boss Arnold Rothstein on HBO’s award-winning “Boardwalk Empire,” has recurred on Amazon’s “Transparent,” appeared in season three of FX’s “Fargo,” Hulu’s “The Looming Tower” (Emmy nomination), Netflix/Channel 4’s “Traitors,” Hulu’s “Dopesick”(Emmy nomination), HBO Max’s “The Staircase,” and Showtime’s “Your Honor.” In 2005, he was a Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner for Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman. He was also honored with the New Dramatists Charles Bowden Actor Award and the Elliot Norton Boston Theatre Award, the latter for his performance in Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Other Broadway credits: National Actors Theatre’s Saint Joan, Three Men on a Horse, Timon of Athens, The Government Inspector, Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides, Sam Mendes’ revival of Cabaret, and Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love. New York Shakespeare Festival: Twelfth Night, Richard II, Hamlet in Oskar Eustis’ production of Hamlet, Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates. Other Off-Broadway credits: The Voysey Inheritance (Obie and Callaway Awards, Lucille Lortel Award nomination), Cymbeline, Old Wicked Songs, Measure For Pleasure (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), and The Grey Zone. BFA from The Juilliard School. He also studied at UCLA, at the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania’s Chekhov Studies unit, at the British-American Drama Academy at Balliol and Keble Colleges in Oxford, and, on a full scholarship, with Marcel Marceau.


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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2024
Boris Berezovsky

[Off-Broadway]
The Public Theater World Premiere, 2019
Socrates

[Off-Broadway]
2008
Hamlet

[Off-Broadway]
2006
Edward Voysey

[Off-Broadway]
2006
Will Blunt

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2005
Michal

[Off-Broadway]
2004
Francois

[Off-Broadway]
Off-Broadway Production, 2004
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
2003
Xerxes

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Sir Andrew Aguecheek

[Off-Broadway]
2002
Posthumus Leonatus

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2001
Alfred William Pollard

[Off-Broadway]
2000
Time/Clown

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1998
Ernst Ludwig [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1997
Khonen

[Off-Broadway]
1997
Surveyor for Buckingham/Cranmer/Archbishop of Canterbury

[Broadway]
1996
Lieutenant David Wills

[Off-Broadway]
1996
Hoffman

[Off-Broadway]
1995
Stephen Hoffman

[Off-Broadway]
1994
Richard II

[Broadway]
1994
Ivan Shpekin

Ivan Khlestakov (Understudy)

[Broadway]
1993
First Masseur

Bandit

An Old Athenian

[Off-Broadway]
1993
Sasha (Sweetbitter Baby)

[Off-Broadway]
1993
French Gentleman

[Broadway]
1993
Radio Announcer

Al

Frankie (Understudy)

Delivery Boy (Understudy)

[Broadway]
1993
The Dauphin

[Off-Broadway]
1992
Barker/Soldier/Apprentice


Movies

A Price Above Rubies
[ 1998 ] Young Hsid
Macbeth in Manhattan
[ 1999 ] Robert, Ross
The Grey Zone
[ 2001 ] Cohen
Body of Lies
[ 2008 ] FerrisAttorney
Afterschool
[ 2008 ] Mr. Burke
Cold Souls
[ 2009 ] Hedge Fund Consultant
A Serious Man
[ 2009 ] Larry Gopnik
Hugo
[ 2011 ] Rene Tabard
Lincoln
[ 2012 ] George Yeaman
Men in Black 3
[ 2012 ] Griffin
Hitchcock
[ 2012 ] Lew Wserman
Seven Psychopaths
[ 2012 ] Tommy
Blue Jasmine
[ 2013 ] Dr. Flicker
Cut Bank
[ 2014 ] Derby Milton
Pawn Sacrifice
[ 2014 ] Paul Marshall
Steve Jobs
[ 2015 ] Andy Hertzfeld
Trumbo
[ 2015 ] Edward G. Robinson
Miles Ahead
[ 2015 ] Harper
Arrival
[ 2016 ] Agent Halpern
Doctor Strange
[ 2016 ] Dr. Nicodemus West
Miss Sloane
[ 2016 ] Pat Connors
The Post
[ 2017 ] Abe Rosenthal
The Shape of Water
[ 2017 ] Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Call Me by Your Name
[ 2017 ] Mr. Perlman
Shirley
[ 2020 ] Stanley Hyman
Beckett
[ 2021 ] April's Father
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
[ 2022 ] Dr. Nic West Michael Stühlbarg
Bones and All
[ 2022 ] Jake

TV Shows

Boardwalk Empire
Arnold Rothstein
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Jerry
Transparent
Chaim
Your Honor
Jimmy Baxter

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Drama League Awards - 2024 - Distinguished Performance

Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots

Drama League Awards - 2019 - Distinguished Performance Award

Michael Stuhlbarg, Socrates


winner
Obie Awards - 2007 - Performance

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance

The Lortels - 2007 - Outstanding Lead Actor

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Voysey Inheritance

The Lortels - 2006 - Outstanding Lead Actor

Michael Stuhlbarg, Measure for Pleasure


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2005 - Best Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Michael Stuhlbarg been in?

Michael Stuhlbarg has appeared on Broadway in 9 shows.

How many West End shows has Michael Stuhlbarg been in?

Michael Stuhlbarg has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Michael Stuhlbarg been nominated for?

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Patriots, Distinguished Performance (Drama League Awards) for Patriots, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Patriots, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Patriots, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Socrates, Performance (Obie Awards) for The Voysey Inheritance, Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for The Voysey Inheritance, Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for Measure for Pleasure, Best Featured Actor in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Pillowman , Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Pillowman and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Pillowman.

What awards has Michael Stuhlbarg won?

Michael Stuhlbarg has won several awards for his performances, including the Obie Award for Performance in The Voysey Inheritance. He also received the Best Featured Actor in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for his role in The Pillowman and the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for the same production.

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