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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Dad!
2005
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
Jeopardy!
1984
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
American Dad!
as Lorenzo (voice) · 2005
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self · 1997
Jeopardy!
as Self - Clue Presenter · 1984
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
· 1988
Frasier
as Morrie (voice) · 1993
Monk
as David Ruskin · 2002
ER
as Kevin Moretti · 1994
Robot Chicken
as Rich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice) · 2005
BoJack Horseman
as Herb Kazzaz (voice) · 2014
30 Rock
as Henry Warren · 2006
Tony Awards
as Self · 1956
Miami Vice
as Frank Mosca · 1984
Miami Vice
as Steven DeMarco · 1984
American Playhouse
as Harvey Yelton · 1982
What If...?
as Dr. Erskine (voice) · 2021
The Devil Wears Prada
as Nigel · 2006
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Caesar Flickerman · 2014
The Devil Wears Prada 2
as Nigel · 2026
Independent Lens
as Self - Host · 1999
The Equalizer
as Assemblyman Phillip Wingate · 1985
Citadel
as Bernard Orlick · 2023
Wiseguy
· 1987
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Caesar Flickerman · 2013
thirtysomething
· 1987
Who's That Girl
as 2nd Dock Worker · 1987
Murder One
as Richard Cross · 1995
Beauty and the Beast
as Maestro Cadenza · 2017
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Caesar Flickerman · 2015
The King's Man
as United States Ambassador · 2021
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Joshua Joyce · 2014
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Dr. Abraham Erskine · 2011
The Hunger Games
as Caesar Flickerman · 2012
The Electric State
as Ethan Skate · 2025
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Merlin · 2017
FEUD
as Jack Warner · 2017
The Lovely Bones
as George Harvey · 2009
Conclave
as Bellini · 2024
Central Park
as Bitsy (voice) · 2020
Fortitude
as DCI Morton · 2015
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Roderick · 2013
The Terminal
as Frank Dixon · 2004
Robots
as Herb Copperbottom (voice) · 2005
Wild Card
as Baby · 2015
Roald Dahl's The Witches
as Mr. Stringer · 2020
Easy A
as Dill · 2010
Fountain of Youth
as The Elder · 2025
Night Hunter
as Commissioner Harper · 2019
Lucky Number Slevin
as Det. Brikowski · 2006
Spotlight
as Mitchell Garabedian · 2015
The Pelican Brief
as Khamel · 1993
Road to Perdition
as Frank Nitti · 2002
The Italian Americans
as Self, Narrator · 2015
Moley
as Mish Mosh (voice) · 2021
Julie & Julia
as Paul Child · 2009
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Leonardo da Vinci (voice) · 2014
Margin Call
as Eric Dale · 2011
The Core
as Dr. Conrad Zimsky · 2003
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Bull
as Hunter Lasky · 2000
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
The Tale of Despereaux
as Boldo (voice) · 2008
A Little Chaos
as Philippe, Duc d'Orleans · 2015
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self · 2022
Inside Man
as Jefferson Grieff · 2022
Maid in Manhattan
as Jerry Siegel · 2002
Burlesque
as Sean · 2010
Some Good News
as Self · 2020
Jolt
as Dr. Ivan Munchin · 2021
Shall We Dance?
as Link · 2004
Equal Justice
as Frank Mirelli · 1990
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
as Mr. D / Dionysus · 2013
Tucci in Italy
as Self - Host · 2025
It Could Happen to You
as Eddie Biasi · 1994
Show Dogs
as Philippe (voice) · 2018
The Silence
as Hugh Andrews · 2019
The Frame
as Caesar Flickerman · 2013
Muppets Most Wanted
as Ivan the Guard · 2014
The Fifth Estate
as James Boswell · 2013
Space Chimps
as Senator (voice) · 2008
Limetown
as Emile Haddock · 2019
La Fortuna
as Frank Wild · 2021
The Company You Keep
as Ray Fuller · 2012
Quick Change
as Johnny · 1990
Beethoven
as Vernon · 1992
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Clive Davis · 2022
3 lbs
as Douglas Hanson · 2006
What Just Happened
as Scott Solomon · 2008
Masterplan
as Roger · 2026
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy
as Self - Host · 2021
A Life Less Ordinary
as Elliot Zweikel · 1997
A Private War
as Tony Shaw · 2018
The Children Act
as Jack Maye · 2018
Deconstructing Harry
as Paul Epstein · 1997
Patient Zero
as The Professor · 2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Puck · 1999
Big Trouble
as Arthur Herk · 2002
Kiss of Death
as Frank Zioli · 1995
Billy Bathgate
as Lucky Luciano · 1991
Supernova
as Tusker · 2020
America's Sweethearts
as Dave Kingman · 2001
Prizzi's Honor
as Soldier · 1985
Big Night
as Secondo · 1996
In Too Deep
as Preston D'Ambrosio · 1999
Gambit
as Martin Zaidenweber · 2012
Worth
as Charles Wolf · 2021
Conspiracy
as Adolf Eichmann · 2001
Swing Vote
as Martin Fox · 2008
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Stanley Kubrick · 2004
Monkey Shines
as Dr. John Wiseman · 1988
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back
as Senator (voice) · 2010
Prelude to a Kiss
as Taylor · 1992
The Hoax
as Shelton Fisher · 2006
The Daytrippers
as Louis D'Amico · 1997
Undercover Blues
as Muerte · 1993
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk · 2008
The Public Eye
as Sal · 1992
Jury Duty
as Frank · 1995
Sidewalks of New York
as Griffin · 2001
Lifestories
as Art Conforti · 1990
Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft
as Narrator · 2017
The Impostors
as Arthur · 1998
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Fred Hunter · 1994
Somebody to Love
as George · 1994
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self · 2023
Sex and the Other Man
as Arthur Wilkins · 1996
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Red Carpet World Premiere
as Self · 2026
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Publishing Executive · 2015
Men Of Respect
as Mal · 1990
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Father · 2011
Peter & Wendy
as Captain Hook/Mr. Darling/Dr. Wylie · 2015
Submission
as Ted Swenson · 2018
Montana
as Nicholas 'Nick' Roth · 1998
Some Velvet Morning
as Fred · 2013
In the Soup
as Gregoire · 1992
Winchell
as Walter Winchell · 1998
Slaves of New York
as Darryl · 1989
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as 1st Tenant · 1987
Blind Date
as Don · 2008
A Modern Affair
as Peter Kessler · 1996
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Caesar Flickerman · 2012
The Whole Shebang
as Giovanni Bazinni · 2001
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Amos (uncredited) · 1992
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self · 2014
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Caesar Flickerman · 2015
The Eighteenth Angel
as Todd Stanton · 1997
Joe Gould's Secret
as Joe Mitchell · 2000
Fear, Anxiety and Depression
as Donny · 1989
Four Last Songs
as Larry · 2007
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
as Jack Abramoff (voice) · 2010
The Alarmist
as Heinrich Grigoris · 1998
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as Det. Patrick McGuire · 1990
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Narrator (voice) · 2002
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
· 2008
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Caesar Flickerman · 2014
10 Most Excellent Things: The Devil Wears Prada
as Self · 2006
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip
as Walter Winchell · 2020
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
as Narrator (voice) · 2005
The Making of Easy A
as Self · 2010
Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
as Narrator · 2005
PARASOCIAL
as Self (archive footage) · 2025
Spin
as Frank Haley · 2003
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2014
Sundance 20
as Self · 2002
A Sleigh of One's Own
as Santa Claus · 2028
Edge of Outside
as Self · 2006
The Feud
as Harvey Yelton · 1989
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
as Self - Audience Member · 2024
Tucci in Great Britain
as Self
Top Hat and Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of the New Yorker
as Narrator · 2001
Battle at Versailles
as Narrator (voice) · 2016
Blackout
· 2013
I'm Fast!
as Train Engine · 2012