Stanley Tucci
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).
59Credits29 TV · 30 films
1984–2025Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedBattle at Versailles
7.2 Average ratingacross 59 titles
Top TV shows 29best Stanley Tucci shows
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BoJack HorsemanHerb Kazzaz (voice) · 11 eps · 2014 - 2
What If...?Dr. Erskine (voice) · 2 eps · 2021 - 3LifestoriesArt Conforti · 9 eps · 1990
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MonkDavid Ruskin · 1 ep · 2002 - 5
ERKevin Moretti · 10 eps · 1994 - 6
Murder OneRichard Cross · 23 eps · 1995 - 7
FrasierMorrie (voice) · 1 ep · 1993 - 8
Robot ChickenRich Uncle Pennybags / Party Host (voice) · 1 ep · 2005 - 9
FEUDJack Warner · 8 eps · 2017 - 10
Miami ViceFrank Mosca · 2 eps · 1984 - 11
30 RockHenry Warren · 1 ep · 2006 - 12
Stanley Tucci: Searching for ItalyExecutive Producer · 14 eps · 2021 - 13
Tucci in ItalyExecutive Producer · 10 eps · 2025 - 14
The EqualizerAssemblyman Phillip Wingate · 1 ep · 1985 - 15
American Dad!Lorenzo (voice) · 1 ep · 2005 - 16
CitadelBernard Orlick · 13 eps · 2023 - 17
Inside ManJefferson Grieff · 4 eps · 2022 - 18
FortitudeDCI Morton · 11 eps · 2015 - 19
BullHunter Lasky · 22 eps · 2000 - 20
Equal JusticeFrank Mirelli · 1 ep · 1990 - 21
La FortunaFrank Wild · 6 eps · 2021 - 22
Wiseguy5 eps · 1987 - 23
Independent Lens542 eps · 1999 - 24
thirtysomething2 eps · 1987 - 25
Central ParkBitsy (voice) · 39 eps · 2020 - 26
MoleyMish Mosh (voice) · 52 eps · 2021 - 27
LimetownEmile Haddock · 10 eps · 2019 - 28
Eva Longoria: Searching for MexicoExecutive Producer · 6 eps · 2023 - 29
3 lbsDouglas Hanson · 8 eps · 2006
Top movies 30best Stanley Tucci movies
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Battle at VersaillesNarrator (voice) · 2016 - 2
Walter Winchell: The Power of GossipWalter Winchell · 2020 - 3
Irving Thalberg: Prince of HollywoodNarrator · 2005 - 4
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu StranglerDet. Patrick McGuire · 1990 - 5
Jacques Pépin: The Art of CraftNarrator · 2017 - 6
SpotlightMitchell Garabedian · 2015 · Drama - 7
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerNarrator (voice) · 2002 - 8
Lucky Number SlevinDet. Brikowski · 2006 · Drama - 9
The Devil Wears PradaNigel · 2006 · Drama - 10
The Hunger Games: Catching FireCaesar Flickerman · 2013 · Adventure - 11
The TerminalFrank Dixon · 2004 · Comedy - 12
Road to PerditionFrank Nitti · 2002 · Crime - 13
ConspiracyAdolf Eichmann · 2001 - 14
Deconstructing HarryPaul Epstein · 1997 - 15
The Hunger GamesCaesar Flickerman · 2012 · Science Fiction - 16
BurlesqueSean · 2010 - 17
ConclaveBellini · 2024 · Drama - 18
The Lovely BonesGeorge Harvey · 2009 · Fantasy - 19
Casino Jack and the United States of MoneyJack Abramoff (voice) · 2010 - 20
Captain America: The First AvengerDr. Abraham Erskine · 2011 · Action - 21
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with SomebodyClive Davis · 2022 - 22Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies2008
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Big NightSecondo · 1996 - 24
Beauty and the BeastMaestro Cadenza · 2017 - 25
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Caesar Flickerman · 2015 · Action - 26
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Caesar Flickerman · 2014 · Science Fiction - 27
RobotsHerb Copperbottom (voice) · 2005 · Animation - 28
Roald Dahl's The WitchesMr. Stringer · 2020 · Comedy - 29
Transformers: Age of ExtinctionJoshua Joyce · 2014 · Science Fiction - 30
Jack the Giant SlayerRoderick · 2013 · Fantasy
