Actor Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New
York. He is the son of Joan (Tropiano), a writer, and Stanley Tucci, an
art teacher. His family is Italian-American, with origins in Calabria.
Tucci took an interest in acting while in high school, and went on to
attend the State University of New York's Conservatory of Theater Arts
in Purchase. He began his professional career on the stage, making his
Broadway debut in 1982, and then made his film debut in
Die Ehre der Prizzis (1985).
In 2009, Tucci received his first Academy Award nomination for his turn
as a child murderer in
In meinem Himmel (2009). He also
received a BAFTA nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for the same
role. Other than The Lovely Bones, Tucci has recently had noteworthy
supporting turns in a broad range of movies including
Lucky Number Slevin (2006),
Der Teufel trägt Prada (2006)
and
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
Tucci reached his widest audience yet when he played Caesar Flickerman
in box office sensation
Die Tribute von Panem - The Hunger Games (2012).
While maintaining an active career in movies, Tucci received major
accolades for some work in television. He won an Emmy and a Golden
Globe for his role in TV movie
Winchell (1998), an Emmy for a
guest turn on Monk (2002), and a Golden
Globe for his role in HBO movie
Die Wannseekonferenz (2001).
Tucci has also had an extensive career behind the camera. His
directorial efforts include
Big Night - Nacht der Genüsse (1996),
The Impostors - Zwei Hochstapler in Not (1998),
Joe Gould's Secret (2000) and
Blind Date (2007), and he did
credited work on all of those screenplays with the exception of
Joe Gould's Secret (2000).
Tucci has three children with Kate Tucci, who passed away in 2009.
Tucci married Felicity Blunt in August
2012.
