Michael Stuhlbarg (/ˈstuːlˌbɑːrɡ/ STOOL-barg; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known as a character actor, having portrayed a variety of roles in film, television, and theatre. He has received several awards, including nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He rose to prominence as troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuhlbarg has since become known as a character actor and has appeared in numerous films and television series portraying real-life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), Abe Rosenthal in The Post (2017), and Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley (2020). His other supporting roles include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water (both 2017), and Bones and All (2022). He joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange (2016) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). On television, he portrayed Arnold Rothstein in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), Richard A. Clarke in The Looming Tower (2018), and Richard Sackler in Dopesick (2021), receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for the latter two. He also acted in FX's Fargo (2017), Showtime's Your Honour (2020–2023), and HBO's The Staircase (2022). On stage, Stuhlbarg has acted in numerous productions, including the 2005 debut of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman on Broadway, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and received a Tony Award nomination. He returned to Broadway playing Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots (2024) and received a second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Stuhlbarg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Digger — Vice President
• 2026We Are Windows — Dad
• 2025After the Hunt — Frederik Mendelssohn
• 2025The Amateur — Schiller
• 2024The Instigators — Mr. Besegai
• 2022Bones and All — Jake
• 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — Dr. Nic West
• The Staircase — David Rudolf
• 2021American Oz — L. Frank Baum (voice)
• Dopesick — Richard Sackler
• 2020Shirley — Stanley Hyman
• Your Honor — Jimmy Baxter
• Traitors — Rowe
• The Looming Tower — Richard Clarke
• 2017Call Me by Your Name — Mr. Perlman
• 2017The Post — Abe Rosenthal
• 2017The Shape of Water — Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
• 2016Arrival — Agent Halpern
• 2016Doctor Strange — Dr. Nicodemus West
• 2016Miles Ahead — Harper Hamilton
• 2016Miss Sloane — Pat Connors
• 2015Carvalho's Journey — Narrator
• 2015Pawn Sacrifice — Paul Marshall
• 2015Steve Jobs — Andy Hertzfeld
• 2015Trumbo — Edward G. Robinson
• 2014Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq — Jerome Robbins (voice)
• 2014Cut Bank — Derby Milton
• Fargo — Sy Feltz
• 2014The 50 Year Argument — Narration
• Transparent — Chaim
• 2013Blue Jasmine — Dr. Flicker
• 2012Hitchcock — Lew Wasserman
• 2012Lincoln — George Yeaman
• 2012Men in Black 3 — Griffin
• 2012Seven Psychopaths — Tommy
• 2011Hugo — René Tabard
• Boardwalk Empire — Arnold Rothstein
• 2010Goldstar, Ohio — The Interviewer
• 2009A Serious Man — Larry Gopnik
• 2009Afterschool — Mr. Burke
• 2009Cold Souls — Hedge Fund Consultant
• 2008Body of Lies — Ferris' Attorney
• 2008The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer — Edward Teller
• Damages — Dr. Bernard Herschenfeld
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — Jerry
• Ugly Betty — Heinrich
• 2005Solidarity — Paweł
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Marcel Costas
• 2001The Grey Zone — Cohen
• 2001The Invention of Love — Alfred William Pollard
• 1999The Hunley — Wicks
• 1998A Price Above Rubies — Young Hassid
• Law & Order — Timothy Pace
• American Experience — Officer Stephen Colden

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2021Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2020Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy — Self
• 2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire — Self