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Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg ( ; 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 Honor'' (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 nod for Best Actor in a Play. Provided by Wikipedia