Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg is one of those actors who's been quietly brilliant for decades — the kind of guy who makes you stop mid-scene and think, wait, who IS this guy? His lead role in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man showed he could carry an entire existential tragicomedy on his shoulders without breaking a sweat, and his work in Boardwalk Empire proved he could steal scenes from heavy hitters week after week. Then came 2017, where he somehow appeared in three Best Picture nominees at once — Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, and The Post — which is just absurd. Rooted in theater, trained at UCLA, and stacked with a Drama Desk, an Obie, and two SAG Awards, he's one of the most dependable character actors working today. Criminally underrated, but the people who know, know.

Name (English)

Michael Stuhlbarg

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・スタールバーグ

Reading

まいける・すたーるばーぐ

Born

July 5, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Origin

Long Beach, California, United States

Occupation

stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0

Tags

• California
• stage actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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