Michael Stuhlbarg Biography

Michael Stuhlbarg (born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for playing organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010-2013), troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, Griffin in Men in Black 3 (2012), Dr. Flicker in Blue Jasmine (2013), and computer scientist and inventor Andy Hertzfeld in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015).

Personal life

Stuhlbarg was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Susan and Mort Stuhlbarg. He was raised in Reform Judaism. Stuhlbarg trained at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he was a member of the Drama Division's Group 21 (1988-1992). He graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992.

Stuhlbarg studied acting at the University of California at Los Angeles, the Vilnius Conservatory in Lithuania, the British American Drama Academy at Oxford, and the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the University of London. He also studied mime with Marcel Marceau. Stuhlbarg is married to Mai-Linh Lofgren.

Career

Stuhlbarg appeared in several stage productions, including award-winning performances in Old Wicked Songs in 1996, Long Day's Journey into Night in 1997, and The Pillowman in 2005 (for which he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and received his first Tony Award nomination). He has appeared in a number of television shows, including Law & Order, Ugly Betty, and The American Experience.

Starting in 2010, Stuhlbarg portrayed organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. His film credits had been limited to a handful of minor roles, including playing a lawyer in Body of Lies and a hedge fund consultant in Cold Souls, until the Coen brothers' 2009 dark comedy A Serious Man, in which he starred as troubled 1960s university professor Larry Gopnik. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Stuhlbarg will star in an adaptation of Andr Aciman"?s novel Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino. Filming began in May 2016 and the film is expected to be released in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1998	'	Young Hassid	Boaz Yakin
2001	'	Cohen	Tim Blake Nelson
2007	The Key to Reserva	Louis Bernard	Martin Scorsese	Short film
2008	Afterschool	Mr. Burke	Antonio Campos
	Body of Lies	Ferris' Attorney	Ridley Scott
2009	Cold Souls	Hedge Fund Consultant	Sophie Barthes
	'	Larry Gopnik	Joel & Ethan Coen	Independent Spirit Awards - Robert Altman Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Virtuoso Award Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated"?Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated"?Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated"?London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated"?San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble
2011	Hugo	Ren Tabard	Martin Scorsese
2012	Men in Black 3	Griffin	Barry Sonnenfeld
	Seven Psychopaths	Tommy	Martin McDonagh
	Lincoln	George Yeaman	Steven Spielberg
	Hitchcock	Lew Wasserman	Sacha Gervasi
2013	Blue Jasmine	Dr. Flicker	Woody Allen
2014	Cut Bank	Derby Milton	Matt Shakman
	Pawn Sacrifice	Paul Marshall	Edward Zwick
2015	Steve Jobs	Andy Hertzfeld	Danny Boyle
	Trumbo	Edward G. Robinson	Jay Roach
	Miles Ahead	Harper Hamilton	Don Cheadle
2016	Arrival	Agent Halpern	Denis Villeneuve	Post-production
	Doctor Strange	Nicodemus West	Scott Derrickson	Post-production
	Miss Sloane	Pat Connors	John Madden	Post-production
2017	Call Me by Your Name		Luca Guadagnino	Filming
	The Shape of Water		Guillermo del Toro	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Marcel Costas	Episode: "Slither"
2006-2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Jerry	2 episodes
2006-2010	'	Various Characters	4 episodes
2008	Law & Order	Timothy Pace	Episode: "Bogeyman"
2009	Ugly Betty	Heinrich	1 episode
2010-2013	Boardwalk Empire	Arnold Rothstein	32 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2010, 2011)
2015	Transparent	Haim	Episode: "Grey Green Brown & Copper"