Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan
Born (1982-08-13) 13 August 1982
Constanța, Romania
Nationality Romanian American
Alma mater Rutgers University
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003–present
Home town Rockland County, New York, U.S.

Sebastian Stan (born 13 August 1982) is a Romanian American[1] actor. On television, he has played Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl, Prince Jack Benjamin in Kings, Jefferson in Once Upon a Time, and T.J. Hammond in Political Animals. The latter earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

Stan gained wide recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and later also in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018) and in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In 2015, he co-starred in Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama Ricki and the Flash and Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian. Two years later, he portrayed Jeff Gillooly in the biopic I, Tonya.

Early life

Stan was born in Constanța, Romania. He has stated that his parents divorced when he was two years old. At the age of eight, Stan and his mother, Georgeta Orlovschi, moved to Vienna, Austria, following the Romanian Revolution,[2] where Georgeta was employed as a pianist. Four years later, they moved to Rockland County, New York, after his mother married Anthony Fruhauf, the headmaster of Rockland Country Day School, where Stan was educated.[3]

During Stan's years at the Rockland school, he starred in productions including Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors, Over Here!, and West Side Story. He also attended the Stagedoor Manor summer camp where he was cast in many camp productions. It was then that he decided to take acting seriously and began to apply for acting programs at several universities. He was accepted to and attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, which also gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. Stan became a United States citizen in 2002.[1]

Career

After several film and television roles, including The Covenant and Gossip Girl, Stan landed a lead role in the 2009 series Kings as Jack Benjamin. In 2010, he appeared in Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller, Black Swan.[4] Stan also began filming the supernatural horror film The Apparition in February that year;[5] the film was released on 24 August 2012. Stan played Blaine, the main antagonist of Hot Tub Time Machine in March 2010. In July 2011, he portrayed Bucky Barnes in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, based on the Marvel Comics character. Although it was his first film in the franchise, it was not part of his nine-picture contract he has with Marvel Studios.[6]

Stan at an event for The Martian in 2015

In 2012, he starred in the thriller Gone and began a recurring role in Once Upon a Time as the Mad Hatter. The A.V. Club described his work in "Hat Trick", his premiere episode, as "excellent" and placed the episode in their list of the 30 best episodes of 2012 from series which did not make their top list.[7] It was initially reported the role would be recast for the spin-off series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, due to Stan's commitment to the Marvel Cinematic Universe,[8] but Edward Kitsis later revealed the next month that due to fan backlash and respect for Stan's performance, the character would not be recast and the series would proceed without the character.[9]

The same year, he also appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals as the troubled gay son of the former First Lady,[10] for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. In 2013, Stan played Hal Carter in the Roundabout Theater Company's production of William Inge's Picnic, at the American Airlines Theater in New York.[11] In 2014, Stan reprised his role as Bucky Barnes in the first film of his nine-movie contract, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[12] In 2015, he played Joshua Brummel in Ricki and the Flash, and co-starred in The Martian as NASA scientist Dr. Chris Beck.[13] Stan then reprised his role as the Winter Soldier in the third Captain America film, Captain America: Civil War in 2016.

In 2017, Stan co-starred as a NASCAR driver, Dayton White, in Steven Soderbergh's comedy Logan Lucky,[14] portrayed Jeff Gillooly, alongside Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, in Craig Gillespie's biopic I, Tonya (2017), based on the figure skating rivalry between Harding and Nancy Kerrigan,[15] and also starred with J. K. Simmons in the drama I'm Not Here.[16]

Stan reprised his Winter Soldier role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and its upcoming, untitled sequel, set for 2019.[17] He then appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in the thriller film Destroyer.[18] Stan will portray Charles Blackwood in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name,[19] and will star as protagonist Scott Huffman in the Vietnam War drama film The Last Full Measure.[20]

Personal life

In early 2008, Stan and Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester were reported to be in a relationship.[21] Meester and Stan were reported to have broken up in 2010.[22] In summer 2012, Stan and actress Jennifer Morrison met on the set of Once Upon a Time and dated for a year, breaking up in mid-2013.[23] In 2014, Stan reportedly began dating actress Margarita Levieva, his co-star in the 2009 film Spread.[24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance Kid in Subway
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Johnny Nunzio
2005 Red Doors Simon
2006 The Architect Martin Waters
2006 The Covenant Chase Collins
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Leo Reilly
2008 Rachel Getting Married Walter
2009 Spread Harry
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Blaine
2010 Black Swan Andrew / Suitor
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Bucky Barnes
2012 Gone Billy
2012 The Apparition Ben Curtis
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Chris Evans)
2015 The Bronze Lance Tucker
2015 Ant-Man Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Uncredited cameo[25]
2015 Ricki and the Flash Joshua Brummel
2015 The Martian Dr. Chris Beck
2016 Captain America: Civil War Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Nominated – Kids' Choice Award for #SQUAD
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry
2017 Logan Lucky Dayton White
2017 I, Tonya Jeff Gillooly Hollywood Film Award for Ensemble of the Year
Nominated – Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated – Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2017 I'm Not Here James Harrison
2018 Black Panther Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Uncredited cameo[26]
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
2018 Destroyer Det. Chris
2018 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Charles Blackwood
2019 The Last Full Measure Scott Huffman Post-production
2019 Untitled Avengers film Bucky Barnes / White Wolf Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Law & Order Justin Capshaw Episode: "Sheltered"
2007–10 Gossip Girl Carter Baizen 11 episodes
2009 Kings Jack Benjamin 13 episodes
2012 Once Upon a Time Jefferson / The Mad Hatter 6 episodes
2012 Political Animals T.J. Hammond Miniseries; 6 episodes
Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
Nominated – Gold Derby Award for TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor
Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
2012 Labyrinth Will Franklyn Miniseries; 2 episodes
2017 I'm Dying Up Here Clay Appuzzo Episode: "Pilot"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Captain America: Super Soldier Bucky Barnes Voice

Music videos

Year Title Role Artist
2008 "Wake Up Call" Boyfriend Hayden Panettiere

References

  1. 1 2 Gans, Andrew (December 28, 2006). "Pedi, Stan and Rosenblat Join Broadway's Talk Radio Cast". Playbill. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sebastian Stan talking for Romanian television ProTV (with English subtitle)". Pro TV. YouTube. December 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Amy (July 26, 2011). "Interview with Sebastian Stan". Box Office. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ Barton, Steve (December 4, 2009). "Aronofsky's Black Swan Cast Expands by One". Dread Central.
  5. ↑ "Two More Catch a Glimpse of Dark Castle's 'Apparition'!". Bloody Disgusting. January 5, 2010.
  6. ↑ Hall, Jacob (April 15, 2015). "The Current Status Of Marvel Movie Stars' Contracts". Screen Crush.
  7. ↑ "Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn't make the cut, part one". The A.V. Club. December 27, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Ng, Philiana (February 22, 2013). "ABC Eyeing Potential 'Once Upon a Time' Spinoff, Recasting Mad Hatter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  9. ↑ Jeffery, Morgan (March 4, 2013). "'Once Upon a Time' exec: 'No plans to recast The Mad Hatter'". Digital Spy. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  10. ↑ Rose, Lacey (March 15, 2012). "'Gossip Girl's' Sebastian Stan Joins USA's 'Political Animals'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  11. ↑ Brantley, Ben (January 14, 2013). "THEATER REVIEW; 'Picnic' at American Airline Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  12. ↑ Graser, Marc (July 16, 2012). "Mackie mulls Falcon in 'Captain America'". Variety. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  13. ↑ Fleming, Jr., Mike (October 24, 2014). "Sebastian Stan Joins 'The Martian' And 'Ricki And The Flash'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 31, 2016). "'Captain America's' Sebastian Stan Joins Steven Soderbergh's 'Logan Lucky' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  15. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (December 13, 2016). "Sebastian Stan To Play Jeff Gillooly In 'I, Tonya'". Deadline Hollywood.
  16. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (May 6, 2016). "J. K. Simmons stars in 'I'm Not Here'". Screen Daily.
  17. ↑ Strom, Marc (October 28, 2014). "Marvel Pits Captain America & Iron Man in a Cinematic Civil War". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  18. ↑ Lee, Ashley (November 15, 2017). "Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan Join Nicole Kidman in Thriller 'Destroyer'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  19. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 9, 2016). "'Captain America' Actor Sebastian Stan to Star in Thriller 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ McNary, Dave (March 8, 2017). "Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan Join Political Drama 'The Last Full Measure'". Variety.
  21. ↑ PEOPLE STAFF (July 31, 2009). "How Leighton Meester's Boyfriend Handles Her Kissing Scenes". PEOPLE.
  22. ↑ STAFF of Us Weekly (April 9, 2014). "Source: Leighton Meester "Still Friends" With Ex Despite Split". Us Weekly.
  23. ↑ Monde, Chiderah (November 3, 2013). "'Once Upon A Time' stars Jennifer Morrison, Sebastian Stan split: 'Once Upon A Time' actors 'grew apart' after real-life year long romance". NY Daily News.
  24. ↑ Marquina, Sierra (July 31, 2014). "Sebastian Stan and Margarita Levieva Are Dating!". Us Weekly. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  25. ↑ Robinson, Joanna (July 19, 2015). "Everything You Need to Know About Those Ant-Man End-of-Credits Scenes". Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  26. ↑ Dockterman, Elena (February 16, 2018). "What the Black Panther End-Credit Scenes Mean for the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe". Time. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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