Stanley Tucci is an Academy Award®-nominated actor known for his versatility as an actor, writer, director and producer. Acclaimed for his work in all mediums, Tucci has appeared in over 100 films, countless television shows and more than a dozen plays both on and Off Broadway. He was nominated for an Oscar®, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG Award and Critics’ Choice Award for his performance in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Tucci also won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his starring role as fast-talking tabloid tattler Walter Winchell in Paul Mazursky’s telefilm 'Winchell.' He received another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Lt. Colonel Adolf Eichmann in HBO’s 'Conspiracy.'
More recently Tucci headlined the second season of the critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning travel and food series 'Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,' in which he travels the country to discover the delights of its regional cuisines. Tucci can also be seen opposite Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the Amazon Prime miniseries 'Citadel,' an action-packed spy thriller.
Up next for the busy actor is the new Russo brothers’ sci-fi adventure The Electric State, an adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag. Set in a retro-futuristic past, the film concerns an orphaned teenager who traverses the American West in search of her younger brother, accompanied by a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter.
With so many accolades for his performances, it is no surprise that Tucci’s work as a writer, producer and director is also widely celebrated. Big Night, his first pursuit as co-director, co-screenwriter and actor on the same film, earned him numerous honors including The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking by the National Board of Review, an Independent Spirit Award, The Jury Special Prize at the 1996 Deauville Film Festival and honors from The New York Film Critics Circle and The Boston Society of Film Critics.
Following this success, Tucci directed and co-starred as famed New Yorker staff writer Joseph Mitchell in Joe Gould’s Secret, opposite Ian Holm; executive produced Behind the Sun, starring Rodrigo Santoro; co-wrote, directed and starred in Blind Date (a remake of the 1996 Theo Van Gogh film); and produced Ivan Kavanagh’s horror film The Canal.
Tucci played recurring characters in both the blockbuster Transformers and Hunger Games film franchises. His additional film credits in front of the camera include I Wanna Dance With Somebody, The King’s Man, Jolt, The Witches, Supernova, Worth, The Silence, A Private War, Patient Zero, Show Dogs, Submission, The Children Act, Beauty and the Beast, Spotlight, Wild Card, A Little Chaos, Muppets Most Wanted, The Fifth Estate, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Some Velvet Morning, Jack the Giant Slayer, Captain America: The First Avenger, Margin Call, Burlesque, Easy A, Julie & Julia, The Tale of Despereaux, Swing Vote, The Devil Wears Prada, Shall We Dance, The Terminal, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Spin, Maid in Manhattan, Road to Perdition, Big Trouble, America’s Sweethearts, Sidewalks of New York, Deconstructing Harry, The Daytrippers, A Life Less Ordinary, Kiss of Death, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, It Could Happen to You, The Pelican Brief, Prelude to a Kiss, In the Soup and Billy Bathgate.
Tucci won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for 'Monk' and received Emmy nominations for roles on 'Murder One' and 'ER.' He also played Captain Hook in ITV’s two-hour drama 'Peter & Wendy,' alongside Laura Fraser and Paloma Faith. Tucci’s other work on television includes 'The Inside Man,' 'Central Park,' 'La Fortuna,' 'American Masters,' 'BoJack Horseman,' 'Limetown,' 'Feud,' 'Fortitude,' 'American Dad,' 'Robot Chicken,' '30 Rock,' 'Bull,' 'Equal Justice,' 'Thirtysomething,' 'Wiseguy,' 'The Equalizer' and 'The Street.'
Tucci made his directorial debut on Broadway with a revival of Ken Ludwig’s 'Lend Me a Tenor,' starring Tony Shalhoub. The production received a Tony nomination for Best Revival of a Play. Tucci’s other theater work includes 'Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune,' 'Execution of Hope,' 'The Iceman Cometh,' 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'The Misanthrope.' He has also performed in a number of Off Broadway plays and at Yale Repertory Theater and SUNY Purchase, where he first studied acting.
The Tucci Cookbook, published in 2012, appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. His second cookbook, The Tucci Table: Cooking with Family and Friends, was released in 2014. The family-focused cookbook includes recipes from Tucci’s traditional Italian roots as well as those of his British wife, Felicity Blunt. He published his third cookbook in 2021 with Taste: My Life Through Food, an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen that was an instant New York Times bestseller.
