Michael Stuhlbarg
Biography
Michael Stuhlbarg is an American actor who trained at the Juilliard School and began onstage, making his Broadway debut in a 1993 revival of Saint Joan. He won a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award and earned Tony nominations for The Pillowman (2005) and Patriots (2024). He rose to prominence as a troubled university professor in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man (2009), and has often played real life figures, including in Lincoln (2012), Hitchcock (2012), Steve Jobs (2015), Trumbo (2015), and Shirley (2020). His other films include Hugo (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Arrival (2016), Call Me by Your Name (2017), The Shape of Water (2017), and Bones and All (2022). He also appeared as Nicodemus West in Doctor Strange (2016), then returned for its 2022 sequel. On television, he was Arnold Rothstein in Boardwalk Empire and earned Emmy nominations for The Looming Tower and Dopesick.
58years old
Turns 59 on July 5in 266 days
- Born Long Beach
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Michael S. Stuhlbarg and Michael Stewart Stuhlbarg
Movie Career
- Films
- 30
- Career span
- 28 years1998 to 2026
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Early training
Stuhlbarg was part of the Drama Division's Group 21 at the Juilliard School in New York City from 1988 to 1992. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree there in 1992.
Languages
In Guillermo del Toro's fantasy drama The Shape of Water, Stuhlbarg played Dr. Robert Hoffstetler, a Soviet spy, and had to speak Russian for the part.
A first
Stuhlbarg appeared in Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water, and The Post. That made him the sixth actor with parts in three films up for the Academy Award for Best Picture in one year.
Michael Stuhlbarg movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Luca Guadagnino directed four of these films. Eighteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Luca Guadagnino
Also two films together12 more actors
- Peter SarsgaardPawn Sacrifice (2015) and Blue Jasmine (2013)
- Chiwetel EjioforDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Doctor Strange (2016)
- Chloë SevignyAfter the Hunt (2025) and Bones and All (2022)
- Sally HawkinsThe Shape of Water (2017) and Blue Jasmine (2013)
- Rachel McAdamsDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Doctor Strange (2016)
- Benedict WongDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Doctor Strange (2016)
- Timothée ChalametBones and All (2022) and Call Me by Your Name (2017)
- Louis C.K.Trumbo (2015) and Blue Jasmine (2013)
- Henry StramCold Souls (2009) and The Grey Zone (2001)
- Christine DyeAfter the Hunt (2025) and Bones and All (2022)
- Gulliver McGrathLincoln (2012) and Hugo (2011)
- Burgess ByrdAfter the Hunt (2025) and Bones and All (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Stuhlbarg's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.7 billion
27 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 27 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only.
- 27Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 89% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$956M26.0% of the total
- 2$676M18.4% of the total
- 3$654M17.8% of the total
- 4$275M7.5% of the total
- 5$203M5.5% of the total
- 6$195M5.3% of the total
- 7$186M5.1% of the total
- 8$113M3.1% of the total
$419 millionfrom the other 19 films with a worldwide figure, 11% of the total
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