Stanley Tucci

Tucci was born in Peekskill, NY and raised in nearby Katonah. He graduated from the theatre program at SUNY Purchase in 1982, and by that fall was making his Broadway debut in The Queen and the Rebels. Throughout the 1980s he appeared in numerous other Broadway shows. Tucci made his film debut with a small role in John Huston’s Prizzi’s Honor in 1985. His many other film appearances include George Romero’s Monkey Shines, Robert Benton’s Billy Bathgate, Alan J. Pakula’s The Pelican Brief, Andrew Bergman’s It Could Happen to You, Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Barbet Schroeder’s Kiss of Death, Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry, Joe Roth’s America’s Sweethearts, Wayne Wang’s Maid in Manhattan, Steven Spielberg’s The Terminal, Barry Sonnenfeld’s Big Trouble, Sam Mendes’s Road to Perdition, David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada, and Barry Levinson’s What Just Happened.

Tucci has also made his mark as a producer, writer and director with such films as Big Night, The Impostors, Joe Gould’s Secret, and Blind Date.