Stanley Tucci

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Stanley Tucci
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January 11, 1960 in Peekskill, NY
Biography:Like many another contemporary movie and TV favorite, "Stanley Tucci" is a graduate of the drama department at SUNY-Purchase. Tucci made his film bow in 1985's "Prizzi's Honor", after which he specialized in playing lowlifes and scuzzbags, despite his offscreen credentials as a loyal friend and loving family man. Some of his more memorable appearances were as Rick Pinzolo in TV's "Wiseguy" (1987-1989), a minor-league thug named Vernon in "Beethoven" (1992), and a Middle-Eastern assassin in "The Pelican Brief" (1993). Tucci acquired a fan following of sorts for his slimy year-long role of Richard Cross on the weekly TV series "Murder One" (1995).

In 1996, Tucci broke loose from his established screen persona by playing an ambitious Italian-American restaurateur in "Big Night", the most delightfully "gastronomic" film since "Like Water for Chocolate". The art-house favorite was a sheer labor of love... Full Biography

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Stanley Tucci, left, and Edie Falco attend the opening night of "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de...
Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada"
Hilary Swank as Beck, Bruce Greenwood as Commander Richard Iverson and (background, right) Stanley...
Richard Jenkins as General Purcell, Tcheky Karyo as Serge, Stanley Tucci as Zimsky, Aaron Eckhart as...
Hilary Swank as Beck, Aaron Eckhart as Josh, Delroy Lindo as Brazzelton, Stanley Tucci as Zimsky,...
Delroy Lindo as Brazzelton, Tcheky Karyo as Serge, Aaron Eckhart as Josh, Hilary Swank as Beck,...
Stanley Tucci and Tom Hanks in "The Terminal"
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