Sebastian Stan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sebastian Stan
Stan at the 2024 Berlinale
Born	(1982-08-13) August 13, 1982 (age 42) Constanța, Socialist Republic of Romania
Citizenship	Romania United States
Education	Rutgers University, New Brunswick (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1982) is a Romanian and American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise beginning with the film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and including the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).

On television, Stan played Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl (2007–2010) and the Mad Hatter in Once Upon a Time (2012), and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for his performance in the miniseries Political Animals (2012). In 2022, he received critical acclaim for playing Tommy Lee in the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy earning nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award.

In film, Stan had supporting roles in Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama Ricki and the Flash, Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian (both 2015), and Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy Logan Lucky (2017). He has since starred in the biopic I, Tonya (2017) and the thriller Fresh (2022). In 2024, he won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for playing a man with neurofibromatosis in A Different Man, and portrayed a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

Early life

Stan was born in Constanța, Romanian SR. He was named by his pianist mother after the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. His parents divorced when he was two years old. When he was eight, he and his mother, Georgeta Orlovschi, moved to Vienna, Austria, where she was employed as a pianist, following the Revolutions of 1989. Four years later, they moved to Rockland County, New York, after his mother married the headmaster of a school in the United States. He was raised in the Romanian Orthodox Church.

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 attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, which gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. He graduated from Rutgers in 2005. Stan became a United States citizen in 2002.

Career

Stan at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

After an appearance in the 1994 film 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, Stan's career began in earnest in 2003 with a role on Law & Order. This was followed by several film appearances, including Tony n' Tina's Wedding, The Architect, and The Covenant, before he earned a recurring role on Gossip Girl as Carter Baizen, beginning in 2007. Stan performed a lead role in the 2009 series Kings as Jack Benjamin. In 2010, he appeared in Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller Black Swan and in the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine as antagonist Blaine. In 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), it was not part of the nine-picture contract he has with Marvel Studios. Stan later said that about a month after the film was released, he struggled with paying rent.

In 2012, Stan starred in the thriller Gone, the supernatural horror film The Apparition, 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 the series that did not make their top list. 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 MCU, but Edward Kitsis revealed 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. The same year, he also appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals as the troubled gay son of the former First Lady, 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.

In 2014, Stan reprised his role as Bucky Barnes, now called Winter Soldier, in the first film of his nine-film contract, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In 2015, he played Joshua Brummel in Ricki and the Flash, and co-starred in The Martian as NASA scientist Dr. Chris Beck and The Bronze as Lance Tucker. Stan reprised his role as the Winter Soldier in 2015's Ant-Man, by making a cameo appearance, and Captain America: Civil War in 2016. In 2017, Stan co-starred as NASCAR driver Dayton White in Steven Soderbergh's caper comedy Logan Lucky, portrayed Jeff Gillooly in Craig Gillespie's biopic I, Tonya, and starred in the drama I'm Not Here.

Stan at the premiere of I, Tonya in 2017

In 2018, Stan again portrayed Winter Soldier in both Black Panther, as an uncredited cameo, and in Avengers: Infinity War. He then appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in the thriller film Destroyer. Stan portrayed Charles Blackwood in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name. Stan's first film of 2019 was Avengers: Endgame, released in April, for which he reprised his role as Winter Soldier. His second film of the year, Endings, Beginnings, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Stan starred as protagonist Scott Huffman in the Vietnam War drama film The Last Full Measure, which was released in January 2020. In addition, Stan appeared in Monday and The Chain. In February 2019, he replaced his MCU co-star Chris Evans in the drama film The Devil All the Time, which premiered on Netflix in 2020. In April 2019, Disney confirmed a Marvel television series starring Stan and Anthony Mackie, called The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which began airing on Disney+ on March 19, 2021, and ran through April 23, 2021. In May 2019, Stan joined the cast of spy thriller The 355, which was released in 2022. Stan starred next as Tommy Lee in Hulu's biographical miniseries Pam & Tommy, for which received nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and in the thriller film Fresh, for which received nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

In 2023, Stan starred alongside Julianne Moore in Apple TV+ and A24's thriller Sharper. In 2024, Stan played Donald Trump in the biographical drama The Apprentice.

Philanthropy

Stan is a supporter of many charitable organizations, including Our Big Day Out, a nonprofit based in Romania that helps provide children with a higher quality of life. In February 2018, he thanked fans on behalf of the organization for participating in fundraising and awareness on Instagram.

He is also associated with the Ronald McDonald House. In 2020, he attended the charity's first Virtual Gala with his Marvel co-star Anthony Mackie. Other charities supported by Stan include Dramatic Need and Save the Children.

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	Architect, TheThe Architect	Martin Waters
	Covenant, TheThe Covenant	Chase Collins
2007	Education of Charlie Banks, TheThe Education of Charlie Banks	Leo Reilly
2008	Rachel Getting Married	Walter
2009	Spread	Harry
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Blaine
	Black Swan	Andrew / Suitor
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Bucky Barnes
2012	Gone	Billy
	Apparition, TheThe Apparition	Ben Curtis
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
2015	Ant-Man		Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
	Bronze, TheThe Bronze	Lance Tucker
	Ricki and the Flash	Joshua Brummel
	Martian, TheThe Martian	Dr. Chris Beck
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
2017	Logan Lucky	Dayton White
	I, Tonya	Jeff Gillooly
	I'm Not Here	Steve
2018	Destroyer	Det. Chris
	We Have Always Lived in the Castle	Charles Blackwood
	Black Panther	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier	Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
	Avengers: Infinity War
2019	Avengers: Endgame
	Endings, Beginnings	Frank
	Last Full Measure, TheThe Last Full Measure	Scott Huffman
2020	Devil All the Time, TheThe Devil All the Time	Lee Bodecker
	Monday	Mickey
2022	355, TheThe 355	Nick Fowler
	Fresh	Steve
2023	Sharper	Max
	Ghosted	God
	Dumb Money	Vlad Tenev
2024	A Different Man	Edward Lemuel / Guy Moratz	Also executive producer
	The Apprentice	Donald Trump
2025	Thunderbolts*	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier	Post-production

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Theatre

Video games

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Sebastian Stan para niños