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Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1982) is a Romanian-born American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, beginning with the film (2011), and serving as a lead actor in the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and the film Thunderbolts* (2025).
On television, Stan played Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl (2007–2010) and the Mad Hatter in Once Upon a Time (2012), and starred 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 and a Golden Globe Award. On Broadway, Stan has appeared in the Eric Bogosian play Talk Radio (2007) and starred in the William Inge play Picnic (2013).
On film, Stan had a supporting role in The Martian (2015), and starred in I, Tonya (2017) and Fresh (2022). For his performance in A Different Man (2024), he won a Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice (2024), Stan earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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 applying to acting programs at several universities. He attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, which enabled him 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.
In 2012, Stan starred in the thriller Gone and the supernatural horror film The Apparition; he also began a recurring role in the TV series Once Upon a Time as the Mad Hatter. A review by The A.V. Club described his work in "Hat Trick", his premiere episode in that series, 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, in response to fan backlash and out of respect for Stan's performance, the character would not be recast and the series would instead proceed without the character. The same year, he also appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals as the troubled gay son of a former First Lady, which earned him a nomination 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 2018, Stan again portrayed Winter Soldier in both Black Panther (as an uncredited cameo), and . He then appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in the thriller film Destroyer (2018). Stan portrayed Charles Blackwood in We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a film adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel of the same name. Stan's first film of 2019 was , released in April, in which he reprised his role as Winter Soldier. His second film that year, Endings, Beginnings, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Stan starred as protagonist Scott Huffman in the Vietnam War film drama, The Last Full Measure (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 southern gothic crime drama film The Devil All the Time, which premiered on Netflix in 2020. In April 2019, Disney confirmed that they would be releasing 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 the spy thriller, The 355 (released in 2022).
In 2023, Stan starred alongside Julianne Moore in Apple TV+ and A24's thriller, Sharper. The following year, 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. For both roles, he received simultaneous Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, respectively. He won for A Different Man. For The Apprentice he was nominated for the Academy and BAFTA Award for Best Actor. In June 2025, Stan was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Stan reprised the role of Bucky Barnes twice in 2025, in and Thunderbolts*. He will also play the character in . By January 2026, he was cast as Two-Face in (2027). – via
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| Black Swan | Andrew / Suitor | ||
| Ben Curtis | |||
| Lance Tucker | |||
| Ricki and the Flash | Joshua Brummel | ||
| Dr. Chris Beck | |||
| I, Tonya | Jeff Gillooly | ||
| I'm Not Here | Steve | ||
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Charles Blackwood | ||
| Black Panther | James "Bucky" Barnes / White Wolf | Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene | |
| Endings, Beginnings | Frank | ||
| Scott Huffman | |||
| Monday | Mickey | ||
| Fresh | Steve | ||
| Ghosted | God | ||
| Dumb Money | Vlad Tenev | ||
| The Apprentice | Donald Trump | ||
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| Political Animals | T.J. Hammond | Main role; 6 episodes |
| Labyrinth | Will Franklyn | Main role; 2 episodes |
| Himself | Episode: "The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" | |
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