Stanley Tucci is a producer, screenwriter and actor. The number of his works exceeds a hundred. He has been repeatedly nominated for the most prestigious awards. Twice Tucci won the Golden Globe and three Emmy awards.
The Tucci family has three children. Each of them found a calling in cinema. Christina became an actress, and Joseph became a screenwriter.
Carier start
Stanley Tucci was born on November 11 in 1960 in Peekskill. His mother, Joanna, was a writer and secretary, and his father, Stanley Sr., taught art history in high school. Both were from Italy.
In the early seventies, the family moved to Florence and spent a year there. While studying at school, the future famous artist actively played baseball and football. However, his main hobby was the school drama club.
Together with his friend, also future actor Campbell Scott, Tucci took part in most of the performances. Young viewers accepted all the premieres with delight.
After school, the graduate entered the New York Conservatory of Performing Arts. He chose the acting department for education, which he graduated in 1982. His classmate was the later popular actor Irving Reims.
It is Tucci that he owes the modern version of his abbreviation: Wing. The start of her son's artistic career was helped by the mother of a classmate. Colleen Durhurst "knocked out" her son Campbell Scott and his friend Stanley the roles of soldiers in the Broadway play "The Queen and the Rebels." She herself played the main role in it.
Three years after his theatrical debut, Tucci tried his hand at feature films. In the comedy drama "The Honor of the Prizzi Family" he got a cameo role.
Conquest of the cinema world
After the film debut, the actor received only minor characters for a long time. In 1991 he took part in a production of the Yale Repertory Theater. He returned to the cinema again in the nineties.
It was then that his magnificent negative characters "started". Popularity for the aspiring artist brought participation in "Beethoven" in the role of Vernon, "The Pelican Affair" in the image of the killer, "Kiss of Death", "Cursed Road", "The Terminal" and "Big Night".
Stanley co-wrote the script for his last work with his brother Joseph. For the film, the actor's mother wrote a cookbook, and his sister played a small role. So the film project rightfully claims to be a family project.
The joint work was crowned with the film award "Independent Spirit" for the best first script. Tucci has been nominated for the Golden Globe three times. Twice he was awarded the prize as the best actor after working in the TV movie "The Godfather of the Air" and as a supporting performer for the war drama "Conspiracy".
2006 saw the premiere of The Devil Wears Prada, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Tucci got the image of the campy employee of the glossy edition of Nigel. In the story, he helped the main character gain recognition in the world of high fashion.
One of the most notable roles was brought by the dramatic film "Lovely Bones". In the film, Tucci was transformed into the serial killer of the girls, George Harvey. In preparation for the performance, the actor consulted with former FBI agent John Douglas.
For the supporting character, the actor was presented with the Golden Globe, he was nominated for an Oscar. Tucci won an Emmy for his participation in the series Detective Monk and Winchell. Stanley's 2010 Broadway musical Borrow a Tenor was nominated for a Tony.
Newfound happiness
In 2011, the artist became Abraham Erskine in The First Avenger. The following year, he began filming the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. The artist transformed into Caesar Flickerman.
His character also appeared in subsequent seasons of the thriller. The final of the film took place on the cinema screens in 2015. 2017 was the year of several works.
The famous performer took part in the musical "Beauty and the Beast", the fantastic action movie "Transformers: The Last Knight", frames "Submission" and "Law on Children".
In the musical, it was for Tucci that a new role was created. It was transformed into a "live" piano.
Stanley's first wife Kate was a social worker. Before meeting her future husband, she had already been married to actor Alexander Scott. Young people got married in 1995.
The family has three children. The twins Isabelle and Nicolo were born in 2002, and Camilla two years later. Two more grew up after a previous marriage. The woman died in 2009 from cancer.
For two years, the actor mourned the loss. However, after the Cloud, he became engaged to a literary agent from Britain, Felicity Blunt. His chosen one has a star relative. Felicity's sibling, Emily Blunt, co-starred with Stanley on The Devil Wears Prada.
The couple officially married on September 29, 2012 at the Middle Temple Hall in the British capital. The couple live in London with their four-year-old son Matteo Oliver and daughter Emilia Giovanna.
The youngest child was born to the husband and wife in April 2018.
Life in real time
By 2019, the performer has become the father of five children. He has successfully acted as a screenwriter, producer and director.
Tucci was repeatedly nominated for the most prestigious film awards and left the ceremony five times with the coveted statuettes.
Recently, several films with his participation are being prepared for premiere screenings. These include The Shining One, Limetown, and The Man Who Saved Paris.
Tucci is passionate about the culinary arts. He is a co-owner of a restaurant and has written and published a cookbook.
Stanley is actively involved in charitable activities, takes part in actions to help refugees. In social networks, the actor is not active.
His Instagram is rarely updated with new images. But fans constantly mark his profile, browse publications and comment on photos.
They are interested in both the growth of the idol and his weight. Tucci's appearance is often compared to Mark Strong, a performer of Italian descent. Both have a strong-willed chin, Both have a piercing gaze. Both perfectly cope with the role of villains and good people.
