Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2013–2016), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, and Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on the FX horror drama series The Strain (2014–2017). From 2020 to 2023, he portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to protagonist Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions. He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011).
Corey Stoll | |
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 Stoll in 2015 | |
| Born | Corey Daniel Stoll March 14, 1976 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Oberlin College (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse | Nadia Bowers |
| Children | 1 |
Stoll played Darren Cross / Yellowjacket / M.O.D.O.K. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). For his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. His other notable films include Black Mass (2015), First Man (2018), The Seagull (2018), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), and West Side Story (2021). He acted off-Broadway in Intimate Apparel (2004) and on Broadway in Appropriate (2023).
Early life and education
editCorey Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough,[2] the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded The Beacon School. Stoll was raised Jewish.[3][4] He studied drama at Long Lake Camp for the Arts from 1988 to 1992, and is a drama graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1998 and enrolled in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2003.[5]
Career
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Stoll made his Broadway debut as a member of the ensemble in the 2003 revival of William Shakespeare's Henry IV at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The following year Stoll received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Intimate Apparel (2004), opposite Tony winner and Oscar winner Viola Davis. Stoll returned to Broadway in John Van Druten in Old Acquaintances (2007) and went on to appear in several films, including North Country (2005), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), the television film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), and Push (2009). In 2010, he appeared in drama film Helena from the Wedding and the action thriller Salt. Stoll portrayed Marco in the 2010 Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play A View from the Bridge acting opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson.
Stoll starred as LAPD Detective Tomas Jaruszalski on the NBC police drama Law & Order: LA. He played Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen's romantic comedy film Midnight in Paris (2011) for which he earned acclaim as well as a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Stoll, who is mostly bald, wore a custom wig for the role.[6] In 2013, Stoll received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the Netflix series House of Cards.[7] He then joined the FX horror television series The Strain, which is based on a series of novels written by Chuck Hogan and film director Guillermo del Toro.[8]
In 2014, Stoll also played Austin Reilly, an NYPD police officer, in the action film Non-Stop, and Paul Altman in the comedy-drama This Is Where I Leave You. In 2015, he played Ben Day in the film Dark Places, based on the novel by Gillian Flynn,[9] and had a major role as the villain in the superhero film Ant-Man, playing Darren Cross, later reimagined as the supervillain Yellowjacket.[10] The following year, he reunited with Woody Allen, playing gangster Ben Dorfman in his 2016 film Café Society. Also in the summer of 2016, he played the wily Greek warrior Ulysses in the Public Theater production of Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, in Central Park.[11]
In January 2019, it was announced that Stoll would recur in the Netflix drama series Ratched.[12] Since 2020, he has portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions.[13] In 2023 he returned to Broadway in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Appropriate acting opposite Sarah Paulson, Natalie Gold and Elle Fanning. For his performance he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.[14]
Personal life
editStoll became engaged to his girlfriend Nadia Bowers, an actress, in October 2014.[15] They were married on June 21, 2015.[16] They had their first child in October 2015.[17]
Acting credits
editFilm
edit| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sex Shop Clerk | Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" |
| Charmed | Demon | Episode: "Witchness Protection" | |
| NYPD Blue | Martin Schweiss | Episode: "The Dead Donald" | |
| 2005 | Alias | Sasha Korjev | Episode: "The Road Home" |
| Numb3rs | Agent Reacher | Episode: "Sacrifice" | |
| ER | Teddy Marsh | Episode: "Cañon City" | |
| CSI: Miami | Craig Seaborn | Episode: "Three-Way" | |
| 2006 | Law & Order | Gerald Ruane | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
| A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Joey Marino | Television film | |
| Without a Trace | Steve Goodman | Episode: "Candy" | |
| The Unit | Intel Type (Bobby Carrol) | Episode: "Old Home Week" | |
| Standoff | Dr. Wayne | Episode: "Life Support" | |
| The Nine | Alex Kent | 2 episodes | |
| 2006–2007 | NCIS | Martin Quinn | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | Det. Ventura / Russell | Episode: "Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster" |
| The Unusuals | Lewis Powell | Episode: "The Circle Line" | |
| The Good Wife | Collin Grant | Episode: "Stripped" | |
| 2010–2011 | Law & Order: LA | Det. Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski | 22 episodes |
| 2012 | Christine | Max | 2 episodes |
| 2013, 2016 | House of Cards | Rep. Peter Russo | 12 episodes |
| 2014 | The Normal Heart | John Bruno | Television film |
| Homeland | Sandy Bachman | Episode: "The Drone Queen" | |
| 2014–2017 | The Strain | Dr. Ephraim Goodweather | 45 episodes |
| American Dad! | Vincent Edmonds, Nicholas Dawson, Carnival Barker | Voice; 4 episodes | |
| 2015 | WHIH Newsfront | Darren Cross | Episode: "WIRED Insider Interviews Darren Cross, CEO of Pym Technologies" |
| 2016–2017 | Girls | Dill Harcourt | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | A Season with Navy Football | Narrator | 13 episodes |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Michael Romanoff | Episode: "The Royal We" |
| 2018–2020 | American Experience | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Deuce | Hank Jaffe | 7 episodes |
| 2020 | Ratched | Charles Wainwright | 3 episodes |
| Baghdad Central | Captain John Perodi | 6 episodes | |
| 2020–2023 | Billions | Michael Prince | Recurring (season 5); Main cast (season 6–7)[19] |
| 2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Peter | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Pantheon | Jake, News Anchor (voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Transatlantic | Graham Patterson | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 2024 | Twilight of the Gods | Hrafnkel (voice) | Episode: You Will Gladden His Ravens |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Henry IV | Ensemble | Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway | [20] |
| 2004 | Intimate Apparel | Mr. Marks | Laura Pels Theatre | [21] |
| 2007 | Old Acquaintance | Rudd Kendall | American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | [22] |
| 2008 | Some Americans Abroad | Philip Brown | Second Stage Theatre | |
| Beast | Banquo / Seyton | New York Theatre Workshop | ||
| 2010 | A View from the Bridge | Marco | Cort Theatre, Broadway | [23] |
| 2016 | Troilus and Cressida | Ulysses | Shakespeare in the Park | [24] |
| Plenty | Raymond Brock | The Public Theater | [25] | |
| 2017 | Julius Caesar | Marcus Brutus | Shakespeare in the Park | [26] |
| 2018 | Othello | Iago | Shakespeare in the Park | [27] |
| 2019 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Classic Stage Company | [28] |
| 2023 | Appropriate | Bo Lafayette | Hayes Theatre, Belasco Theatre, Broadway |
[29] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Intimate Apparel | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Male | Midnight in Paris | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Golden Globe Award | Best Supporting Actor - Television | House of Cards | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
| Satellite Award | Best Supporting Actor - Television | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Joe A. Callaway Award | Troilus and Cressida | Won | ||
| 2024 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Appropriate | Nominated | |
References
edit- ^ "Birthdays". The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. March 14, 2015. p. A2.
Actor Corey Stoll is 39.
- ^ VanAirsdale, S.T. (September 26, 2011). "Corey Stoll on Midnight in Paris, Being Ernest Hemingway and the Audition of a Lifetime". Movieline.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Schulman, Michael (August 1, 2016). "From Hemingway to Shakespeare". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
That scene-stealing part kicked off a prolific run for the forty-year-old character actor...
- ^ "How Corey Stoll Manned Up for Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'". Reuters. August 26, 2011.
- ^ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- ^ "Frame Grab: Who is that guy who plays Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'? - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
- ^ Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes (December 12, 2013). "'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' Top 2014 Golden Globe Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2013). "Corey Stoll To Topline FX's 'The Strain', From Guillermo Del Toro & Carlton Cuse". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2013). "Dark Places". DC. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Collis, Clark (January 18, 2015). "Corey Stoll talks about playing 'Ant-Man' villain Yellowjacket". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Playbill, July/August 2016
- ^ Denise Petski (January 14, 2019). "'Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ Crucchiola, Jordan (November 5, 2019). "Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll Join Billions, That Other Rich People Show". Vulture. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Tony Award Nominations: 'Hell's Kitchen', 'Stereophonic' Lead With 13". Deadline Hollywood. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ Boardman, Madeline (October 5, 2014). "Homeland Star Corey Stoll Engaged to Girlfriend Nadia Bowers". US Weekly.
- ^ "Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers are Married – and Expecting a Baby Boy!". People.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ "Corey Stoll, Wife Nadia Bowers Welcome First Child: See the Family Pic". Usmagazine.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ https://twitter.com/dcuworld/status/1763193205124686159 [bare URL]
- ^ Pedersen, Erik (November 5, 2019). "'Billions': Julianna Margulies & Corey Stoll Join Season 5 Cast Of Showtime Drama". Deadline.
- ^ "Henry IV (Broadway, 2003)". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Intimate Apparel review". Variety. April 12, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Old Acquaintance (Broadway, 2007)". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "A View from the Bridge (Broadway, 2010)". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "'Troilus and Cressida': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. August 9, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Plenty, with Rachel Weisz, Opens Tonight". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "See Elizabeth Marvel and Corey Stoll Take the Stage in Trump-Inspired Julius Caesar in Central Park". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "'Othello' Review: Chukwudi Iwuji, Corey Stoll & No Gimmicks In Central Park". Deadline Hollywood. June 19, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers to Star in CSC's Macbeth". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Appropriate (Broadway, 2024)". Playbill. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
External links
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- Corey Stoll at IMDb
- Corey Stoll at the Internet Broadway Database
