Stanley tucci jr He was born on November 11, 1960 in the city of Peekskill, located within the state of New York in the United States of America.
His family, of Italian descent, is made up of his mother Joan Tropiano, a retired secretary and acting writer, her father Stanley tucci, who is still a high school art teacher and his sister, the actress Christine tucci.
Since he was a child, he had been a huge sports fan, so when he entered high school, he immediately signed up for the basketball team. Towards the end of his course he won the state championship.
After graduating from the John Jay High School In 1982, he decided to enroll in the State University of New York, in which he studied drama and acting. Thus, once received, he was ready to go out and seek his fortune on the street Broadway.
After having done some plays, he made his acting debut in the black comedy “Prizzi’s Honor”(The honor of Prizzi). In it, he only played a minimal role, but had the opportunity to meet Jack Nicholson already Anjelica huston, who starred in the film.
After this, he was called to participate in the television series “Crime story”(Crime stories), in which he became famous for two years alongside the detective played by Dennis Farina.
In 1987, he was a cast member of “Who’s that girl”(Who is that girl?), One of the first films of Madonna. Subsequently, that same year, he joined the stable cast of “Miami Vice”(Miami Vices) until its airtime ended.
Later, his name became more famous for being one of the recurring characters in many series, such as “Thirtysomething”(Treintayalgo) and also“The Equalizer” (The fantastic car). Thus he continued his career, while submitting occasional scripts to be produced.
In 1990, he joined the cast of “Quick Change”(Quick change), a comedy in which they acted Bill murray, Geena davis Y Tony shalhoub. This was followed by the television drama “Lifestories”(Life stories), where he played a great doctor.
Continuing in his low profile, he remained a member of some films only as a supporting actor, so he never gained much notoriety about himself. For example, very few people know that he was part of the actors of “Beethoven”, The classic film of the huge Saint Bernard dog.
In 1993 he worked on “Undercover blues”(Undercover Blues), next to Dennis Quaid and immediately after in “The Pelican Brief”(The Pelican Report). This adaptation of the novel by John grisham had Julia Roberts Y Denzel Washingtonwhile he played the murderer Khamel “Sam”.
Later, in 1994, he accompanied Nicolas Cage Y Bridget fonda on “It Could Happen to You”(It could happen to you). Also that year he did another comedy with Nick cassavetes Y Matthew broderick on “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”(Mrs. Parker and the vicious circle).
Cutting a bit with his comedic career, he got involved in the thriller “Kiss of death”(The kiss of death) sharing the stage with David caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen hunt Y Hope davis.
With the latter he worked on the independent film “The Day Trippers”(Travelers by day) and shortly thereafter, in 1996, accompanied Marc Anthony on “Big night”(The Great Night), a comedy based on a 1951 film.
It was around this time that he joined the recurring staff of “Murder One”(Homicide one), a television series from the ABC. Later, Woody Allen encouraged him to work on his film “Deconstructing Harry“(Harry’s Secrets), where they also acted Kristie alley, Billy Crystal, Tobey Maguire, Elisabeth shue, Demi moore Y Robin williams.
Without pausing for a single moment, he accompanied David arquette on “The Alarmist”(Life during the war) and later to Ewan McGregor Y Cameron Diaz on “A Life Less Ordinary”(A less ordinary life). The rest of the cast of this film was composed of Delroy Lindo Y Ian Holm.
In 1998 he starred in “Mountain”A detective feature film, sharing the screen with Kyra sedgwick, Robbie Coltrane Y Philip Seymour Hoffman. Still, the highlight of this year was his directorial debut in “The Impostors”(The Imposters).
There he shared the protagonist, since he had also written the script, with Oliver Platt, while he was in charge of choosing the rest of the cast. Among them were Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi, Hope davis And till Woody Allen who willingly offered to play the director of the auditions.
In 1999 he became Puck, the little satyr of the classic of Shakespeare “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Summer night Dream). Kevin Kline Y Michelle pfeiffer took the protagonists, while Christian bale Y Calista flockhart they were part of the cast
Already in 2001 he worked with Edward burns in his film “Sidewalks of New York”(The sidewalks of New York), where six totally unknown individuals are interconnected in a masterful way.
That same year he also saw him acting in “America’s Sweethart’s”(The boyfriends of America). In this romantic comedy they acted Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, John cusack Y Catherine Zeta Jones, leaving the cast to Christopher Walken already Seth green.
The following year, in 2002, he performed with Rene Russo, Tom sizemore Y Dennis Farina in the comedy “Big trouble” (The big problem). However, the premiere of “Road to Perdition”(Road to Perdition), where he shared the stage with Tom Hanks, Paul newman Y Daniel Craig.
Definitely his career continued to rise and did not seem to stop at any time, since at the end of the year he returned to work on a romantic comedy called “Maid in manhattan”(Maid from Manhattan). Liam Neeson Y Jennifer Lopez they were in love with this feature film.
To break a bit from your stereotype in comedies, Stanley decided to work in “The Core”(The Center), a science fiction film about a team that must drill to the center of the earth to detonate nuclear bombs and keep it moving. Delroy Lindo Y Aaron Eckhart they were the main couple.
A year later, in 2004, he returned to his role as a comedian in “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers”(The life and death of Peter Sellers). This biography of the comedian was brought to the screen by the great interpreter Geoffrey rush.
Still, that year everyone remembered him for embodying Frank Dixon, the grumpy airport manager in “The Terminal”(The terminal) directed by Steven Spielberg. In it they acted Tom Hanks Y Catherine Zeta Jones.
Also, he was included in the cast of “Shall We Dance?”(Shall we dance?), Starring Richard Gere, With the performance of Susan Sarandon Y Jennifer Lopez. This film was an adaptation of the acclaimed “Shal We Dansu?“Original from Japan from 1996.
In 2005 he lent his voice to the character of Herb Copperbottom, father of Ewan McGregor on “Robots”. In this way he shared the recording studio with Halle berry, Mel brooks, Paul giamatti, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes Y Robin williams.
After this successful animated film, in 2006 he was part of the trhiller “Lucky number slevin”(The wrong man), where Josh hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy liu, Morgan freeman Y Ben kingsley were his companions.
Most recently, he was part of the cast of the hit “The Devil Wears Prada“(The devil wears fashion), acting with Meryl streep and his beautiful assistant, Anne Hathaway. Later he dedicated himself to appearing in some pro series for the rest of the year.
In 2007 he premiered “The Hoax”(The farce), the autobigraphy of Clifford irving, who was played by Richard Gere. The rest of the staff composed it Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden Y Hope davis.
For 2008 it has planned to release four films, among which the most anticipated is “What just happened“(What just happened?), Where they accompany him Robert De Niro, Sean Penn Y Bruce Willis.