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Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan on July 20, 2013 at San Diego Comic-Con International
Born (1983-08-13) August 13, 1983 (age 40)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Height5 ft (152 cm) 11

Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1983) is a Romanian American actor, known for his role as James "Bucky" Barnes / Winter Soldier in Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He played The Mad Hatter/Jefferson on the ABC's fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, Prince Jack Benjamin on Kings and Carter Baizen on Gossip Girl. He also appeared in Black Swan. In 2012, he appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals starring alongside Sigourney Weaver.

His role in Political Animals earned him a nomination at the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Miniseries.

Early life

Stan was born in Constanța, Romania. At age 8, he and his mother moved to Vienna, where she was employed as a pianist. Four years later (at age 12), he moved with his mother to Rockland County, New York after she married an American, the headmaster of a private academy.[1]

During Stan's years at the Rockland Country Day School, he starred in productions such as 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 introduced to acting and 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 was accepted to and attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. This gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.[2]

Television and film career

In 2010, he appeared in Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller, Black Swan.[3] Stan also began filming the supernatural horror film The Apparition in February of that year;[4] the film was released on August 24, 2012.

Stan played Blaine, the main antagonist of Hot Tub Time Machine in March 2010. Later that same year, he played Bucky Barnes in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, based on the Marvel Comics character. Stan reprised the role in the 2014 sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[5]

In 2012, he starred in the thriller Gone and began a recurring role on 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 series which did not make their top list.[6] He also appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals as the troubled gay son of the former first lady.

In 2013, Stan played the role of Hal Carter in the Roundabout Theater Company's production of William Inge's Picnic, at the American Airlines Theater in New York.[7]

Personal life

Stan was in a relationship with his Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester for about three years, from 2008 to 2010. He dated Dianna Agron from May to December of 2011.[8] He also dated Once Upon a Time co-star Jennifer Morrison from May 2012 to August 2013.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Johnny
2005 Red Doors Simon
2006 The Architect Martin Waters
2006 The Covenant Chase Collins
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Leo
2008 Rachel Getting Married Walter
2009 Spread Harry
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Blaine
2010 Black Swan Andrew
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
2012 Gone Billy
2012 The Apparition Ben
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Law & Order Justin Capshaw Episode: "Sheltered"
2007, 2009–2010 Gossip Girl Carter Baizen 11 episodes
2009 Kings Jonathan "Jack" Benjamin Main cast; 12 episodes
2012 Once Upon a Time The Mad Hatter/Jefferson 6 episodes
2012 Political Animals Thomas "T.J." Hammond Miniseries
2012 Labyrinth Will Franklin Miniseries
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Captain America: Super Soldier James "Bucky" Barnes Voice
Music videos
Year Title Artist
2008 "Wake Up Call" Hayden Panettiere

References

  1. ^ Nicholson, Amy (26 July 2011). "Interview with Sebastian Stan". Boxoffice. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ^ Fresh Face: Sebastian Stan
  3. ^ Aronofsky's Black Swan Cast Expands by One
  4. ^ Two More Catch a Glimpse of Dark Castle's 'Apparition'
  5. ^ Graser, Marc (2012-07-16). "Mackie mulls Falcon in 'Captain America'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-07-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
  6. ^ "Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn't make the cut, part one". AV Club. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. ^ Brantley, Ben (14 January 2013). "THEATER REVIEW; 'Picnic' at American Airlines Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  8. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dianna-agron-sebastian-stan-split-glee-actress-accused-super-jealous-women-article-1.988937
  9. ^ Weiner, Juli (April 9, 2010). "Are Two Gossip Girl Couples Now Four Gossip Girl Singles?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 1, 2011.

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