Michael Stuhlbarg

Birthday: 5 July 1968, Long Beach, California, USA

Height: 173 cm

Michael Stuhlbarg was born on July 5, 1968 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is an actor, known for A Serious Man (2009), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Men in Black 3 (2012). He has been married to Mai-Linh Lofgren since August 2013.

I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set ...Show more »

I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle. Show less «

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.

I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more...Show more »

I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more simple, and my on-camera work has become more energized or more spontaneous. Show less «

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time...Show more »

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time. Show less «

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen ...Show more »

I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain resonance that I carry. It's more of a spiritual resonance as opposed to particularly of Judaism. Show less «

I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted...Show more »

I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back. Show less «

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many ...Show more »

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be. Show less «

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding...Show more »

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming. Show less «

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