Sebastian Stan is a Romanian and American actor. He appeared briefly in Michael Haneke's 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) as a child, before taking on minor roles in the early 2000s, considering The Architect (2006) to be his major debut. This was followed by roles in Renny Harlin's The Covenant (2006), Fred Durst's The Education of Charlie Banks (2007), Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married (2008), and the television series Gossip Girl (2007–2010) and Kings (2009), as well as his Broadway debut in Eric Bogosian's play Talk Radio (2007). Despite performing in Darren Aronofsky's blockbuster Black Swan (2010), he struggled financially and survived on residuals from Steve Pink's Hot Tub Time Machine (2010).

In 2010, Stan was cast in his most prolific role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He began portraying the character in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and has since appeared in nine films, two television series, and one video game within the franchise. Notable entries include Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), What If...? (2021–2024), Thunderbolts* (2025), and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday (2026); of these, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame rank among the highest-grossing films of all time. He is also slated to join the Batman film franchise as Harvey Dent in The Batman: Part II (2028).

Stan expanded his career with television series such as Once Upon a Time (2012) and Political Animals (2012), and films such as Demme's Ricki and the Flash (2015), Ridley Scott's The Martian (2015), Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya (2017), and Mimi Cave's Fresh (2022). He began to find wider critical success in the 2020s, receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for portraying musician Tommy Lee in the miniseries Pam & Tommy (2022). He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for playing a disfigured actor with neurofibromatosis in Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man (2024), and was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor for playing Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi's The Apprentice (2024). Further acclaim came for portraying a conservative father in Cristian Mungiu's Fjord (2026).

Film

+ Year Title Role Notes 1994 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance Kid in SubwayCameo 2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding 2005 Red Doors Simon 2006 Chase Collins 2007 2008 Rachel Getting Married Walter 2009 Spread Harry 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Blaine Black Swan Andrew / Suitor 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger 2012 Gone Billy 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2015 Ant-ManUncredited cameo; post-credits scene Ricki and the Flash 2016 Captain America: Civil War 2017 Logan Lucky I, Tonya I'm Not Here 2018 Destroyer Chris We Have Always Lived in the Castle Black Panther Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene 2019 Endings, Beginnings Frank 2020 Monday Mickey 2022 Fresh Steve / Brendan 2023 Sharper Max Ghosted God Cameo Dumb Money 2024 Also executive producer 2025 Captain America: Brave New World Uncredited cameo Thunderbolts* 2026 Fjord Producer; originally titled Malul vânăt Post-production 2028 Filming

Television

+ Year Title Role Notes 2003 Law & Order Episode: "Sheltered" 2007–2010 Gossip Girl 11 episodes 2009 Kings 13 episodes 2012 Once Upon a Time Jefferson / Mad Hatter 6 episodes Political Animals Miniseries; 6 episodes Labyrinth Miniseries; 2 episodes 2017 I'm Dying Up Here Episode: "Pilot" 2021 Miniseries; 6 episodes Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Episode: "The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" 2021–2024 What If...? Voice role; 7 episodes 2022 Pam & Tommy Miniseries; 8 episodes 2023 Bupkis Himself Episode: "ISO"

Stage

+ Year Title Role Venue 2007 Talk Radio Kent Longacre Theatre, Broadway 2013 Picnic American Airlines Theatre, Broadway

Video games

+ Year Title Role Notes 2011 Captain America: Super Soldier Bucky Barnes Voice role

Music videos

+ Year Title Artist 2008 "Wake Up Call" Hayden Panettiere

See also List of awards and nominations received by Sebastian Stan

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