Corey Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the
Netflix
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political thriller series ''
House of Cards
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'' (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). Since 2020, he has 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
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drama series ''
Law & Order: LA'' (2010–2011) and portrayed
Darren Cross /
Yellowjacket
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in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''
Ant-Man
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'' (2015). Other notable roles include an
off-Broadway performance of ''
Intimate Apparel'' (2004),
Ernest Hemingway in the romantic comedy film ''
Midnight in Paris'' (2011) a performance for which he was nominated for the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, bulldog prosecutor Fred Wyshak in ''
Black Mass'' (2015), astronaut
Buzz Aldrin in the biopic ''
First Man'' (2018), and
Junior Soprano
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in ''
The Many Saints of Newark
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''.
Early life
Corey Stoll was born on the
Upper West Side of New York City's
Manhattan
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borough, the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded
The Beacon School. Stoll was raised
Jewish
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.
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
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's
Tisch School of the Arts
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Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
, graduating in 2003.
Career
In 2004, Stoll received a
Drama Desk Award nomination as
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for ''
Intimate Apparel'', opposite
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winner and
Oscar
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winner
Viola Davis
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. He went on to appear in several films, including ''
North Country'', ''
Lucky Number Slevin'', the television film ''
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story'', ''
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men'', and ''
Push''. In 2010, he appeared in ''
Helena from the Wedding
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Synopsis
Eight peopl ...
'' and ''
Salt''.
Stoll starred as
LAPD Detective
Tomas Jaruszalski on the
NBC
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police drama ''
Law & Order: LA''. He played
Ernest Hemingway in
Woody Allen's 2011 film ''
Midnight in Paris''. Stoll, who is mostly bald, wore a custom wig for the role. In 2013, Stoll received a
Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the
Netflix
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series ''
House of Cards
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''. After ''House of Cards'', he joined the
FX horror television series ''
The Strain'', which is based on a series of novels written by
Chuck Hogan
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and film director
Guillermo del Toro.
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, Stoll played Ben Day in the film ''
Dark Places'', based on the novel by
Gillian Flynn, and had a major role as the villain in the
superhero film
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''
Ant-Man
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'', playing Darren Cross, later reimagined as the supervillain
Yellowjacket
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. 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
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, in
Central Park.
In January 2019, it was announced that Stoll would recur in the
Netflix
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drama series ''
Ratched''. Since 2020, he has portrayed
Michael Prince, a business rival to
Bobby Axelrod, in the
Showtime series ''
Billions''.
Personal life
Stoll became engaged to his girlfriend Nadia Bowers, an actress, in October 2014. They were married on June 21, 2015. They had their first child in October 2015.
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from New York City
Oberlin College alumni
Tisch School of the Arts alumni