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Biography

Early life

Tucci, an Italian American,^[1][2][3] was born in Peekskill, New York to Joan Tropiano, a retired secretary and writer,^[4] and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired art teacher. His sister is actress Christine Tucci and his cousin is the screenwriter Joseph Tropiano. He grew up in Katonah, New York and attended John Jay High School. One of his real good friends back in high school was Tom Fitzgerald. They were both big Syracuse Basketball fans. They were both on the basketball team, and in there senior year, they almost won states. After high school, he studied at SUNY Purchase, from which he graduated in 1982. An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... Peekskill is a city in Westchester County, New York. ... Christine Tucci (born January 19, 1967) in Katonah, New York is an American actress. ... Map showing the location of Katonah, New York Katonah, New York is one of three unincorporated hamlets within the town of Bedford, Westchester County. ... John Jay High School is a public secondary school located in Cross River, New York. ... Purchase College, also known as SUNY Purchase or State University of New York College at Purchase, is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York and is a part of the State University of New York system. ...

Career

Tucci made his Broadway debut in The Queen and the Rebels on 30 September 1982. His film debut was in Prizzi's Honor (1985). Tucci is known for his work in films such as Kiss of Death, Road to Perdition, and Big Night, and in the television series Murder One as the mysterious Richard Cross. Big Night (1996), which he co-wrote with his cousin, Joseph Tropiano, starred in, and directed with Campbell Scott, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film also featured his sister, Christine, and mother, who wrote a cookbook for the film. is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Prizzis Honor is a 1985 comedy film that tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. ... Kiss of Death is a 1995 crime/detective thriller which is a remake of the 1947 film of the same name which starred Richard Widmark. ... Road to Perdition is a graphic novel written by Max Allan Collins and illustrated by Richard Piers Rayner that was made into a motion picture of the same name in 2002. ... Big Night is a 1996 American motion picture drama with comedic overtones directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. ... The major cast of Murder One Murder One was a television series first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. ... Richard Cross Richard Cross is a fictional character featured prominently in the first season of the series Murder One. ... Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist. ... Christine Tucci (born January 19, 1967) in Katonah, New York is an American actress. ...

He has been nominated twice for Golden Globes, and won both times -- for his title role in Winchell (1998), and for his supporting role as Adolph Eichmann in Conspiracy (2001), both for HBO films. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Winchell. He was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play for his role as Johnny in the 2002 revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972), an American newspaper and radio commentator, invented the gossip column at the New York Evening Graphic. ... Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 — June 1, 1962) was a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany, and served as an Obersturmbannführer in the S.S.. He was largely responsible for the logistics of the extermination of millions of people during the Jews, which was called the final solution... Conspiracy is a made-for-TV BBC/HBO motion picture which dramatizes the events that occurred during the Wannsee Conference of 1942. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... The Actor: The Screen Actors Guild Award Statue The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939), is an American playwright. ... Poster for the off-Broadway production Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune is a two-character play by Terrence McNally. ...

In July of 2006, Tucci made an appearance on the USA Network TV series Monk, in a performance that earned him a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor- Comedy Series. Tucci's latest TV series, the medical drama 3 lbs., debuted on CBS in the 10:00 PM EDT time slot on November 14, 2006. It was cancelled on November 30, 2006 due to low ratings. Tucci is the voice of Cingular Wireless/AT&T. He can be heard as the voice over in their "Raising the Bar" campaign. Tucci has a current role as the new Chief of Emergency Medicine on the long running television medical drama ER. Tucci is currently in negotiations to play George Harvey in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones. USA Network is a popular American cable television network with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005. ... Monk is an Emmy Award winning television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), afflicted by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and multiple phobias. ... An Emmy Award. ... 3 lbs is a drama to begin on CBS on 14 November 2006, replacing the canceled Smith. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... George Harvey is the villain of Alice Sebolds 2002 novel The Lovely Bones. ... For other persons named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). ... This article is about the novel. ...

Personal life

Tucci lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife, Kate, and their three children, twins Isabel and Nicolo, and Camilla. Tucci was co-owner of the Finch Tavern restaurant in Croton Falls, New York^[5], which is now the Primavera Restaurant. Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Somers is a town located in Westchester County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 18,346. ...

Filmography

• Prizzi's Honor (1985) .... Soldier
• Crime Story (TV Series) (1987) .... Zack Lowman
• Kojak: The Price of Justice (TV) (1987) .... 1st Tenant
• Who's That Girl? (1987) .... 2nd Dock Worker
• Miami Vice (TV Series) (1986-1988) .... Frank Mosca, Steven Demarco
• Monkey Shines (1988) .... Dr. John Wiseman
• The Equalizer (TV Series) (1988) .... Assemblyman Phillip Wingate
• Wiseguy (TV Series) (1988-1989) .... Rick Pinzolo
• Slaves of New York (1989) .... Darryl
• Fear, Anxiety, & Depression (1989)
• thirtysomething (TV Series) (1989-1990) .... Karl Draconis
• The Feud (1990) .... Harvey Yelton
• Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Stranger (TV) (1990) .... Det. Patrick McGuire
• Quick Change (1990) .... Johnny
• Lifestories (TV Series) (1990) .... Art Conforti
• Men of Respect (1991) .... Mal
• Equal Justice (TV Series) (1990-1991) .... Detective Frank Mirelli
• Billy Bathgate (1991) .... Lucky Luciano
• In the Soup (1992) .... Gregoire
• Beethoven (1992) .... Vernon
• Prelude to a Kiss (1992) .... Taylor
• The Public Eye (1992) .... Sal
• Undercover Blues (1993) .... Muerte
• The Pelican Brief (1993) .... Khamel
• It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Eddie Biasi
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) .... Fred Hunter
• Somebody to Love (1994) .... George
• Jury Duty (1995) .... Frank
• Kiss of Death (1995) .... Frank Zioli
• Sex & the Other Man (1995) .... Arthur
• A Modern Affair (1995) .... Peter Kessler
• The Daytrippers (1996) .... Louis D'Amico
• Big Night (1996) .... Secondo
• Murder One (TV Series) (1995-1996) .... Richard Cross
• Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Paul Epstein
• Life During Wartime (1997) .... Heinrich Grigoris
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997) .... Elliot Zweikel
• The Eighteenth Angel (1998) .... Todd Stanton
• Montana (1998) .... Nicholas Roth
• The Impostors (1998) .... Arthur
• Winchell (TV) (1998) .... Walter Winchell
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) .... Puck
• In Too Deep (1999)
• Joe Gould's Secret (2000) .... Joe Mitchell
• Bull (2000) (TV Series) .... Hunter Lasky
• Sidewalks of New York (2001) .... Griffin Risto
• Conspiracy (2001) .... Adolf Eichmann
• America's Sweethearts (2001) .... Dave Kingman
• The Whole Shebang (2001) .... Giovanni Bazinni
• Big Trouble (2002) .... Arthur Herk
• Road to Perdition (2002) .... Frank Nitti
• Maid in Manhattan (2002) .... Jerry Siegel
• The Core (2003) .... Dr. Conrad Zimsky
• Spin (2003) .... Frank Haley
• Frasier (TV Series) (2004) .... Morrie
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) .... Stanley Kubrick
• The Terminal (2004) .... Frank Dixon
• Shall We Dance? (2004) .... Link
• Robots (2005) .... Herb Copperbottom
• Lucky Number Slevin (2006) .... Det. Brikowski
• Four Last Songs (2006) (post-production) .... Larry
• The Devil Wears Prada (2006) .... Nigel
• Monk (TV Series) (2006) .... David Ruskin
• 3 lbs. (2006) TV Series .... Dr. Douglas Hanson
• The Hoax (2007) .... Shelton Fisher
• The Tale of Despereaux (2008) (pre-production) (voice) .... Boldo
• Cat Tale (2008) (pre-production) (voice) .... Simon

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Jury Duty is a 1995 comedy film directed by John Fortenberry and starring Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray, Shelley Winters, and Abe Vigoda. ... Kiss of Death is a 1995 crime/detective thriller which is a remake of the 1947 film of the same name which starred Richard Widmark. ... Hope Davis as Eliza The Daytrippers is an independent drama film directed by Greg Mottola that was released in 1996. ... Big Night is a 1996 American motion picture drama with comedic overtones directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. ... The major cast of Murder One Murder One was a television series first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. ... Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997. ... The Alarmist, also known as Life During Wartime, is a 1997 motion picture written and directed by Evan Dunsky, starring David Arquette and Stanley Tucci. ... 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Film directing credits

• Big Night (1996)
• The Impostors (1998)
• Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
• Blind Date (in production) (2007)

Big Night is a 1996 American motion picture drama with comedic overtones directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci. ... The Impostors is a 1998 farce motion picture written and directed by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly. ... Joe Goulds Secret is a 2000 film based on the 1965 book by Joseph Mitchell. ... A blind date is a date where the people involved have not met each other previously. ...

Footnotes

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External links

• Stanley Tucci at the Internet Movie Database
• Stanley Tucci at the Internet Broadway Database
• Stanley Tucci quotes
• Stanley Tucci tribute page