Person · Actor · Active since 1992
Michael Stuhlbarg
b. 1968, Long Beach
American actor, born in Long Beach. Appeared in 28 films on this site, including Doctor Strange (2016), The Shape of Water (2017) and Arrival (2016). Of the actors and directors on this site, Michael Stuhlbarg shares the most films with Luca Guadagnino (3 films), Helen Mirren (2) and John Goodman (2) (167 in all).
He rose to prominence playing a troubled university professor in Joel and Ethan Coen's dark comedy film A Serious Man (2009).
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He earned Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as a traumatized man in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman (2005) and Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Boris Berezovsky in Peter Morgan's Patriots (2024).
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Partners by shared films
Who Michael Stuhlbarg made films with
Directors
One film together
- The Grey Zone 2001Tim Blake Nelson
- Body of Lies 2008Ridley Scott
- Hugo 2011Martin Scorsese
- Seven Psychopaths 2012Martin McDonagh
- Blue Jasmine 2013Woody Allen
- Pawn Sacrifice 2014Edward Zwick
- Miles Ahead 2015Don Cheadle
- Steve Jobs 2015Danny Boyle
- Arrival 2016Denis Villeneuve
- The Post 2017Steven Spielberg
- The Shape of Water 2017Guillermo del Toro
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022Sam Raimi
- The Instigators 2024Doug Liman
- Digger 2026Alejandro González Iñárritu
Co-stars
- 2Helen Mirren actressHitchcock, Trumbo
- 2John Goodman actorTrumbo, Digger
- 2Rachel McAdams actressDoctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- 2Benedict Cumberbatch actorDoctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- 2Timothée Chalamet actorCall Me by Your Name, Bones and All
- 2Chiwetel Ejiofor actorDoctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
7 more partners with two or more films
- 2Sally Hawkins actressBlue Jasmine, The Shape of Water
- 2Chloë Sevigny actressBones and All, After the Hunt
- 2Mark Strong actorBody of Lies, Miss Sloane
- 2Louis C.K. actorBlue Jasmine, Trumbo
- 2Jesse Plemons actorThe Post, Digger
- 2Benedict Wong actorDoctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- 2Peter Sarsgaard actorBlue Jasmine, Pawn Sacrifice
One film together
- A Price Above Rubies 1998Renée Zellweger, Kim Hunter, Edie Falco, Julianna Margulies, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Jacobson
- The Grey Zone 2001Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, David Arquette, Natasha Lyonne
- Afterschool 2008Ezra Miller, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jeremy Allen White
- Body of Lies 2008Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Oscar Isaac, Golshifteh Farahani, Carice van Houten, Annabelle Wallis
- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer 2008David Strathairn
- A Serious Man 2009Simon Helberg, Richard Kind
- Hugo 2011Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths, Chloë Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Helen McCrory, Emily Mortimer, Ray Winstone
- Hitchcock 2012Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Biel, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Ralph Macchio, Kurtwood Smith
- Men in Black 3 2012Lady Gaga, Will Smith, Tim Burton, Emma Thompson, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Scherzinger, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Alice Eve, Bill Hader, Will Arnett
- Seven Psychopaths 2012Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits, Sam Rockwell, Gabourey Sidibe, Abbie Cornish, Harry Dean Stanton
- Blue Jasmine 2013Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Emerson, Alden Ehrenreich
- Pawn Sacrifice 2014Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Lily Rabe
- Miles Ahead 2015Ewan McGregor
- Steve Jobs 2015Kate Winslet, Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Katherine Waterston, Sarah Snook
- Trumbo 2015Lauren Bacall, Bryan Cranston, Jerry Lewis, Elle Fanning, Diane Lane, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root
- Arrival 2016Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker
- Doctor Strange 2016Stan Lee, Chris Hemsworth, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Scott Adkins, Benjamin Bratt
- Miss Sloane 2016Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Christine Baranski, Sam Waterston, Alison Pill, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Call Me by Your Name 2017Armie Hammer
- The Post 2017Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Alison Brie, David Cross, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys
- The Shape of Water 2017Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones
- Shirley 2020Logan Lerman, Elisabeth Moss
- Bones and All 2022Mark Rylance
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022Charlize Theron, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Olsen, John Krasinski, Hayley Atwell, Bruce Campbell, Lashana Lynch
- The Instigators 2024Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Alfred Molina, Ron Perlman, Ving Rhames
- After the Hunt 2025Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri
- The Amateur 2025Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Bernthal, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe
- Digger 2026Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller
Films in this guide
Best known
- Doctor Strange 2016actor, as Dr. Nicodemus West
- The Shape of Water 2017actor
- Arrival 2016actor, as Agent Halpern
- Hugo 2011actor, as René Tabard
- Call Me by Your Name 2017actor
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022actor
1990s
2000s
- The Grey Zone (2001)actor, as Cohen
- Afterschool (2008)actor
- Body of Lies (2008)actor
- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)actor
- A Serious Man (2009)actor
2010s
- Hugo (2011)actor, as René Tabard
- Hitchcock (2012)actor
- Men in Black 3 (2012)actor
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)actor
- Blue Jasmine (2013)actor
- Pawn Sacrifice (2014)actor
- Miles Ahead (2015)actor
- Steve Jobs (2015)actor, as Andy Hertzfeld
- Trumbo (2015)actor
- Arrival (2016)actor, as Agent Halpern
- Doctor Strange (2016)actor, as Dr. Nicodemus West
- Miss Sloane (2016)actor
- Call Me by Your Name (2017)actor
- The Post (2017)actor, as A. M. Rosenthal
- The Shape of Water (2017)actor
2020s
- Shirley (2020)actor
- Bones and All (2022)actor
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)actor
- The Instigators (2024)actor
- After the Hunt (2025)actor
- The Amateur (2025)actor, as Horst Schiller
- Digger (2026)actor