Stanley Tucci Jr ˈtuːtʃi TOOchee born November 11 1960 is an American actor and filmmaker Involved in acting from a young age he made his film debut in John Hustons Prizzis Honor 1985 and continued to play a variety of supporting roles in films such as Woody Allens Deconstructing Harry 1997 Sam Mendess Road to Perdition 2002 and Steven Spielbergs The Terminal 2004 In 1996 he made his directorial debut with the cult comedy Big Night which he also cowrote and starred in alongside Tony Shalhoub He played Stanley Kubrick in the television film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Tucci is also known for his collaborations with Meryl Streep in films such as The Devil Wears Prada 2006 and Julie Julia 2009 Tucci gained further acclaim and success with such films as Burlesque 2010 Easy A 2010 Captain America The First Avenger 2011 Margin Call 2011 The Hunger Games film series 20122015 Spotlight 2015 Beauty and the Beast 2017 and Supernova 2020