Corey Stoll

Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (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 Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions. He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011) and portrayed Darren Cross / Yellowjacket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man (2015). Other notable roles include an off-Broadway performance of Intimate Apparel (2004), Ernest Hemingway in the romantic comedy film Midnight in Paris (2011), bulldog prosecutor Fred Wyshak in Black Mass (2015), and astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the biopic First Man (2018).

Corey Stoll
Stoll in July 2015
Born	(1976-03-14) March 14, 1976 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse(s)	Nadia Bowers ​ ( m. 2015)
Children	1

Early life

Corey Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough on March 14, 1976,[1] the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded The Beacon School. Stoll was raised Jewish.[2][3] 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's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2003.[4]

Career

Stoll (far left) with the cast and crew of Café Society at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

In 2004, Stoll received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Intimate Apparel, opposite Tony winner and Oscar winner Viola Davis. 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 and Salt.

Stoll starred as LAPD Detective Tomas Jaruszalski on the NBC 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.[5] In 2013, Stoll received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the Netflix series House of Cards.[6] 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 and film director Guillermo Del Toro.[7]

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,[8] and had a major role as the villain in the superhero film Ant-Man, playing Darren Cross, later reimagined as the supervillain Yellowjacket.[9] 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, in Central Park.[10]

In January 2019, it was announced that Stoll will star in the upcoming Netflix drama series Ratched.[11] Since 2020, he has portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions.[12]

Personal life

Stoll became engaged to his girlfriend Nadia Bowers, an actress and descendant of Maximilian de Beauharnais and Joséphine de Beauharnais,[13] in October 2014.[14] They were married on June 21, 2015.[15] They welcomed their first child in October 2015.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Okénka		Short film
2005	North Country	Ricky Sennett
2006	Lucky Number Slevin	Saul
2007	The Number 23	Sgt. Burns
2009	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Subject #51
2009	Push	Agent Mack
2010	Helena from the Wedding	Steven
2010	Salt	Schnaider
2011	Midnight in Paris	Ernest Hemingway	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2012	The Bourne Legacy	Zev Vendel
2012	The Time Being	Eric
2012	Victoriana	Bill
2013	C.O.G.	Curly
2013	Decoding Annie Parker	Sean
2014	Non-Stop	Austin Reilly
2014	Glass Chin	Bud Gordon
2014	This Is Where I Leave You	Paul Altman
2014	The Good Lie	Jack
2015	Dark Places	Ben Day
2015	Anesthesia	Sam
2015	Ant-Man	Darren Cross / Yellowjacket
2015	Black Mass	Fred Wyshak
2016	Café Society	Ben
2016	Gold	Brian Wolff
2018	The Seagull	Boris Trigorin
2018	First Man	Buzz Aldrin
2018	Driven	Benedict Tisa
2019	The Report	Cyrus Clifford
2020	West Side Story	Police Lieutenant Schrank	Post-production
2021	The Many Saints of Newark		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sex Shop Clerk	Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"
2004	Charmed	Demon	Episode: "Witchness Protection"
2004	NYPD Blue	Martin Schweiss	Episode: "The Dead Donald"
2005	Alias	Sasha Korjev	Episode: "The Road Home"
2005	Numb3rs	Agent Reacher	Episode: "Sacrifice"
2005	ER	Teddy Marsh	Episode: "Cañon City"
2005	CSI: Miami	Craig Seaborn	Episode: "Three-Way"
2006	Law & Order	Gerald Ruane	Episode: "Heart of Darkness"
2006	Without a Trace	Steve Goodman	Episode: "Candy"
2006	The Unit	Intel Type (Bobby Carrol)	Episode: "Old Home Week"
2006	Standoff	Dr. Wayne	Episode: "Life Support"
2006	The Nine	Alex Kent	2 episodes
2006	A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story	Joey Marino	Television film
2006–2007	NCIS	Martin Quinn	3 episodes
2009	Life on Mars	Det. Ventura / Russell	Episode: "Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster"
2009	The Unusuals	Lewis Powell	Episode: "The Circle Line"
2009	The Good Wife	Collin Grant	Episode: "Stripped"
2010–2011	Law & Order: LA	Det. Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski	22 episodes
2012	Christine	Max	2 episodes
2013, 2016	House of Cards	Rep. Peter Russo	12 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2014	The Normal Heart	John Bruno	Television film
2014–2017	The Strain	Dr. Ephraim Goodweather	45 episodes
2014–2017	American Dad!	Vincent Edmonds (voice)	4 episodes
2014	Homeland	Sandy Bachman	Episode: "The Drone Queen"
2016–2017	Girls	Dill Harcourt	5 episodes
2017	A Season with Navy Football	Narrator	13 episodes
2018	The Romanoffs	Michael Romanoff	Episode: "The Royal We"
2019	The Deuce	Hank Jaffe	7 episodes
2020	Ratched	TBA	Upcoming series
2020	Billions	Michael Prince	Season 5[17]
2020	Baghdad Central	Captain John Perodi	6 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2003	Henry IV	Ensemble	Vivian Beaumont Theatre
2004	Intimate Apparel	Mr. Marks	Laura Pels Theatre	Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
2007	Old Acquaintance	Rudd Kendall	American Airlines Theatre
2008	Some Americans Abroad	Philip Brown	Second Stage Theatre
2008	Beast	Banquo / Seyton	New York Theatre Workshop
2010	A View From the Bridge	Marco	Cort Theatre
2016	Troilus and Cressida	Ulysses	Shakespeare in the Park	Joe A. Callaway Award
2016	Plenty	Raymond Brock	The Public Theater
2017	Julius Caesar	Marcus Brutus	Shakespeare in the Park
2018	Othello	Iago	Shakespeare in the Park
2019	Macbeth	Macbeth	Classic Stage Company

References

1. VanAirsdale, S.T. (September 26, 2011). "Corey Stoll on Midnight in Paris, Being Ernest Hemingway and the Audition of a Lifetime". Movieline.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
2. Schulman, Michael (August 1, 2016). "From Hemingway to Shakespeare". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
3. "How Corey Stoll Manned Up for Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'". Reuters. August 26, 2011.
4. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
5. "Frame Grab: Who is that guy who plays Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'? - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
6. Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes (December 12, 2013). "'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' Top 2014 Golden Globe Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2013). "Corey Stoll To Topline FX's 'The Strain', From Guillermo Del Toro & Carlton Cuse". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
8. Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2013). "Dark Places". DC. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
9. Collis, Clark (January 18, 2015). "Corey Stoll talks about playing 'Ant-Man' villain Yellowjacket". Entertainment Weekly.
10. Playbill, July/August 2016
11. Denise Petski (January 14, 2019). "'Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
12. Crucchiola, Jordan (November 5, 2019). "Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll Join Billions, That Other Rich People Show". Vulture. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
13. "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
14. Boardman, Madeline (October 5, 2014). "Homeland Star Corey Stoll Engaged to Girlfriend Nadia Bowers". US Weekly.
15. "Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers are Married – and Expecting a Baby Boy!". People.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
16. "Corey Stoll, Wife Nadia Bowers Welcome First Child: See the Family Pic". Usmagazine.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
17. Pedersen, Erik (November 5, 2019). "'Billions': Julianna Margulies & Corey Stoll Join Season 5 Cast Of Showtime Drama". Deadline.

External links

• Corey Stoll on IMDb
• Corey Stoll at the Internet Broadway Database