STANLEY TUCCI (Nitti) has been recognized for his work in films and on television. He most recently won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Emmy Award nomination for his chilling portrayal of Adolf Eichman in the HBO docudrama "Conspiracy." In 1999, he won Emmy and Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the title role of the HBO biopic "Winchell."
Tucci had earlier been honored for his work on both sides of the camera for the widely praised independent feature "Big Night," which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced, as well as starred in. His multifaceted work on the film brought Tucci an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, a Recognition of Excellence Award from the National Board of Review, and the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Screenplay and Best New Filmmaker. He also garnered Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Male Lead and Best First Feature. Tucci’s follow-up project, "The Imposters," which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, was an Official Selection at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Tucci’s credits as an actor also include the features "Big Trouble," "America’s Sweethearts," "Sidewalks of New York," "William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream," "A Life Less Ordinary," "Deconstructing Harry," "Kiss of Death," "Jury Duty," "It Could Happen to You," "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," "The Pelican Brief," "Prelude to a Kiss," "Beethoven," "Billy Bathgate," "Slaves of New York" and "Prizzi's Honor."
A native New Yorker, Tucci began his career on the stage. He has appeared on Broadway in such plays as "The Misanthrope," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Execution of Justice" and "The Iceman Cometh," as well as off-Broadway in the title role of "Scapin."
Currently, Tucci is in rehearsals for the Broadway play "Frankie and Johnny," in which he will star opposite Edie Falco. This Christmas, he will also be seen starring in the feature film "The Core," with Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank.
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