Corey Stoll
Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976)[1] 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 protagonist Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions. He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011).
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Born | Corey Daniel Stoll March 14, 1976 New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Oberlin College (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse |
Nadia Bowers (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Stoll portrayed Darren Cross / Yellowjacket / M.O.D.O.K. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015) and its sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023). His other notable roles include an off-Broadway performance of Intimate Apparel (2004); Ernest Hemingway in the romantic comedy film Midnight in Paris (2011), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; bulldog prosecutor Fred Wyshak in Black Mass (2015); astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the biopic First Man (2018); and Junior Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark.
Early life
Corey Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough,[2] the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded The Beacon School. Stoll was raised Jewish.[3][4] 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.[5]
Career

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.[6] In 2013, Stoll received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the Netflix series House of Cards.[7] He them 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.[8]
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, he played Ben Day in the film Dark Places, based on the novel by Gillian Flynn,[9] and had a major role as the villain in the superhero film Ant-Man, playing Darren Cross, later reimagined as the supervillain Yellowjacket.[10] 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.[11]
In January 2019, it was announced that Stoll would recur in the Netflix drama series Ratched.[12] Since 2020, he has portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions.[13]
Personal life
Stoll became engaged to his girlfriend Nadia Bowers, an actress, in October 2014.[14] They were married on June 21, 2015.[15] They had their first child in October 2015.[16]
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sex Shop Clerk | Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" |
Charmed | Demon | Episode: "Witchness Protection" | |
NYPD Blue | Martin Schweiss | Episode: "The Dead Donald" | |
2005 | Alias | Sasha Korjev | Episode: "The Road Home" |
Numb3rs | Agent Reacher | Episode: "Sacrifice" | |
ER | Teddy Marsh | Episode: "Cañon City" | |
CSI: Miami | Craig Seaborn | Episode: "Three-Way" | |
2006 | Law & Order | Gerald Ruane | Episode: "Heart of Darkness" |
Without a Trace | Steve Goodman | Episode: "Candy" | |
The Unit | Intel Type (Bobby Carrol) | Episode: "Old Home Week" | |
Standoff | Dr. Wayne | Episode: "Life Support" | |
The Nine | Alex Kent | 2 episodes | |
2006–2007 | NCIS | Martin Quinn | 3 episodes |
2009 | Life on Mars | Det. Ventura / Russell | Episode: "Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster" |
The Unusuals | Lewis Powell | Episode: "The Circle Line" | |
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 | Homeland | Sandy Bachman | Episode: "The Drone Queen" |
2014–2017 | The Strain | Dr. Ephraim Goodweather | 45 episodes |
American Dad! | Vincent Edmonds, Nicholas Dawson, Carnival Barker (voices) | 4 episodes | |
2015 | WHIH Newsfront | Darren Cross | Episode: "WIRED Insider Interviews Darren Cross, CEO of Pym Technologies" |
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" |
2018–2020 | American Experience | Narrator | 4 episodes |
2019 | The Deuce | Hank Jaffe | 7 episodes |
2020 | Ratched | Charles Wainwright | 3 episodes |
Baghdad Central | Captain John Perodi | 6 episodes | |
2020–present | Billions | Michael Prince | Recurring (season 5); Main cast (season 6)[18] |
2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Peter | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
2022 | Pantheon | Jake, News Anchor (voices) | Episode: "The Gods Will Not Be Slain" |
2023 | Transatlantic | Graham Patterson | 7 episodes |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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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 | |
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 |
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
- "Birthdays". The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. March 14, 2015. p. A2.
Actor Corey Stoll is 39.
- 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.
- Schulman, Michael (August 1, 2016). "From Hemingway to Shakespeare". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
That scene-stealing part kicked off a prolific run for the forty-year-old character actor...
- "How Corey Stoll Manned Up for Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris'". Reuters. August 26, 2011.
- "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Andreeva, Nellie (April 25, 2013). "Dark Places". DC. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- Collis, Clark (January 18, 2015). "Corey Stoll talks about playing 'Ant-Man' villain Yellowjacket". Entertainment Weekly.
- Playbill, July/August 2016
- Denise Petski (January 14, 2019). "'Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- Crucchiola, Jordan (November 5, 2019). "Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll Join Billions, That Other Rich People Show". Vulture. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- Boardman, Madeline (October 5, 2014). "Homeland Star Corey Stoll Engaged to Girlfriend Nadia Bowers". US Weekly.
- "Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers are Married – and Expecting a Baby Boy!". People.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- "Corey Stoll, Wife Nadia Bowers Welcome First Child: See the Family Pic". Usmagazine.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- Kit, Borys (April 8, 2022). "Cary Elwes, Corey Stoll Join Zack Snyder's Sci-Fi Fantasy 'Rebel Moon' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- Pedersen, Erik (November 5, 2019). "'Billions': Julianna Margulies & Corey Stoll Join Season 5 Cast Of Showtime Drama". Deadline.
External links

- Corey Stoll at IMDb
- Corey Stoll at the Internet Broadway Database