---
name: "Sebastian Stan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sebastian-stan"
fi1m_id: "sebastian-stan"
imdb_id: "nm1659221"
tmdb_id: 60898
wikidata_id: "Q455898"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-22T03:18:12.056368+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sebastian Stan

## Identity

Sebastian Stan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sebastian-stan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sebastian-stan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1659221
- **TMDB ID:** 60898
- **Wikidata ID:** Q455898
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Stan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60898

Actor. Born 13 August 1982 in Constanța, Romanian SR [now Romania].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 August 1982, Constanța, Romanian SR [now Romania]
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Sebastijan Sten
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 15: 14 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Chris Evans](https://film.one/person/chris-evans.md), [Christopher Markus](https://film.one/person/christopher-markus.md), [Stephen McFeely](https://film.one/person/stephen-mcfeely.md), [Anthony Russo](https://film.one/person/anthony-russo.md), [Craig Gillespie](https://film.one/person/craig-gillespie.md), [Joe Russo](https://film.one/person/joe-russo.md), [Scarlett Johansson](https://film.one/person/scarlett-johansson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 76 (9), 2020s 62 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 14 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 11 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Action 7, Adventure 7, Science Fiction 7, Comedy 4, History 2
- **Screen time:** 31 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8,593m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Stan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60898

## Coming up

- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026-12-16), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027-12-15), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
- *The Batman: Part II* (2028-02-17), as Harvey Dent

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Captain America: The Winter Soldier*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md) (77), [*Captain America: Civil War*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md) (74), [*Dumb Money*](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md) (64), [*Captain America: The First Avenger*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Martian*](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md) (82), [*The Apprentice*](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md) (61)
- **Tubi:** [*I, Tonya*](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Sebastian Stan

> Sebastian Stan can make an unappealing man’s need for approval worth watching. We rate him when he works quietly; the recognisable mannerisms can get in the way, and too many supporting roles give him little to do.

In *The Apprentice* (2024), Sebastian Stan delays the familiar voice and lets Donald Trump look unsure of himself. Ali Abbasi gets something worth watching from that restraint: a man whose need for approval is visible before the mannerisms take over. We were disappointed when the pout and hand movements became the performance, because the earlier watchfulness had made us curious about him. Stan reproduces those familiar habits skilfully, but they tell us little we have not already recognised. That early uncertainty is where we find him most convincing.

Bucky Barnes established his franchise career in *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), and the part has remained a fixture alongside the independent and biographical work he began taking on more often in the mid-2010s. *I, Tonya* (2017) and *A Different Man* (2024) are part of that expansion beyond Bucky. The return to Bucky in *Thunderbolts\** (2025) is less rewarding for him. We liked the film with reservations, but Stan spends too much of it standing in doorways. There is little an actor can do with a part that mostly asks him to be present.

Craig Gillespie’s *Dumb Money* (2023) gives him a different sort of confinement. His Vlad Tenev, the man behind the Robinhood app, wears a good shirt and says calm things on calls while the film invites us to disapprove. Gillespie had also directed him in *I, Tonya*, but here the script leaves almost no room for a character to emerge. Stan is one of several actors reduced to a quick indication of whose side we should be on. We would blame the writing before the actor.

Steven Soderbergh’s *Logan Lucky* (2017) uses him more effectively in a small part as Dayton White. Stan gets only a scene or two and uses the limited space well, alongside similarly brief contributions from Katie Holmes and Katherine Waterston. Daniel Craig gets the larger comic opportunities and is the principal pleasure here. The comedy is loose and fond of its people, and it runs on longer than it should. For an evening’s viewing, we would choose this, provided a small helping of Stan is enough.

## Biography

Sebastian Stan is a Romanian-born American actor. He was born on 13 August 1982 in Constanța, Romania, and moved with his mother to Vienna at the age of eight and then to New York at twelve. He studied at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in theatre that included time at Shakespeare’s Globe in London.

Stan is best known for portraying Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011) and continuing through *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), *Avengers: Endgame* (2019) and the series *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021). Other film roles include Dayton White in *Logan Lucky* (2017), Vlad Tenev in *Dumb Money* (2023) and Donald Trump in *The Apprentice* (2024). He is also credited as Bucky Barnes in the forthcoming *Thunderbolts** (2025).

On television he has appeared in *Gossip Girl* (2007–2010) and *Once Upon a Time* (2012). For his performance in *A Different Man* (2024) he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor; his portrayal of Donald Trump earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

*Sources: ew.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

### Performed in (14) — the average rests on these

- *Fjord* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Mihai Gheorghiu — [page](https://film.one/film/fjord.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), Fi1m 71, as Bucky Barnes — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *The Apprentice* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Donald Trump — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Dumb Money* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Vlad Tenev — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *I, Tonya* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Jeff — [page](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Fi1m 76, as Dayton White — [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *The Martian* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Chris Beck — [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), Fi1m 64, as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md)
- *Black Swan* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Andrew / Suitor — [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Walter — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), Fi1m 46, as Bucky Barnes (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Batman: Part II* (2028), as Harvey Dent
- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *A River's Gaze* (2026), Producer
- *Fjord* (2026), as Mihai Gheorghiu — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/fjord.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), as Bucky Barnes — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), as Bucky Barnes (uncredited) — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *The Apprentice* (2024), as Donald Trump — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *A Different Man* (2024), as Edward · Executive Producer
- *Dumb Money* (2023), as Vlad Tenev — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *Bupkis* (2023), series, as Sebastian Stan
- *Ghosted* (2023), as God
- *Sharper* (2023), as Max
- *The Magic Of Passion* (2022), as Terry the terrific
- *Fresh* (2022), as Steve
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, as Tommy Lee
- *The 355* (2022), as Nick Fowler
- *Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special* (2021), as James 'Bucky' Barnes / Winter Soldier (archive footage)
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as Bucky Barnes (voice), Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier (voice), Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Monday* (2021), as Mickey
- *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021), series, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
- *Marvel Studios Legends* (2021), series, as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Devil All the Time* (2020), as Deputy Lee Bodecker
- *Endings, Beginnings* (2020), as Frank
- *The Last Full Measure* (2020), as Scott Huffman
- *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* (2019), as Charles Blackwood
- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People* (2019), as Priest
- *Destroyer* (2018), as Chris
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Black Panther* (2018), as James 'Bucky' Barnes / Winter Soldier (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther.md)
- *I, Tonya* (2017), as Jeff — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md)
- *I'm Not Here* (2017), as Steve
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), as Dayton White — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017), series, as Clay Appuzzo
- *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-civil-war.md)
- *The Bronze* (2016), as Lance Tucker
- *The Martian* (2015), as Chris Beck — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-martian.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), as James 'Bucky' Barnes / Winter Soldier (uncredited) — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Ricki and the Flash* (2015), as Joshua Brummel
- *ARES: live* (2015), series, as Chris Beck
- *Highway* (2014), Actor
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *Labyrinth* (2012), series, as Will Franklyn
- *The Apparition* (2012), as Ben Curtis
- *Political Animals* (2012), series, as T.J. Hammond
- *Gone* (2012), as Billy
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Jefferson / Mad Hatter — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md)
- *Black Swan* (2010), as Andrew / Suitor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md)
- *Hot Tub Time Machine* (2010), as Blaine
- *Kings* (2009), series, as Jack Benjamin
- *Spread* (2009), as Harry
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), as Walter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, as Carter Baizen
- *The Education of Charlie Banks* (2007), as Leo Reilly
- *The Architect* (2006), as Martin Waters
- *The Covenant* (2006), as Chase Collins
- *Red Doors* (2005), as Simon
- *Tony n' Tina's Wedding* (2004), as Johnny Nunzio
- *71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance* (1995), as Subway Kid (uncredited)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Justin Lafferty — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Let the Evil Go West*, as Executive Producer
- *Crackpot*, Actor
- *Burning Rainbow Farm*, as Tom
- *Impunity*, as Executive Producer
- *Ruins*, as Producer
- *Untitled Spy Comedy*, as Producer
- *Frankenstein in Romania*, as Victor Frankenstein / The Monster

## Gallery

- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-9ca47fa9bcec.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Sebastian_Stan_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_05_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Sebastian_Stan_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_05_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu and Sebastian Stan pose during the "Fjord" photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19,  (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-febcd909a928.jpg) Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu and Sebastian Stan pose during the "Fjord" photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19,  (2026) — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/CannesFF26_GRH_TUESPHOTO0276A.jpg/1280px-CannesFF26_GRH_TUESPHOTO0276A.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu and Sebastian Stan pose during the "Fjord" photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19,  (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-df9ddcd3d33c.jpg) Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu and Sebastian Stan pose during the "Fjord" photocall at the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19,  (2026) — Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CannesFF26_GRH_TUESPHOTO0276A_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-CannesFF26_GRH_TUESPHOTO0276A_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-0a78abb4ad85.jpg) Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/MKr354324_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr354324_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-ab6997fa72af.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-b7914287a11f.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-1a0c1b2cfc41.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-bf77fd45cd7e.jpg) Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/MKr354328_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr354328_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-649cc28c9ef5.jpg) Sebastian Stan, Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance in A Different Man, Berlinale 2024 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/MKr354330_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg/1280px-MKr354330_Sebastian_Stan_%28Bester_Darsteller%2C_Berlinale_2024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-188bb3580fb9.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-c3a344071ac8.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sebastian Stan](https://film.one/media/person/8544/gallery-15e9edbe88cb.jpg) Sebastian Stan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Apprentice*

### Golden Globes — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (nominated), for *Pam & Tommy*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film 2025: Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film (won), for *The Apprentice*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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