Corey Stoll

Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor.

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.

Stoll made his Broadway debut as a member of the ensemble in the 2003 revival of William Shakespeare's Henry IV at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.

He acted off-Broadway in Intimate Apparel (2004) and on Broadway in Appropriate (2023).

Corey Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of New York City's Manhattan borough, the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll.

His father co-founded The Beacon School.

Stoll was raised Jewish.

The following year Stoll received a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Intimate Apparel (2004), opposite Tony winner and Oscar winner Viola Davis.

Stoll returned to Broadway in John Van Druten in Old Acquaintances (2007) and went on to appear in several films, including North Country (2005), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), the television film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), and Push (2009).

He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011).

In 2010, he appeared in drama film Helena from the Wedding and the action thriller Salt.

Stoll portrayed Marco in the 2010 Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play A View from the Bridge acting opposite Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson.

Stoll starred as LAPD Detective Tomas Jaruszalski on the NBC police drama Law & Order: LA.

For his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

He played Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen's romantic comedy film Midnight in Paris (2011) for which he earned acclaim as well as a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.

Stoll, who is mostly bald, wore a custom wig for the role.

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).

In 2013, Stoll received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the Netflix series House of Cards.

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.

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.

Stoll became engaged to his girlfriend Nadia Bowers, an actress, in October 2014.

Stoll played 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 films include Black Mass (2015), First Man (2018), The Seagull (2018), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), and West Side Story (2021).

In 2015, he played Ben Day in the film Dark Places, based on the novel by Gillian Flynn, and had a major role as the villain in the superhero film Ant-Man, playing Darren Cross, later reimagined as the supervillain Yellowjacket.

They were married on June 21, 2015.

They had their first child in October 2015.

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.

In January 2019, it was announced that Stoll would recur in the Netflix drama series Ratched.

From 2020 to 2023, he portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to protagonist Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions.

Since 2020, he has portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions.

In 2023 he returned to Broadway in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play Appropriate acting opposite Sarah Paulson and Elle Fanning.