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 (2013â€"2016), for which he
received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, and Dr. Ephraim
Goodweather on the FX horror drama series The Strain (2014â€"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 (2010â€"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 Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of
New York City's Manhattan borough on March 14, 1976, the son of Judith
and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded The Beacon School. Stoll was
raised Jewish. 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.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.
best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix
political thriller series House of Cards (2013â€"2016), for which he
received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, and Dr. Ephraim
Goodweather on the FX horror drama series The Strain (2014â€"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 (2010â€"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 Daniel Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of
New York City's Manhattan borough on March 14, 1976, the son of Judith
and Stephen Stoll. His father co-founded The Beacon School. Stoll was
raised Jewish. 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.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.
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