Corey Stoll

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 (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) 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) a performance for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, bulldog prosecutor Fred Wyshak in Black Mass (2015), and astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the biopic First Man (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Corey Stoll, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Midnight in Paris (2011)

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A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Owen Wilson  •  Rachel McAdams  •  Kurt Fuller  •  Mimi Kennedy

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Owen Wilson  •  Rachel McAdams  •  Kurt Fuller  •  Mimi Kennedy

Ant-Man (2015)

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Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peyton Reed
CAST:  Paul Rudd  •  Michael Douglas  •  Evangeline Lilly  •  Corey Stoll

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peyton Reed
CAST:  Paul Rudd  •  Michael Douglas  •  Evangeline Lilly  •  Corey Stoll

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

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Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bruce Willis  •  Lucy Liu  •  Morgan Freeman

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bruce Willis  •  Lucy Liu  •  Morgan Freeman

North Country (2005)

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A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Caro
CAST:  Charlize Theron  •  Elle Peterson  •  Thomas Curtis  •  Frances McDormand

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niki Caro
CAST:  Charlize Theron  •  Elle Peterson  •  Thomas Curtis  •  Frances McDormand

The Number 23 (2007)

Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Schumacher
CAST:  Jim Carrey  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Logan Lerman  •  Danny Huston

Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Schumacher
CAST:  Jim Carrey  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Logan Lerman  •  Danny Huston

C.O.G. (2013)

A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyle Patrick Alvarez
CAST:  Jonathan Groff  •  Troian Bellisario  •  Corey Stoll  •  Dale Dickey

A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kyle Patrick Alvarez
CAST:  Jonathan Groff  •  Troian Bellisario  •  Corey Stoll  •  Dale Dickey

Anesthesia (2016)

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Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Blake Nelson
CAST:  Kristen Stewart  •  Glenn Close  •  Corey Stoll  •  Katie Chang

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Blake Nelson
CAST:  Kristen Stewart  •  Glenn Close  •  Corey Stoll  •  Katie Chang

Dark Places (2015)

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A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Paquet-Brenner
CAST:  Charlize Theron  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Nicholas Hoult  •  Christina Hendricks

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Paquet-Brenner
CAST:  Charlize Theron  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Nicholas Hoult  •  Christina Hendricks

The Good Lie (2014)

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A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Falardeau
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  Corey Stoll  •  Thad Luckinbill  •  Sarah Baker

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Falardeau
CAST:  Reese Witherspoon  •  Corey Stoll  •  Thad Luckinbill  •  Sarah Baker

Non-Stop (2014)

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Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaume Collet-Serra
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Julianne Moore  •  Anson Mount  •  Michelle Dockery

Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaume Collet-Serra
CAST:  Liam Neeson  •  Julianne Moore  •  Anson Mount  •  Michelle Dockery

This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

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When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Levy
CAST:  Jason Bateman  •  Rose Byrne  •  Tina Fey  •  Jane Fonda

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Levy
CAST:  Jason Bateman  •  Rose Byrne  •  Tina Fey  •  Jane Fonda

The Time Being (2012)

A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nenad Cicin-Sain
CAST:  Wes Bentley  •  Sarah Paulson  •  Frank Langella  •  Ahna O'Reilly

A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nenad Cicin-Sain
CAST:  Wes Bentley  •  Sarah Paulson  •  Frank Langella  •  Ahna O'Reilly

The Normal Heart (2014)

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The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Jim Parsons  •  Matt Bomer  •  Julia Roberts

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Mark Ruffalo  •  Jim Parsons  •  Matt Bomer  •  Julia Roberts

Decoding Annie Parker (2014)

The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Bernstein
CAST:  Samantha Morton  •  Helen Hunt  •  Aaron Paul  •  Alice Eve

The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Bernstein
CAST:  Samantha Morton  •  Helen Hunt  •  Aaron Paul  •  Alice Eve

Helena from the Wedding (2010)

Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. However, when an unexpected guest shows up, the group's facades begin to crumble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Infantolino
CAST:  Dagmara Dominczyk  •  Dominic Fumusa  •  Jessica Hecht  •  Melanie Lynskey

Newlyweds Alex and Alice host a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. However, when an unexpected guest shows up, the group's facades begin to crumble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Infantolino
CAST:  Dagmara Dominczyk  •  Dominic Fumusa  •  Jessica Hecht  •  Melanie Lynskey

Salt (2010)

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As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Corey Stoll  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Angelina Jolie  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Corey Stoll  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009)

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university Sara Quinn is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Krasinski
CAST:  Julianne Nicholson  •  Ben Shenkman  •  Timothy Hutton  •  Michael Cerveris

After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university Sara Quinn is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Krasinski
CAST:  Julianne Nicholson  •  Ben Shenkman  •  Timothy Hutton  •  Michael Cerveris

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

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New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Gilroy
CAST:  Jeremy Renner  •  Scott Glenn  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Edward Norton

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Gilroy
CAST:  Jeremy Renner  •  Scott Glenn  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Edward Norton

Push (2009)

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After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Camilla Belle  •  Chris Evans  •  Djimon Hounsou

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Camilla Belle  •  Chris Evans  •  Djimon Hounsou

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)

The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnieszka Holland
CAST:  Mercedes Ruehl  •  J. D. Pardo  •  Lupe Ontiveros  •  Leela Savasta

The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnieszka Holland
CAST:  Mercedes Ruehl  •  J. D. Pardo  •  Lupe Ontiveros  •  Leela Savasta
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