Born:
August 13, 1982
in
Constanta, Romania
Best Known For:
Playing Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in a number of Marvel movies.
Early-life:
Sebastian was born in Constanta, Romania, on August 13, 1982. His parents divorced when he was two. At the age of eight, he moved to Vienna, Austria, where his mother, Georgeta Orlovschi, was employed as a pianist. Four years later, they moved to Rockland County, New York, after she married the headmaster of Rockland County Day School. Sebastian attended the school and starred in a number of productions there, including Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors and West Side Story. He developed his love of acting at the Stagedoor Manor summer camp and went on to attend Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Career:
In 2003, Stan made his TV acting debut in an episode of Law & Order. He had a recurring role in drama Kings. His TV credits also include Gossip Girl, Once Upon a Time and I'm Dying Up Here. He is best known for playing Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in the Captain America movies and other Marvel big-screen projects. He has also starred in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Black Swan (2010), Gone (2012), the Apparition (2012) and The Martian (2015).
Quote:
'Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually, they're going to be the only things separating you from everyone else.'
Trivia:
Stan became a United States citizen in 2002. During his time at university, he spent a year studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.