Sebastian Stan Biography

Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1983) is a Romanian-born American actor. He was raised in America since the age of 12. He played Jefferson the Mad Hatter on the ABC's fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, Prince Jack Benjamin on Kings and Carter Baizen on Gossip Girl. He appeared in the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Black Swan. In 2012, he appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals starring alongside Sigourney Weaver.

His role in Political Animals earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Miniseries.

Early life

Stan was born in Constan"?a, Romania. At age 8, he and his mother moved to Vienna, where she was employed as a pianist. Four years later (at age 12), he moved with his mother to Rockland County, New York after she married an American, the headmaster of a private academy.

During Stan's years at the Rockland Country Day School, he starred in productions such as Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors, Over Here!, and West Side Story. He also attended the Stagedoor Manor summer camp where he was introduced to acting and was cast in many camp productions. It was then that he decided to take acting seriously and began to apply for acting programs at several universities. He was accepted to and attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. This gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

Television and film career

In 2010, he appeared in Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller, Black Swan. Stan also began filming the supernatural horror film The Apparition in February of that year; the film was released on August 24, 2012.

Stan played Blaine, the main antagonist of Hot Tub Time Machine in March 2010. Later that same year, he played Bucky in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, based on the Marvel Comics character. Stan will reprise the role in the sequel.

In 2012, he starred in the thriller Gone and began a recurring role on Once Upon a Time as the Mad Hatter. The A.V. Club described his work in "Hat Trick", his premiere episode, as "excellent" and placed the episode in their list of the 30 best episodes of 2012 from series which did not make their top list. He also appeared in the USA Network miniseries Political Animals as the troubled gay son of the former first lady.

In 2013, Stan played the role of Hal Carter in the Roundabout Theater Company's production of William Inge's Picnic, at the American Airlines Theater in New York.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Johnny
2005	Red Doors	Simon
2006	'	Martin Waters
2006	'	Chase Collins
2007	'	Leo
2008	Rachel Getting Married	Walter
2009	Spread	Harry
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Blaine
2010	Black Swan	Andrew
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes
2012	Gone	Billy
2012	'	Ben
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Law & Order	Justin Capshaw	Episode: "Sheltered"
2007, 2009"2010	Gossip Girl	Carter Baizen	11 episodes
2009	Kings	Jonathan "Jack" Benjamin	Main cast; 12 episodes
2012	Once Upon a Time	The Mad Hatter/Jefferson	6 episodes
2012	Political Animals	Thomas "T.J." Hammond	Miniseries
2012	Labyrinth	Will Franklin	Miniseries

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Captain America: Super Soldier	James "Bucky" Barnes	Voice

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2008	"Wake Up Call"	Hayden Panettiere