Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan speaks English and Romanian fluently. In Captain America: Civil War (2016), he actually speaks Romanian in the first scene, which is set in Bucharest, Romania.

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For his role as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in Captain America: Civil War (2016), a new metal arm had to be molded and built because he had gained more than twenty kilos of muscle for the part and had grown too large to fit into the old one.

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He performed all of his own stunts in The Covenant (2006).

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He is Romanian. When he was 8 years old, his mother moved with him from Romania to Vienna, Austria, where she worked as a pianist. When he was 12, they moved to Rockland County, New York, where his mother married the headmaster of an American private school.

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His godmother is the Romanian makeup mogul Anastasia Soare, of Anastasia Beverly Hills.

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Before taking on the role of James "Bucky" Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), he was considered for the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America.

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He graduated with a BFA in Acting from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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He has been interested in astronomy since childhood and had considered working in that field before turning to acting.

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He almost did not have an acting career at all. In a 2017 interview, he said his mother kept sending him to auditions as a child, which led to his first role in Michael Haneke's 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994). Stan told his mother he had a terrible time making the film and did not want to pursue a career in it, saying he disliked the process. He changed his mind after appearing in his first school plays.

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He is very good friends with his Marvel co-star and on-screen nemesis Anthony Mackie.

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The long hair that is the trademark of his character Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier has always been a wig except in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Thunderbolts* (2025), because only then did he have enough time to actually grow his hair out. In all the other films featuring the same character, he did not have enough time for his hair to reach the required length because of the other projects he was shooting.

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Sebastian had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene as Bucky Barnes in the final title sequence of Black Panther. When his mother watched the film, she did not stay until the final part and missed her son's scene.

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He has appeared in three films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Black Swan (2010), The Martian (2015) and Black Panther (2018).

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He is friends with his co-stars Toby Hemingway and Chace Crawford from The Covenant (2006).

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He attended the famous performing arts summer camp Stagedoor Manor.

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Before achieving major success as an actor, he worked as an usher selling popcorn at Cinema 6 in New York City and also worked for H&M.

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He used to smoke as a way to relax during auditions before giving up the habit in favor of healthier alternatives such as meditation.

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He dated Leighton Meester between 2008 and 2010, Dianna Agron between 2011 and 2012, Jennifer Morrison between 2012 and 2013, Russian actress Margarita Levieva between 2014 and 2016, and Spanish actress Alejandra Onieva between 2020 and 2021.

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Sebastian Stan played Hayden Panettiere's brother in The Architect (2006) and her boyfriend in Hayden Panettiere: Wake Up Call (2008).

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Sebastian Stan starred in Eric Bogosian's play "Talk Radio."

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For the role of Tommy Lee in Pam & Tommy (2022), Sebastian Stan grew his hair out and dyed it black.

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Sebastian Stan's mother is named Georgeta.

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In 2025, Sebastian Stan was invited to join the Actors Branch of AMPAS.

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Ed Brubaker believes Sebastian Stan could play Ethan Reckless in a film or TV adaptation of the Reckless comics.

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Sebastian Stan has been in a relationship with Annabelle Wallis since 2022.

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