Stan became a United States citizen in 2002. He attended Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, which gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

It was then that he decided to take acting seriously and began to apply for acting programs at several universities. He also attended the Stagedoor Manor summer camp where he was cast in many camp productions. ĭuring Stan's years at the Rockland school, he starred in productions including Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, Little Shop of Horrors, Over Here!, and West Side Story. He was raised in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Four years later, they moved to Rockland County, New York, after his mother married the headmaster of a school in the United States. When he was eight, he and his mother, Georgeta Orlovschi, moved to Vienna, Austria, where she was employed as a pianist, following the Fall of Communism in 1989. His parents divorced when he was two years old. He has since starred in the biopic I, Tonya (2017) and the thriller Fresh (2022). In film, Stan had supporting role in Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama Ricki and the Flash, Ridley Scott's science fiction film The Martian (both 2015), and Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky (2017). In 2022, he received critical acclaim for playing Tommy Lee in the Hulu miniseries Pam & Tommy earning a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Award. The latter earned him a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award.

On television, Stan has played Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl (2007–2010), Prince Jack Benjamin in Kings (2009), Mad Hatter in Once Upon a Time (2012), and T.J. He gained recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise beginning with the film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and most recently starring in the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1982) is a Romanian-American actor.

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