Early life

Stan was born in Constanța, Romania. At age 8, he and his mother moved to Vienna, Austria, where his mother was employed as a pianist. Four years later, they moved to Rockland County, New York, after his mother married Anthony Fruhauf, the headmaster of Rockland Country Day School.

During Stan's years at the Rockland Country Day School, he starred in productions including 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 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, which also gave him the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying acting at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England.

Television and film career

After several television and film roles including The Covenant and Gossip Girl, Stan landed a lead role in the 2009 series Kings as Prince Jack Benjamin. In 2010, he appeared in Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller, Black Swan. Stan also began filming the supernatural horror film The Apparition in February that year; the film was released on August 24, 2012. Stan played Blaine, the main antagonist of Hot Tub Time Machine in March 2010. In July 2011, he played Bucky Barnes in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, based on the Marvel Comics character.

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. This role resulted in a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. 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. In 2014, Stan reprised his role as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

In 2015, Stan played Joshua in Ricki and the Flash, and co-starred in The Martian, as NASA scientist Dr. Chris Beck. He reprised his Winter Soldier character in the third Captain America film, Captain America: Civil War, released in 2016.

Personal life

Stan dated his Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester between 2008 and 2010 and dated his Once Upon a Time co-star Jennifer Morrison from 2012 to 2013. Since 2014, he has been dating his Spread co-star Margarita Levieva.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Johnny
2005	Red Doors	Simon
2006	Architect, TheThe Architect	Martin Waters
2006	Covenant, TheThe Covenant	Chase Collins
2007	Education of Charlie Banks, TheThe Education of Charlie Banks	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	Apparition, TheThe Apparition	Ben
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
2015	Bronze, TheThe Bronze	Lance Tucker
2015	Ant-Man	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier	Post-credits scene; cameo
2015	Ricki and the Flash	Joshua
2015	Martian, TheThe Martian	Dr. Chris Beck
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
2017	I'm Not Here	Steve	Currently Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Law & Order	Justin Capshaw	Episode: "Sheltered"
2007-10	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; 6 episodes
2012	Labyrinth	Will Franklin	Miniseries; 2 episodes

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

Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Ref
2013	Critics Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Political Animals
2013	Online Film & Television Association	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Political Animals
2015	MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight vs. Chris Evans	Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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