Sebastian Stan was born on August 13, 1982, in Constanta, Romania. He moved with his mother to Vienna, Austria, when he was eight, and then to New York when he was 12. Stan studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and spent a year at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
When he went back to New York he started working in some projects like
Law & Order (1990),
Tony & Tina's Wedding (2004), and
Red Doors (2005). Upon finishing college, he played Martin Waters in
The Architect (2006), Chase Collins in
The Covenant (2006), and worked in
Eric Bogosian's theater play "The Talk" (2007). Also in 2007, Stan started playing Carter Baizen in
Gossip Girl (2007). His following projects were
Spread (2009),
Kings (2009),
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), and
Black Swan (2010). He also landed the role of Bucky Barnes in
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In 2012, Stan worked in several projects:
Gone (2012),
Political Animals (2012),
The Apparition (2012),
Once Upon a Time (2011), and the mini series
Labyrinth (2012). In 2013, he was in Broadway's Picnic, and in 2014 he was introduced as The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). He has continued his role as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in
Captain America: Civil War (2016),
Black Panther (2018), and
Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Other notable projects include
Ricki and the Flash (2015),
The Martian (2015),
The Bronze (2015), and
Logan Lucky (2017). He was given high praise for his work in the recent
I, Tonya (2017).