User blog:ARTaylor/Sebastian Stan Turns 37

Today is the thirty-seventh birthday of Sebastian Stan. Born on this day in Constanța, Romania, the actor lived with his single mother in Austria before moving to New York. He started working in a number of theatre works before getting small roles on television series films such as Law & Order, The Covenant, Hot Tub Time Machine, and Black Swan with Natalie Portman. He eventually got recurring roles on Gossip Girl as Carter Baizen and Once Upon A Time as Mad Hatter. He has appeared in critically acclaimed films like The Martian, Logan Lucky, and I, Tonya.

Stan got his big break when he was cast as James "Bucky" Barnes in the Marvel Studios film Captain America: The First Avenger. He later signed an expansive nine-picture deal to play the character. He reprised the role as the brainwashed Winter Soldier in Captain America: Winter Soldier. He went on to play the role in Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. He is currently set to return to the role in the upcoming series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and What If...?.