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Stanley Tucci Jr. (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles ranging from menacing to sophisticated. Tucci has earned numerous accolades, including six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Tony Award. Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's Prizzi's Honour (1985) and continued to play a variety of supporting roles in films such as Deconstructing Harry (1997), Road to Perdition (2002), and The Terminal (2004). He made his directorial debut with the comedy Big Night (1996), which he also co-wrote and starred in. Following roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Julie & Julia (2009), Tucci was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Lovely Bones (2009). Tucci's other film roles include Burlesque (2010), Easy A (2010), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Margin Call (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015), Spotlight (2015), Supernova (2020), Worth (2021), and Conclave (2024). He has starred in numerous television series such as the legal drama Murder One (1995–1997), the medical drama 3 lbs (2006), Ryan Murphy's limited series Feud: Bette & Joan (2017), and the drama Limetown (2018). He played Stanley Kubrick in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). For his portrayal of Walter Winchell in the HBO film Winchell (1998), he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Since 2020, Tucci has voiced Bitsy Brandenham in the Apple TV+ animated series Central Park. From 2021 to 2022, he hosted the CNN food and travel documentary series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, for which he won two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2003) and a Grammy Award for narrating the audiobook The One and Only Shrek! (2008).
Roger Dorn buys the fledgling Cleveland Guardians formerly known as the Indians. With attendance low Dorn tries to inject a new energy into the organization by bringing in former teammate and catcher Jake Taylor to be the Guardians manager. Taylor looks to restructure the entire Gaurdians roster by bringing in a some new players to change the identity of the Cleveland ball club. The Guardians still have some open roster spots so Taylor holds an open tryout where pitcher Charlie Reese that looks strangely familiar and shows an incredible throwing arm but lacks control of his pitches. Taylor decides to take a risk and sign the kid with hopes to teach him control. Under Taylor's guidance the Guardians start off slow, and it's not until Dorn holds an appreciation night for the 1989-1990 Cleveland Indians which features Pedro Serano, Willie Mays Hayes, Jake Taylor, Roger Dorn, and Rick Vaughn that the Gaurdians show signs of life and start winning games. After the appreciation ceremony the former players being honored look on as Charlie Reese pitches and Willie Hayes makes a comment to Rick Vaughn asking if he has any kids that he doesn't know about.
