Sebastian Stan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sebastian Stan

• Sebastian Stan is an American renowned actor, born in Constanța and raised in Romanian.

• His mother named him after the name of Johann Sebastian Bach (German composer and musician of the late Baroque period).

• When he was 2 years old, his parents got divorced.

  

• After their divorce, Sebastian’s custody was awarded to his mother. When he was 8 years old, Sebastian and his mother moved to Vienna, Austria.

  

• In an interview, Sebastian revealed that his mother was a pianist, so he travelled a lot with her and experienced different cultures and languages.

• In an interview, he revealed that his mother kept sending him to auditions back when he was a kid, which led him to bag a small role in his debut film 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994).

• When he was 12 years old, he and his mother moved to Rockland County, New York, as his mother got a job offer at a school in New York. Later, his mother also got married to the headmaster of that school.

• In an interview, Sebastian Stan revealed that he was raised in the Romanian Orthodox Church, and his mother was very superstitious.

• Stan attended Stagedoor Manor, a renowned performing Summer Camp in New York, where he was cast in many plays. In an interview, Stan revealed that after his summer camp he decided to take acting seriously and began applying to acting programs at several universities.

• Sebastian Stan also attended Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, England for one year.

• In 2002, he got US citizenship.

• Actual professional acting career of Stan started in 2003 with the TV Show Law & Order.
• In an interview, Stan stated that he performed all of his stunts in the film Covenant (2006) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

• In 2011, he played the role of Bucky Barnes in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, which was inspired by the Marvel Comics character. It was his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), though it was not included in the nine-picture contract he later signed with Marvel Studios.

• In an interview, Sebastian revealed that about a month after the Captain America (2011) film was released, he was struggling to pay his rent.

• Before being cast as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger, he was considered for Steve Rogers’ role of Captain America.

• In 2013, he signed a contract for nine films with Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) was the first film of his nine-film contract. Stan’s character was also re-named from Bucky Barnes to Winter Soldier for this film.

• He has appeared in three films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Black Swan (2010), The Martian (2015) and Black Panther (2018).

• He speaks English and Romanian fluently. In an interview, Sebastian revealed that in the film Captain America: Civil War (2016), he speaks Romanian. He added for this film a new metal arm made for his character, as he had gained over twenty pounds of muscle for the role and became too big to fit in his old one.

• In an interview, Stan revealed that the long hair of his character, Bucky Barnes, has always been a wig, except in the film Captain America: Civil War (2016). Because he had enough time to grow the hair naturally.

• For his TV show, Pam & Tommy (2022), he grew out his hair and dyed it black for his role, rather than using a wig for long hair.

• Sebastian Stan started his debut as film producer with his film A Different Man (2024).

• After the death of his mother Sebastian Stan considered Anatasia Soare, a Romanian-born founder of the cosmetic brand Anastasia beverly Hill as his godmother.

• In an interview, Sebastian revealed that before receiving offers in films and TV, he worked at a Cinema 6 in New York City as an usher who sold popcorn and also worked for the H&M brand.

• Sebastinan is also involved in social work and is associated with an organisation called Amnesty International USA, which works to protect human rights worldwide.

• Sebastian Stan used to smoke cigarettes a lot as a way to relax himself during film auditions and keep the stub until he found out whether or not he got the offer or not. However, later he quit the habit of smoking by doing meditation and other mindful practices.

• In an interview, Sebastian revealed that he has a lot of love for astronomy and also wanted to pursue a career in it.

• He enjoys drinking alcoholic drinks.

• Sebastian Stan is a fitness freak and follows a strict workout regimen to stay fit and active.