Two-time Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning character actor Stanley Tucci frequently found himself cast in stereotypical tough guy roles. The upstate New York native began his career when Colleen Dewhurst – mother of Tucci's high school pal Campbell Scott – helped him land a role as a soldier in her 1982 Broadway play, "The Queen and the Rebels.” Within three years, he made his feature debut as a hood in John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor" (1985) and soon developed into a highly respected character actor. Alternating between independent films and big budget features, Tucci came within reach of