
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 Lei & Ordem (1990), Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding (2004), and Red Doors (2005). Upon finishing college, he played Martin Waters in The Architect (2006), Chase Collins in O Pacto (2006), and worked in Eric Bogosian's theater play "The Talk" (2007). Also in 2007, Stan started playing Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl: A Garota do Blog (2007). His following projects were Jogando com Prazer (2009), Kings (2009), A Ressaca (2010), and Cisne Negro (2010). He also landed the role of Bucky Barnes in Capitão América: O Primeiro Vingador (2011). In 2012, Stan worked in several projects: 12 Horas (2012), Animais Políticos (2012), A Aparição (2012), Era Uma Vez (2011), and the mini series Labirinto (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 Capitão América: O Soldado Invernal (2014). He has continued his role as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier in Capitão América: Guerra Civil (2016), Pantera Negra (2018), and Vingadores: Guerra Infinita (2018). Other notable projects include Ricki and the Flash: De Volta Para Casa (2015), Perdido em Marte (2015), Medalha de Bronze (2015), and Logan Lucky: Roubo em Família (2017). He was given high praise for his work in the recent Eu, Tonya (2017).