Michael Stuhlbarg in 2023.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty
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Xavier Israel, 27, was taken into custody after striking a 55-year-old man in the back of the neck, according to the New York Police Department. Though police did not name Stuhlbarg, PEOPLE has confirmed he was the victim.
A rep for Stuhlbarg did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The New York Postwas the first to report the news of the seemingly-random attack.
Michael Stuhlbarg in 2023.Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Israel, who is currently homeless, was on parole for attempted robbery when he struck Stuhlbarg, according to police.
A character actor who’s been active for the past 25 years, Stuhlbarg has starred in series includingDamages,Ugly BettyandBoardwalk Empire, on which he played gambler and gangster Arnold Rothstein. His performances inDopesickandThe Looming Towerearned himEmmy nominationsfor best supporting actor in a limited series or movie.
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Stuhlbarg’s new Broadway show,Patriots, fromThe Crowncreator Peter Morgan, begins previews Monday. Stuhlbarg, who plays wealthy Russian Boris Berezovsky opposite Will Keep asVladimir Putin, will be performing as scheduled, a rep for the show confirms to PEOPLE.
“In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs — and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky,” according to a synopsis of the show.
“When an eventual successor to President Boris Yeltsin is needed, Berezovsky turns to the little-known deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin. But soon Putin’s ruthless rise threatens Berezovsky’s reign, setting off a riveting, near-Shakespearean confrontation between the two powerful, fatally flawed men,” the synopsis adds.
source: people.com
