Berlinale
Silver Bear for Best Leading Role for Sebastian Stan
Best acting performance in a leading role: Sebastian Stan, here at the closing gala at the Berlinale Palast. photo
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The award for best leading role goes to Sebastian Stan. The Romanian-American actor will be honored for his role in the film “A Different Man.”
The Berlinale is honoring the Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan with a Silver Bear. The 41-year-old received the award for best acting performance in a leading role. He plays a man with a deformed face in the tragicomedy “A Different Man”. After an experiment, he turns into an outwardly attractive man. Contrary to what he expected, this doesn’t bring him any luck.
Stan, who was born in Romania in 1982, grew up partly in Vienna and has lived in the USA since the age of twelve, first became known through television. The youth series “Gossip Girl” made him known to a larger audience from 2007 onwards. In recent years he has made a name for himself in the cinema, particularly as an actor in fantasy films. Since he impressed in a key role in “Captain America: The First Avenger” in 2011, he has been entrusted with similar tasks in several action blockbusters. The role of Edward in “A Different Man” is undoubtedly the most complex role of his career to date.