Acting
Robert Stanton
EN, FR cinema · 21 credits
Born
8 March 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also known as Robert Lloyd Stanton
Robert Stanton (born Robert Lloyd Stanton, March 8, 1963, in San Antonio, Texas) was raised in Annandale, Virginia. He earned an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and began his career in theater, including a role in Joseph Papp's Measure for Measure (1985) and a stint in the resident company of the American Repertory Theater (1989–1991). He is also a director and playwright, having won an Obie Award in 1994 for All in the Timing. His notable film credits include A League of Their Own (1992, with Tom Hanks and Geena Davis), Dennis the Menace (1993, with Macaulay Culkin), Mercury Rising (1998, with Brad Pitt), The Quiet American (2002, with Pitt), The Stepford Wives (2004, with Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick), Find Me Guilty (2006, with Sean Penn), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009, with Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy), and Jason Bourne (2016, with Matt Damon).
Known for
Filmography
Jason Bourne
as Government Lawyer
True Story
as Jeffrey Gregg
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Derek Smeath
Gigantic
as James Weathersby
The Stepford Wives
as Ted Van Sant
Head of State
as Advisor
The Quiet American
as Joe Tunney
Happy Accidents
as Fetishist
Mercury Rising
as Dean Crandell
Next Stop Wonderland
as Robert
Red Corner
as Ed Pratt
Washington Square
as Arthur Townsend
Striptease
as Erb Crandal
Don't Drink the Water
as Mr. Burns
Dennis the Menace
as Henry Mitchell
Bob Roberts
as Bart Macklerooney
Margaret Bourke-White
as Lloyd-Smith
The House on Carroll Street
as Dionysus