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Stuhlbarg at The Looming Tower premier in 2018 (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock)
M
ichael Stuhlbarg was in between shows, as Socrates in Tim Blake Nelson’s 2019 play, when he was besieged by a bus load of
Call Me by Your Name fans in New York. “They called themselves the Peaches,” recalls the 52-year-old. “There must have been about 60 people. They wanted to express their thanks for the film but also for the performance. It was like having an enormously warm hug from a bunch of strangers out of the middle of nowhere.”
I’m not surprised they wanted to speak to him. Though egregiously overlooked by the Academy, Stuhlbarg’s acclaimed performance in Luca Guadignino’s sensual gay love story found his character anointed “Best Dad Ever” on many an Instagram and Twitter post. As Timothée Chalamet’s father, a watchful archaeology professor who intuits his son’s sexual awakening and doesn’t judge or condescend, Stulhbarg is