Michael Stuhlbarg (/ˈstuːlˌbɑːrɡ/; born July 5, 1968)[1] is an American actor. He played troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, organized-crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), René Tabard in Hugo (2011), Griffin in Men in Black 3 (2012), Dr. Flicker in Blue Jasmine (2013), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), computer scientist and inventor Andy Hertzfeld in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015), and Nicodemus West in the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016).