<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Nadia Bowers (m . 2015) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor . He is known for his role as Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on the American television horror / suspense series The Strain on the FX network, as well as Congressman Peter Russo in House of Cards, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013 . He was a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010--2011), and portrayed the villain Darren Cross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant - Man (2015). Other notable roles include a 2004 Off - Broadway performance of Intimate Apparel, portraying Ernest Hemingway in the 2011 romantic comedy film Midnight in Paris and bulldog prosecutor Fred Wyshak in Black Mass . </P> <P> Stoll was born on the Upper West Side of New York City, New York . He is the son of Judith and Stephen Stoll, who is the co-founder of The Beacon School . Stoll was raised Jewish . He studied drama at Long Lake Camp for the Arts from 1988 through 1992 . He was a Drama Department graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts . He graduated from Oberlin College in 1998, and from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts in 2003 . </P>

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