Robert 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…