- Stuhlbarg, 55, was approached seemingly at random by a homeless man in the Upper East Side on Sunday Night, the NYPD told DailyMail.com
- The actor was walking close to East 90th and East Drive around 7:45pm when Xavier Israel , 27, struck him in the back of his neck with a rock
- Israel is homeless and has previously been arrested for two assaults and a robbery in January 2022, cops confirmed
Boardwalk Empire star Michael Stuhlbarg has been attacked by a rock-wielding homeless man near New York City’s Central Park, according to police.
Stuhlbarg, 55, was approached seemingly at random by a homeless man in the Upper East Side on Sunday Night, the NYPD told DailyMail.com.
The actor was walking close to East 90th and East Drive around 7:45pm when Xavier Israel, 27, struck him in the back of his neck with a rock.
Police said Stuhlbarg ‘received medical attention at the scene’ for ‘minor injuries’.
Stuhlbarg, 55, was approached seemingly at random by a homeless man in the Upper East Side on Sunday Night
Pictured: Xavier Israel being booked for a previous assault in Manhattan January 2022
Pictured: Hope Davis as Gina Baxter and Michael Stuhlbarg as Jimmy Baxter in Your Honor
Stuhlbarg chased after Israel following the attack, and cops who were stationed outside the Russian consulate at 9 E 91 Street apprehended him, according to the New York Post.
Israel, who is homeless, was taken into custody and charged with assault.
He has previously been arrested for two assaults and a robbery in January 2022, cops confirmed.
In one incident that month, he knocked a 59-year-old man to the ground and mugged him after the man tried to offer him a coat amid freezing temperatures.
Israel was also arrested for attacking another person who offered him help – a 49-year-old woman, and for allegedly beating up two 18-year-olds in Central Park.
Israel used a coronavirus mask to obscure his identity when he appeared in court for the January assaults
Pictured: Israel is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal court on assault and robbery charges for beating and ribbing a good Samaritan that tried to give him a coat in January 2022
The attacks all unfolded within the month of January 2022 and Israel does not have any further criminal record before or after this month, cops told DailyMail.com.
The first incident, where Israel attacked the man who offered him a coat, was caught on surveillance footage.
Video shows the victim as he tried to help Israel, who had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue around 8pm on a particularly cold evening.
The victim gently places a jacket he was wearing on Israel before the homeless man springs up and pushes him into the ground.
Israel took the man’s wallet from his back pants pocket while he was on the ground before fleeing the scene.
The victim attempts to get his wallet back before Israel punches him and throws him back to the ground.
When Israel was arrested shortly afterwards on West 41st Street and 5th Avenue, officers found almost $1,500 in cash stuffed in his pants.
Pictured: David Gordon Green (left) as Brad and Michael Stuhlbarg (right) as Jake in Bones And All
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