Dramatic video captured actor Michael Stuhlbarg chasing after a homeless man who allegedly attacked him with a rock near Central Park over the weekend.
Surveillance footage obtained by The Post shows the “Boardwalk Empire” actor running in a bike lane moments after his attacker, identified by police as Xavier Israel, 27, sprinted past on the sidewalk.
The 55-year-old actor, who will take the stage Monday for the first preview of his upcoming Broadway production “Patriots” was walking near East 90th and East Drive Sunday evening just before 8 p.m. when Israel allegedly struck him in the back of the neck with a rock, causing an abrasion.
Israel, who is homeless, has previously been arrested for two assaults as well as a robbery, all of which took place in January 2022, police and sources told The Post.
Stuhlbarg was attacked less than 2 miles from where his “Boardwalk Empire” character, Arnold Rothstein, was fatally shot in the popular HBO drama.
