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Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, Travesties, The Invention of Love, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil, The Russia House, and Shakespeare in Love, and has received an Academy Award and four Tony Awards. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a key playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".
Birth Name
Tomas Straussler
Born
Saturday, 03 July 1937
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd | Self | 2023 |
Spielberg | Self - Writer / Self | 2017 |
Wilde Salomé | Self | 2013 |
Welcome to the Basement | Self | 2012 |
Amnesty! When They Are All Free | Writer | 2011 |
The Cinema and its Double - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited | Self | 2011 |
The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2007 |
The King's Head: A Maverick in London | Self | 2006 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2003 |
The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1999 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd | Self | 2023 |
Spielberg | Self - Writer / Self | 2017 |
Wilde Salomé | Self | 2013 |
Welcome to the Basement | Self | 2012 |
Amnesty! When They Are All Free | Writer | 2011 |
The Cinema and its Double - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited | Self | 2011 |
The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2007 |
The King's Head: A Maverick in London | Self | 2006 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 2003 |
The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 1999 |
Poodle Springs | (unconfirmed) | 1998 |
What Is Brazil? | Self | 1985 |
The 38th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 1984 |
The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
Bukovsky | Self | 1977 |
Arena | Self - Playwright | 1975 |
The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 1968 |
Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Parade's End | 2012 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2013 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Won |
1999 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Won |
1986 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |