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Tom Stoppard

Writing

Tom Stoppard

EN, DE cinema · 44 credits

Born

3 July 1937

Died

29 November 2025 (aged 88)

Birthplace

Zlín, Czechoslovakia

Also known as Tomáš Sträussler

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL Hon FBA (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937 — 29 November 2025) was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard had been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. Stoppard died at his home in Dorset, England on 29 November 2025 at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Stoppard, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known for

Filmography

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

ENNot rated

Screenplay

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd poster

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

EN · 20237.3

as Self

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt poster

National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt

EN · 20228.8

Writer

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life poster

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life

EN · 2021Not rated

as Himself

A Separate Peace

2020

A Separate Peace

EN · 2020Not rated

Writer

Arcadia poster

Arcadia

EN · 2018Not rated

Writer

Spielberg poster

Spielberg

EN · 20177.5

as Self

National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster

National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

EN · 20176.4

Theatre Play

Tulip Fever poster

Tulip Fever

EN · 20176.5

Screenplay

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem poster

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

EN · 20157.3

Theatre Play

Wilde Salomé poster

Wilde Salomé

EN · 20136.2

as Self

Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

EN · 20126.7

Screenplay

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited poster

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

EN · 20116.5

as Self

André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds poster

André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds

DE · 2009Not rated

as Self

What Is Brazil? poster

What Is Brazil?

EN · 20086.6

as Self

The Merchant of Venice poster

The Merchant of Venice

EN · 2005Not rated

Writer

The Lion King 1½ poster

The Lion King 1½

EN · 20046.6

Theatre Play

Enigma poster

Enigma

EN · 20016.3

Screenplay

The Invention of Love poster

The Invention of Love

EN · 20016.0

Writer

Poodle Springs poster

Poodle Springs

EN · 19985.4

Screenplay

Shakespeare in Love poster

Shakespeare in Love

EN · 19986.8

Writer

Oscar poster

Oscar

EN · 1997Not rated

as Self

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet poster

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

EN · 19957.2

Author

Billy Bathgate poster

Billy Bathgate

EN · 19915.8

Screenplay

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead poster

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

EN · 19916.9

Writer, Director, Theatre Play

The Russia House poster

The Russia House

EN · 19906.1

Screenplay

Largo Desolato

1990

Largo Desolato

EN · 19908.0

Writer

The Dog It Was That Died poster

The Dog It Was That Died

EN · 19895.0

Writer

Empire of the Sun poster

Empire of the Sun

EN · 19877.5

Screenplay

Brazil poster

Brazil

EN · 19857.7

Screenplay

Squaring the Circle poster

Squaring the Circle

EN · 19845.0

Writer

On the Razzle poster

On the Razzle

EN · 19838.0

Writer

The Human Factor poster

The Human Factor

EN · 19795.8

Screenplay

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour poster

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

EN · 1979Not rated

Writer

Despair poster

Despair

EN · 19786.5

Screenplay

Bukovsky poster

Bukovsky

EN · 19776.0

as Self

Professional Foul poster

Professional Foul

EN · 19777.5

Writer

Travesties

1976

Travesties

EN · 19767.0

Writer

The Romantic Englishwoman poster

The Romantic Englishwoman

EN · 19755.4

Writer

Three Men in a Boat poster

Three Men in a Boat

EN · 19756.2

Screenplay

The Boundary

1975

The Boundary

EN · 197510.0

Writer

Neutral Ground

1968

Neutral Ground

EN · 19688.0

Writer

Another Moon Called Earth

1967

Another Moon Called Earth

EN · 19679.0

Writer

In-Side-Out poster

In-Side-Out

DE · 19649.0

Actor