Tom Stoppard
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Director
Born Jul 3, 1937 · Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Active 1964–2025 · Awards: Laurence Olivier Awards, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, PEN Pinter Prize, Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Praemium Imperiale, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Dan David Prize
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.
Filmography
Brazil (1985) — ScreenplayEmpire of the Sun (1987) — ScreenplayShakespeare in Love (1998) — WriterAnna Karenina (2012) — ScreenplayTulip Fever (2017) — ScreenplayRosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) — Writer · Director · Theatre PlayEnigma (2001) — ScreenplayThe Russia House (1990) — ScreenplayBilly Bathgate (1991) — ScreenplayParade's End (2012) — WriterDespair (1978) — ScreenplayThe Boundary (1975) — WriterNational Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt (2022) — WriterIn-Side-Out (1964)The Human Factor (1979) — ScreenplayAnother Moon Called Earth (1967) — WriterThe Romantic Englishwoman (1975) — WriterThe Fifteen Minute Hamlet (1995) — AuthorThree Men in a Boat (1975) — ScreenplayPoodle Springs (1998) — ScreenplayLargo Desolato (1990) — WriterNeutral Ground (1968) — WriterOn the Razzle (1983) — WriterNational Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (2017) — Theatre Play