Person
Tom Stoppard
Writing · 1937–2025 · Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Biography
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
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
ITV Playhouse
Writer
Omnibus
Self
Playhouse
Theatre Play
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
Tulip Fever
Screenplay
BBC2 Play of the Week
Writer
Shakespeare in Love
Writer
Empire of the Sun
Screenplay
Brazil
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2023Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink FloydSelf
- 2022National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtWriter
- 2021Tom Stoppard: A Charmed LifeHimself
- 2020A Separate PeaceWriter
- 2018ArcadiaWriter
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2017Tulip FeverScreenplay
- 2017National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadTheatre Play
- 2015National Theatre Live: The Hard ProblemTheatre Play
- 2013Wilde SaloméSelf
- 2012Anna KareninaScreenplay
- 2012Parade's EndWriter
- 2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' RevisitedSelf
- 2009André Previn - A Bridge between two WorldsSelf
- 2008What Is Brazil?Self
- 2005The Merchant of VeniceWriter
- 2001The Invention of LoveWriter
- 2001EnigmaScreenplay
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveWriter
- 1998Poodle SpringsScreenplay
- 1997OscarSelf
- 1995The Fifteen Minute HamletAuthor
- 1991Billy BathgateScreenplay
- 1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadDirector
- 1990The Russia HouseScreenplay
- 1990Largo DesolatoWriter
- 1989The Dog It Was That DiedWriter
- 1987Empire of the SunScreenplay
- 1985BrazilScreenplay
- 1984Squaring the CircleWriter
- 1983On the RazzleWriter
- 1979The Human FactorScreenplay
- 1979Every Good Boy Deserves FavourWriter
- 1979Friday Night, Saturday Morning
- 1978DespairScreenplay
- 1977Professional FoulWriter
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekWriter
- 1977BukovskySelf
- 1976TravestiesWriter
- 1975Three Men in a BoatScreenplay
- 1975The BoundaryWriter
- 1975The Romantic EnglishwomanWriter
- 1974PlayhouseTheatre Play
- 1968Neutral GroundWriter
- 1967OmnibusSelf
- 1967ITV PlayhouseWriter
- 1967Another Moon Called EarthWriter
- 1967One Pair of Eyes
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriter
- 1964In-Side-Out
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —A Christmas CarolScreenplay
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