Tom Stoppard
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.
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Movies (41)
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
as Self
2023
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Writer (Writing)
2022
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
as Himself
2021
A Separate Peace
Writer (Writing)
2020
Arcadia
Writer (Writing)
2018
Spielberg
as Self
2017
Tulip Fever
Screenplay (Writing)
2017
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Theatre Play (Writing)
2017
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
Theatre Play (Writing)
2015
Anna Karenina
Screenplay (Writing)
2012
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
as Self
2011
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
as Self
2009
What Is Brazil?
as Self
2008
The Merchant of Venice
Writer (Writing)
2005
The Invention of Love
Writer (Writing)
2001
Enigma
Screenplay (Writing)
2001
Shakespeare in Love
Writer (Writing)
1998
Poodle Springs
Screenplay (Writing)
1998
Oscar
as Self
1997
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Author (Writing)
1995
Billy Bathgate
Screenplay (Writing)
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Director (Directing)
1991
The Russia House
Screenplay (Writing)
1990
Largo Desolato
Writer (Writing)
1990
The Dog It Was That Died
Writer (Writing)
1989
Empire of the Sun
Screenplay (Writing)
1987
Brazil
Screenplay (Writing)
1985
Squaring the Circle
Writer (Writing)
1984
On the Razzle
Writer (Writing)
1983
The Human Factor
Screenplay (Writing)
1979
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Writer (Writing)
1979
Despair
Screenplay (Writing)
1978
Professional Foul
Writer (Writing)
1977
Bukovsky
as Self
1977
Travesties
Writer (Writing)
1976
Three Men in a Boat
Screenplay (Writing)
1975
The Boundary
Writer (Writing)
1975
The Romantic Englishwoman
Writer (Writing)
1975
Neutral Ground
Writer (Writing)
1968
Another Moon Called Earth
Writer (Writing)
1967
In-Side-Out
1964
