Tom Stoppard
Writing
Born July 3, 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
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.
Filmography
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Self
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
Himself
Arcadia
Spielberg
Self
Tulip Fever
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
Wilde Salomé
Self
Anna Karenina
Parade's End
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
Self
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
Self
What Is Brazil?
Self
The Merchant of Venice
The Invention of Love
Enigma
Shakespeare in Love
Poodle Springs
Oscar
Self
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Billy Bathgate
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
The Russia House
The Dog It Was That Died
Empire of the Sun
Brazil
Squaring the Circle
On the Razzle
The Human Factor
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Despair
Professional Foul
BBC2 Play of the Week
Bukovsky
Self
Three Men in a Boat
The Romantic Englishwoman
Playhouse
Omnibus
Self
ITV Playhouse
One Pair of Eyes
Thirty-Minute Theatre
In-Side-Out
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee