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Director
Tom Stoppard
Writing
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 30
TMDB ID: 372
IMDb ID: nm0001779
Known for: Writing
Born: July 3, 1937
Died: November 29, 2025
Age: 88
Place of birth: Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2023
Years active: 60
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q294773
Also known as
Tomáš Sträussler
Frequent jobs
Writer (14)Screenplay (11)Theatre Play (4)Author (1)
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.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tom Stoppard.
7.7
Brazil
Screenplay
1985 Movie
7.6
Spielberg
as Self
2017 Movie
7.5
Empire of the Sun
Screenplay
1987 Movie
6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Writer
1991 Movie
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
Writer
1998 Movie
6.7
Anna Karenina
Screenplay
2012 Movie
6.6
The Lion King 1½
Theatre Play
2004 Movie
6.5
Tulip Fever
Screenplay
2017 Movie
6.3
Enigma
Screenplay
2001 Movie
6.1
The Russia House
Screenplay
1990 Movie
5.8
Billy Bathgate
Screenplay
1991 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tom Stoppard.
6.6
The Lion King 1½
Theatre Play
2004 Movie
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
Writer
1998 Movie
7.7
Brazil
Screenplay
1985 Movie
5.4
Poodle Springs
Screenplay
1998 Movie
6.7
Anna Karenina
Screenplay
2012 Movie
6.0
Bukovsky
as Self
1977 Movie
7.5
Empire of the Sun
Screenplay
1987 Movie
6.5
Tulip Fever
Screenplay
2017 Movie
7.6
Spielberg
as Self
2017 Movie
6.1
The Russia House
Screenplay
1990 Movie
6.3
Enigma
Screenplay
2001 Movie
5.8
Billy Bathgate
Screenplay
1991 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tom Stoppard.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tom Stoppard.
8.8
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt
Writer
2022 Movie
Arcadia
Writer
2018 Movie
6.5
Tulip Fever
Screenplay
2017 Movie
6.3
National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Theatre Play
2017 Movie
7.0
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
Theatre Play
2015 Movie
6.7
Anna Karenina
Screenplay
2012 Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Writer
2005 Movie
6.6
The Lion King 1½
Theatre Play
2004 Movie
The Invention of Love
Writer
2001 Movie
6.3
Enigma
Screenplay
2001 Movie
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
Writer
1998 Movie
5.4
Poodle Springs
Screenplay
1998 Movie
7.2
The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Author
1995 Movie
5.8
Billy Bathgate
Screenplay
1991 Movie
6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Writer
1991 Movie
6.1
The Russia House
Screenplay
1990 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tom Stoppard.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tom Stoppard.
7.5
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
as Self
2023 Movie
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
as Himself
2021 Movie
7.6
Spielberg
as Self
2017 Movie
6.5
The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited
as Self
2011 Movie
André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds
as Self
2009 Movie
6.4
What Is Brazil?
as Self
2008 Movie
Oscar
as Self
1997 Movie
6.0
Bukovsky
as Self
1977 Movie
10.0
In-Side-Out
1964 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tom Stoppard.