Tom Hollander

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Tom Hollander (born August 25 1967) is an award-winning English actor who has appeared in productions such as Enigma, Gosford Park, Cambridge Spies, Pride and Prejudice and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Biography

Early life

Tom Hollander was born on August 25, 1967. He grew up in Oxford, Oxfordshire and attended The Dragon School and then Abingdon School. As a youngster, he was a member of the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre, and in 1981, at fourteen years of age, was awarded the lead role in a BBC dramatization of Leon Garfield's John Diamond. He read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge while actively participating in the many extracurricular theatre activities that Cambridge University offers. He was a member of the Footlights and the president of the Marlowe Society. Fellow student Sam Mendes directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac. After graduating from university and failing to secure a place at a drama school, he found work in theatre nevertheless.

Career

Hollander won the 1992 Ian Charleson Award for his performance in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He had been nominated the previous year, and was again nominated for his performances in The Government Inspector in 1997. Hollander's film and television appearances include Absolutely Fabulous, Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, Wives and Daughters, Gosford Park, The Lost Prince and Pride and Prejudice for which he received The Evening Standard Film Awards Comedy Award, and London Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor. He has worked repeatedly with Michael Gambon and Bill Nighy and is a good friend of James Purefoy. Although highly respected as a character actor and the recipient of several awards, many of his films will still poke fun at his height (5' 5" / 165 cm).

Hollander recently featured in parts II and III of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. He most recently appeared on stage in the premiere of Joe Penhall's play Landscape with Weapon at the The Royal National Theatre. His performance was hailed as "the best performance of a 'real' character ever to grace the National Theatre stage." He also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Adrian 'Kim' Philby.

Hollander lives in Notting Hill, London.

Filmography

• Freezing (2008) - agent
• The Soloist (2008) - Peter Snyder
• Valkyrie (2008) - role unknown
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Sir Amias Paulet
• The Company (2007) (TV) - Kim Philby
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) - Lord Cutler Beckett
• Land of the Blind (2006) - Maximilian II (a.k.a. "Junior")
• A Good Year (2006) - Charlie
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Lord Cutler Beckett
• Pride and Prejudice (2005) - Mr. Collins
• The Libertine (2004) - Sir George Etheredge
• Paparazzi (2004) - Leonard Clark
• Stage Beauty (2004) - Sir Peter Lely
• Cambridge Spies (2003) (TV) - Guy Burgess
• The Lost Prince (2003) (TV) - King George V
• Possession (2002) - Euan
• Gosford Park (2001) - Lieutenant-Commander Anthony Meredith
• Enigma (2001) - Logie
• Maybe Baby (2001)- Ewan Proclaimer
• Wives and Daughters (1999) (TV) - Osborne Hamley
• Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) - Daniel
• Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) - Darren

References

External links

• Tom Hollander's Career at Thomagination.com
• Tom Hollander at the Internet Movie Database

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