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While best known for his prolific stage work, blond, somewhat diminutive British actor Tom Hollander has... (Learn more)

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Tom Hollander’s Milestones
As a youngster was a chorister in Oxford
While at Cambridge, met Sam Mendes
1994 After failing to secure a place in drama school, accepted Mendes' offer to appear in "The Threepenny Opera" at the Donmar Warehouse
1995 Starred in Jez Butterworth's London stage production "Mojo"
1996 Appeared in the fact-based Oxford University boat race adventure film "True Blue"
1996 Had a significant supporting role as a Thatcherite in "Some Mother's Son", set against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
1996 Played "Tartuffe" at London's Almeida Theatre
1997 Starred on stage at London's Almeida in "The Government Inspector"
1997 Was featured as Saffron's fiance Paolo in the TV-movie "Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout" (BBC in Great Britain; Comedy Central in USA)
1998 Appeared alongside Rufus Sewell and Joseph Fiennes in the romantic comedy "Martha - Meet Frank, Daniel & Laurence"; released to less than stellar box office in the USA under the title "The Very Thought of You" in 1999
1998 Gave a scene-stealing turn as a colorful gay man in an odd relationship with a realtor in Rose Troche's "Bedrooms and Hallways"; shown on the festival circuit before being released theatrically in 1999
1998 Portrayed Lord Alfred Douglas opposite Liam Neeson's Oscar Wilde in David Hare's "The Judas Kiss", at the Donmar Playhouse in London and later on Broadway
2000 Acted in Ben Elton's "Maybe Baby", the story of a screenwriter and his wife and their trials while trying to conceive a child
2001 Cast as a penniless former military man in the ensemble film "Gosford Park", directed by Robert Altman
2001 Co-starred in "The Lawless Heart"; screened at Locarno Film Festival
2001 Starred on stage in Moliere's "Don Juan" at the Sheffield Theatre
2004 Cast in "Paparazzi" about a celebrity who turns the tables on a persistent photographer; produced by Mel Gibson
2004 Starred opposite Claire Danes and Billy Crudup in "Stage Beauty" based on the play by Jeffrey Hatcher
2005 Cast in "Pride & Prejudice" opposite Keira Knighley
2006 Cast in the sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," as Lord Cutler Beckett
2006 Played a scheming real estate broker in Ridley Scott's "A Good Year" opposite Russell Crowe
2007 Reprised role of Lord Cutler Beckett in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

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Quick Facts

Born

November, 30 1966 in England, United Kingdom

Education

  • University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England: classmates included director Sam Mendes; was member of the Footlights, the university's theatrical company

Professions

actor