Ed Stoppard | |
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![]() Ed Stoppard in Blackwood (2013 film) | |
Born | Edmund Stoppard 16 September 1974 London, England |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh LAMDA |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Amie Stoppard |
Children | 3 |
Parents |
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Relatives | Oona King, Baroness King of Bow (cousin) Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton (first cousin, once removed) |
Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and doctor Miriam, Lady Hogg. his credits include The Pianist (2002), Joy Division (2006), Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006), Tchaikovsky (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Britain's Greatest Codebreaker (2011), The Politician's Husband (2013), Cilla (2014), Blackwood (2014), Angelica (2015), Home Fires (2015), The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015–2017), Genius (2017), Knightfall (2017–2019), Brave New World (2020), The Princess (2022), and Golda (2023).
Stoppard was born on 16 September 1974 in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Miriam Stoppard (née Stern), an author and physician. Both of his parents are Jewish, but he was raised in a secular household. [1] He attended Caldicott School, and Stowe School, a boarding school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. [2] His parents divorced when he was 18, with his father entering into a long-term relationship with actress Felicity Kendal. [3] He read French at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1997, [3] [4] and later trained at LAMDA. [5] [6]
He is married to Amie Stoppard, a niece of Terence Stamp, whom he met working behind the scenes on the film Rogue Trader . [2] They have three daughters: Esmé, Maggie, and Evie. [7]
His first cousin is the former politician Oona King, Baroness King of Bow and his first cousin, once removed, was politician Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton.
Stoppard's film credits include appearing as one of the main characters in The Pianist , Henryk Szpilman. [8] He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in Joy Division, [8] and as Lieutenant Addis in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang . [8]
In 2007, he played the title role in the BBC's drama-documentary Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy. [9] In 2008 Stoppard returned to the stage in the Hampstead Theatre production of Amy Rosenthal's D. H. Lawrence biodrama On the Rocks, alongside Nick Caldecott and Charlotte Emmerson. [10] [11]
In 2010, he was cast in the role of Sir Hallam Holland in the 2010 BBC sequel to Upstairs, Downstairs . [8] He also appeared in Any Human Heart , the Channel Four mini-series adaptation of William Boyd's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, alongside Matthew Macfadyen. [8]
Stoppard was cast as Adrien Deume, a Swiss diplomat, Ariane's husband, in a screen version of Albert Cohen's novel Belle du Seigneur .[ citation needed ] He appeared in two television docudramas: playing Hans Litten in The Man Who Crossed Hitler , and Alan Turing in Britain's Greatest Codebreaker . [12] [13] Later that year Stoppard starred in British independent feature film Papadopoulos & Sons in which he played banking mogul Rob. [14] The film was released in the UK through Cineworld on 5 April 2013. In 2013, he appeared alongside David Tennant and Emily Watson in the BBC miniseries, The Politician's Husband . [15] From 2017 he played King Philip IV of France in the historical fiction series, Knightfall . [16]
He plays the role of Director of Stability in Brave New World , [8] a 2020 American sci-fi dystopian drama series on the streaming service Peacock. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley. [8]
Stoppard's stage credits include the title role in English Touring Theatre's 2005 Hamlet , [8] alongside Anita Dobson (which also ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre) in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice , [8] and Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003. [8] His West End credits include Tom Wingfield in a 2007 revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo Theatre, [8] and the British premiere of Wit . [8] He appeared in a revival of Arcadia , [8] written by his father, at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in June 2009 alongside Samantha Bond and Neil Pearson. He played Valentine Coverly. [17] In early 2012, he played the role of Peter in the Trafalgar Studios' production of the Francois Archambault play The Leisure Society. [8]
In 2020, Stoppard appeared in Leopoldstadt , [8] a play by his father, Tom Stoppard. The Wyndham's Theatre production is set among the Jewish community of Vienna in the first half of the 20th century and follows the lives of "a prosperous Jewish family who had fled the pogroms in the East". [18] [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | The Fiancée | Boy on motorbike | Short film |
2000 | The Little Vampire | Von Sackville-Bagg | |
2002 | The Pianist | Henryk | |
Summer Things | Rick | Original title: Embrassez qui vous voudrez | |
2003 | JD Pilot | Thomas | Short film |
2005 | Animal | Sebastien Delnick | |
2006 | Joy Division | Thomas (older) | |
2007 | Fugitive Pieces | Ben (adult) | |
2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Bridey Flyte | |
2010 | The Last Temptation of Chris | Chris | Short film |
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Lieutenant Addis | ||
Scooterman | Scooterman aka Gerald Jones | Short film | |
2012 | Papadopoulos & Sons | Rob | Feature film |
Branded | Misha Galkin | ||
A Grand Affair | Adrien Deume | ||
2013 | Say Nothing | Referee | Short film |
2014 | Blackwood | Ben Marshall | |
Cryptic | Steve Stevens | ||
Shelter | Corporal Arthur Boleyn | Short film | |
Outlier | Spider O'Connell | Short film | |
2015 | Youth | Julian | |
Angelica | Dr. Joseph Barton | ||
Ruby Strangelove Young Witch | Ted | ||
2016 | Love Is a Four Letter Word: Worth Seven Points | Husband | Short film |
Mate | Craig | Short film | |
2018 | Genesis | President James T. Pope | |
2019 | Judy | Interviewer | |
2022 | The Princess | The King | |
2023 | Surprised by Oxford | Dr. Condorston | |
Golda | Maj. Gen. Benny Peled | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Relic Hunter | Laurent Halezan | Episode: "A Good Year" |
2001 | Queen of Swords | Ambassador Ramirez | Episode: "The Emissary" |
Murder in Mind | James Hillier | Episode: "Sleeper" | |
2003 | In Search of the Brontës | Monsieur Heger | Mini-series |
Ferrari | Ferrari's alter ego | TV film | |
2005 | Empire | Sebastianus | 2 episodes |
The Somme | Captain Charlie May | TV film | |
2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Josephus | Episode: "Rebellion" |
2007 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Conrad McCaffrey | Episode: "Limbo" |
Tchaikovsky | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Episodes: "The Creation of Genius", "Fortune and Tragedy" | |
Agatha Christie's Marple | Stanislaw Malinowski | Episode: "At Bertram's Hotel" | |
2009 | Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution | Herault | TV documentary film |
2010 | Any Human Heart | Ben Leeping (older) | 4 episodes |
2010–2012 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Sir Hallam Holland | 9 episodes |
2011 | Zen | Vincenzo Fabri | Mini-series |
The Man Who Crossed Hitler | Hans Litten | TV film | |
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker | Alan Turing | Docudrama | |
2013 | Silent Witness | James Embleton | Episodes: "Legacy - Part 1", "Legacy - Part 2" |
The Politician's Husband | Bruce Babbish | 3 episodes | |
Mandela: The Prison Years | Richard Stengel | TV film | |
2014 | Cilla | Brian Epstein | 3 episodes |
2015 | The Musketeers | Doctor Lemay | 5 episodes |
2015–2016 | Home Fires | Will Campbell | 12 episodes (2 series) |
2015–2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Lord Daniel Hervey | 9 episodes (2 series) |
2016 | The Crown | Tony Longdon | Episode: "Gelignite" |
2017 | 1066: A Year to Conquer England | William the Conqueror | Docudrama |
2017–2018 | Genius | Paul Éluard / Hans Albert Einstein | 3 episodes |
2017–2019 | Knightfall | Philip IV of France | 18 episodes (2 seasons) |
2019 | Trackers | Lucas Becker | 5 episodes |
The Importance of Being Oscar | Various | TV film | |
2020 | The Remote Read | Matron | Episode: "A Separate Peace" |
Brave New World | Director of Stability | 4 episodes | |
2022 | The Undeclared War | Richard Marston | 4 episodes |
2023 | Hapless | Jon Teller | Season 2, episode 4: "The Donor" |
The Great | American Ambassador | Episode: "Choose Your Weapon" | |
2024 | Franklin | John Jay | 2 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Benjamin Hornigold | |
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