Ed Stoppard

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Ed Stoppard
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Stoppard in Blackwood (2013)
Born
Edmund Stoppard

(1974-09-16) 16 September 1974 (age 51)
London, England
Alma mater University of Edinburgh
LAMDA
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
SpouseAmie Stoppard (née Stamp)
Children3
Parents
Relatives Oona King, Baroness King of Bow (cousin)
Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton (first cousin, once removed)
Chris Stamp (father-in-law)

Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Miriam Stoppard.

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Early

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 were 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]

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.[ citation needed ]

Career

Stoppard's film credits include appearing as one of the main characters in The Pianist , Henryk Szpilman. [7] He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in Joy Division, [7] and as Lieutenant Addis in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang . [7]

In 2007 he played the title role in the BBC's drama-documentary Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy. [8] 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. [9] [10]

In 2010 he was cast in the role of Sir Hallam Holland in the 2010 BBC sequel to Upstairs, Downstairs . [7] 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. [7]

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 . [11] [12] Later that year Stoppard starred in British independent feature film Papadopoulos & Sons in which he played banking mogul Rob. [13] 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 . [14] From 2017 he played King Philip IV of France in the historical fiction series, Knightfall . [15]

He plays the role of Director of Stability in Brave New World , [7] 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. [7]

Stage

Stoppard's stage credits include the title role in English Touring Theatre's 2005 Hamlet , [7] alongside Anita Dobson (which also ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre) in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice , [7] and Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003. [7] His West End credits include Tom Wingfield in a 2007 revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo Theatre, [7] and the British premiere of Wit . [7] He appeared in a revival of Arcadia , [7] 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. [5] In early 2012, he played the role of Peter in the Trafalgar Studios' production of the Francois Archambault play The Leisure Society. [7]

In 2020 Stoppard appeared in Leopoldstadt , [7] a play by his father, Tom Stoppard at the Wyndham's Theatre, London. The play 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". [1] [16]

Personal life

He and his wife Amie (née Stamp), a niece of Terence Stamp, met while working behind the scenes on the film Rogue Trader . [2] They have three daughters. [17] [ better source needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Little Vampire Von Sackville-Bagg
2002 The Pianist Henryk
Summer ThingsRickOriginal title: Embrassez qui vous voudrez
2005AnimalSebastien Delnick
2006 Joy Division Thomas (older)
2007 Fugitive Pieces Ben (adult)
2008 Brideshead Revisited Bridey Flyte
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Lieutenant Addis
Scooterman Scooterman aka Gerald JonesShort film
2012 Papadopoulos & Sons Rob
Branded Misha Galkin
A Grand Affair Adrien Deume
2014 Blackwood Ben Marshall
CrypticSteve Stevens
2015 Youth Julian
Angelica Dr. Joseph Barton
Ruby Strangelove Young WitchTed
2018GenesisPresident James T. Pope
2019 Judy Interviewer
2022 The Princess The King
2023 Surprised by Oxford Dr. Condorston
Golda Maj. Gen. Benny Peled

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Relic Hunter Laurent HalezanEpisode: "A Good Year"
2001 Queen of Swords Ambassador RamirezEpisode: "The Emissary"
Murder in Mind James HillierEpisode: "Sleeper"
2003In Search of the BrontësMonsieur HegerMini-series
Ferrari Ferrari's alter egoTV film
2005 Empire Sebastianus2 episodes
The SommeCaptain Charlie MayTV film
2006 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire JosephusEpisode: "Rebellion"
2007The Inspector Lynley MysteriesConrad McCaffreyEpisode: "Limbo"
Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky A two-part BBC drama documentary [18]
Agatha Christie's Marple Stanislaw MalinowskiEpisode: "At Bertram's Hotel"
2009 Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution HeraultTV documentary film
2010 Any Human Heart Ben Leeping (older)4 episodes
2010–2012 Upstairs, Downstairs Sir Hallam Holland9 episodes
2011 Zen Vincenzo FabriMini-series
The Man Who Crossed Hitler Hans Litten TV film
Britain's Greatest Codebreaker Alan Turing Docudrama
2013 Silent Witness James EmbletonEpisodes: "Legacy - Part 1", "Legacy - Part 2"
The Politician's Husband Bruce Babbish3 episodes
Mandela: The Prison YearsRichard StengelTV film
2014 Cilla Brian Epstein 3 episodes
2015 The Musketeers Doctor Lemay5 episodes
2015–2016 Home Fires Will Campbell12 episodes (2 series)
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Lord Daniel Hervey9 episodes (2 series)
2016 The Crown Tony LongdonEpisode: "Gelignite"
20171066: 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 Becker5 episodes
The Importance of Being OscarVariousTV film
2020The Remote ReadMatronEpisode: "A Separate Peace"
Brave New World Director of Stability4 episodes
2022 The Undeclared War Richard Marston4 episodes
2023 Hapless Jon TellerSeason 2, episode 4: "The Donor"
The Great American AmbassadorEpisode: "Choose Your Weapon"
2024 Franklin John Jay 2 episodes
2025 Mo AmbassadorEpisode: "Oso Palestino (the Palestinian Bear)"

Video game

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Benjamin Hornigold

References

  1. 1 2 Jays, David (28 January 2020). "'My surname was an albatross': Ed Stoppard on starring in his dad's new play". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Paton, Maureen (15 September 2005). "Ed Stoppard: A testing inheritance". The Independent . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Healy, Patrick (29 July 2009). "A Stoppard Takes the Stage on the Other Side of the Script". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Ed Stoppard University of Edinburgh. Accessed on 2 February 2020
  5. 1 2 Cavendish, Dominic (19 May 2009). "Ed Stoppard interview: Arcadia". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard's stairway to heaven". Evening Standard . 16 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Ed Stoppard". United Agents. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Tchaikovsky on the BBC Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine TimeOut. 24 January 2007
  9. ↑ Billington, Michael (2 July 2008), "On the Rocks Review", The Guardian , retrieved 2 March 2009
  10. ↑ Bassett, Kate (6 July 2008). "On the Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London". The Independent . Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
  11. ↑ "Britain's Greatest Codebreaker" . Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Man Who Crossed Hitler: character profiles". bbc.co.uk (Press release). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Papadopoulos & Sons". Screen Daily. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (26 April 2013). "The Politician's Husband – TV review". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  15. ↑ Why 'Knightfall' Star Ed Stoppard Was 'Happy' to See His Character Kill [Spoiler] in Season Finale (Exclusive) Entertainment Tonight. 7 February 2018
  16. ↑ "Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard's new play". The Times . 29 June 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Ed Stoppard: Why I fell in love with Italy's stunning Venice Daily Express , 23 September 2017
  18. ↑ BBC broadcasts unprecedented celebration across television and radio in The Tchaikovsky Experience, 13 December 2006 accessed 5 November 2025.
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