Tilda Swinton filmography

Last updated

Swinton at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con Tilda Swinton (28352184350) (cropped).jpg
Swinton at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con

Tilda Swinton is a British actress known for her performances on film and television. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Michael Clayton (2007).

Contents

Her early films include Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001), and Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002). She also starred as the White Witch in the film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). She also starred in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), and Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). She also appeared in the Marvel films Doctor Strange (2016), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). She is also known for her appearances in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023).

Film

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1986 Caravaggio Lena Derek Jarman
Egomania: Island Without HopeSally Christoph Schlingensief
CapriceLucky Joanna Hogg Short film
1987 Aria Young GirlDerek JarmanSegment: "Depuis le jour"
Friendship's Death Friendship Peter Wollen
The Last of England The MaidDerek Jarman
1988Das andere Ende der WeltImogen Kimmel
Cycling the FrameThe CyclistCynthia BeattShort film
Degrees of Blindness Cerith Wyn Evans Short film
L'IspirazioneDerek JarmanShort film
1989Play Me SomethingHairdresserTimothy Neat
War Requiem NurseDerek Jarman
1990 The Garden MadonnaDerek Jarman
1991 Edward II Isabella Derek Jarman
The Party – Nature MorteQueenieCynthia Beatt
1992Man To ManElla/Max Gericke John Maybury
Orlando Orlando Sally Potter
1993 Blue Narrator (voice)Derek Jarman
Wittgenstein Lady Ottoline Morrell Derek Jarman
1994Remembrance of Things Fast:
True Stories Visual Lies
John Maybury
1996 Female Perversions Eve StephensSusan Streitfeld
1997 Conceiving Ada Ada Byron King Lynn Hershman Leeson
HerlizearesDiera (voice)
1998 Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Muriel Belcher John Maybury
1999 The Protagonists Actress Luca Guadagnino
The War Zone Mum Tim Roth
2000 The Beach Sal Danny Boyle
Possible Worlds Joyce Robert Lepage
2001 The Deep End Margaret Hall Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Vanilla Sky Rebecca Dearborn Cameron Crowe
2002 Adaptation Valerie Thomas Spike Jonze
Teknolust Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / OliveLynn Hershman Leeson
2003 The Statement Annemarie Livi Norman Jewison
Young Adam Ella Gault David Mackenzie
2005Absent PresenceOperatorMartin R. Davison
Hussein Chalayan
Short film
Broken Flowers Penny Jim Jarmusch
Constantine Gabriel Francis Lawrence
Thumbsucker Audrey Cobb Mike Mills Also co-executive producer
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
White Witch Andrew Adamson
2006 Stephanie Daley Lydie Crane Hilary Brougher
2007Faceless [1] Narrator (voice)Manu Luksch
The Man from London Camélia Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky
Michael Clayton Karen Crowder Tony Gilroy
SleepwalkersViolinistDoug AitkenShort film
Strange Culture Hope KurtzLynn Hershman LeesonDocumentary
2008 Burn After Reading Katie Cox Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian White WitchAndrew AdamsonCameo [2]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Elizabeth Abbott David Fincher
Derek [3] [4] [5] [6] Narrator (voice)Isaac JulienDocumentary; also writer and executive producer
Julia Julia Erick Zonca
2009 I Am Love Emma RecchiLuca GuadagninoAlso producer
The Limits of Control BlondeJim Jarmusch
The Invisible FrameThe CyclistCynthia BeattShort film
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
White Witch Michael Apted
2011 Genevieve Goes Boating Narrator (voice)Lucy GrayShort film
We Need to Talk About Kevin Eva Khatchadourian Lynne Ramsay Also executive producer
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Social Services Wes Anderson
2013 Only Lovers Left Alive EveJim Jarmusch
Snowpiercer Minister Mason Bong Joon-ho
The Zero Theorem Dr Shrink-Rom Terry Gilliam
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Madame D. Wes Anderson
2015 A Bigger Splash [7] MarianneLuca Guadagnino
Trainwreck Dianna Judd Apatow
2016 Doctor Strange Ancient One Scott Derrickson
Hail, Caesar! Thora Thacker / Thessaly ThackerJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
The Seasons in Quincy:
Four Portraits of John Berger
HerselfBartek Dziadosz
Colin MacCabe
Christopher Roth
Tilda Swinton
Documentary; [8] [9] [10] [11]
also co-director, writer and executive producer
2017 Letters from Baghdad Gertrude Bell (voice)Sabine Krayenbühl
Zeva Oelbaum
Documentary; also executive producer
Okja Lucy Mirando / Nancy MirandoBong Joon-hoAlso co-producer
War Machine German Politician David Michôd
2018 Isle of Dogs Oracle (voice) Wes Anderson
Suspiria Madame Blanc / Dr. Josef Klemperer
/ Mother Helena Markos
Luca GuadagninoCredited as Lutz Ebersdorf for second role [12]
2019 Avengers: Endgame Ancient One Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
The Dead Don't Die Zelda WinstonJim Jarmusch
The Personal History of David Copperfield Betsey Trotwood Armando Iannucci
The Souvenir Rosalind Joanna Hogg
Uncut Gems Anne "Adley's Auction Manager" (voice) Safdie brothers Cameo
2020 Last and First Men Narrator (voice) Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Human Voice Woman Pedro Almodóvar Short film
2021 The Souvenir Part II RosalindJoanna Hogg
The French Dispatch J.K.L. Berensen Wes Anderson
Memoria Jessica Holland Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Dr. Alithea Binnie George Miller
The Eternal Daughter Julie / RosalindJoanna Hogg
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Wood Sprite / Death (voices) Guillermo del Toro
Mark Gustafson
2023 Problemista Elizabeth Julio Torres
Asteroid City Dr. Hickenlooper Wes Anderson
The Killer The ExpertDavid Fincher
2024 A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things Narrator Mark Cousins Documentary
The End Mother Joshua Oppenheimer Also producer
The Room Next Door Martha Pedro Almodóvar
TBA The Ballad of a Small Player TBA Edward Berger Filming [13]
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul film TBAApichatpong WeerasethakulPost-production [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Zastrozzi, A Romance Julia4 episodes
1990 Your Cheatin' Heart Cissie Crouch6 episodes
1992 Screenplay Ella / Max GerickeEpisode: "Man to Man"
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Ophelia (voice)Episode: "Hamlet"
1994Visions of Heaven and HellNarrator (voice)Television documentary
2005The SommeNarrator (voice)Television documentary
2006 Galápagos Narrator (voice)3 episodes
2012 Getting On ElkeEpisode 6 (season 3)
2013 When Björk Met Attenborough Narrator (voice)Television documentary
2019 What We Do in the Shadows TildaEpisode: "The Trial"
2021 What If...? Ancient One (voice)Episode: "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"
2024 The Boys Ambrosius (voice)3 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2005 Constantine Gabriel (voice)

Music videos

YearTitleArtistDirector
1996 The Box Orbital Jes Benstock and Luke Losey
2013"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" David Bowie Floria Sigismondi

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Derek Jarman</span> British film director and artist (1942–1994)

Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist.

<i>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i> 1950 childrens fantasy novel by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956). Among all the author's books, it is also the most widely held in libraries. It was the first of The Chronicles of Narnia to be written and published, but is marked as volume two in recent editions that are sequenced according the stories' internal chronology. Like the other Chronicles, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tilda Swinton</span> British actress

Katherine Matilda Swinton is a British actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White Witch</span> Fictional sorceress

Jadis is a fictional character and the main antagonist of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) and The Magician's Nephew (1955) in C. S. Lewis's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. She is commonly referred to as the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as she is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter.

<i>Young Adam</i> (film) 2003 British film

Young Adam is a 2003 British erotic drama film written and directed by David Mackenzie and starring Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Ewan Stewart and Emily Mortimer. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Alexander Trocchi.

<i>Caravaggio</i> (1986 film) 1986 film directed by Derek Jarman

Caravaggio is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Derek Jarman. The film is a fictionalised retelling of the life of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It is Tilda Swinton's film debut.

<i>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</i> 2005 film by Andrew Adamson

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ann Peacock and the writing team of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. The film is the first installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

<i>The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</i> 2008 film directed by Andrew Adamson

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 1951 novel Prince Caspian, Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media, the second published and fourth chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. The sequel to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), it is the second installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgie Henley</span> English actress (born 1995)

Georgina Helen Henley is an English actress. She began acting as a child, and became known for starring as Lucy Pevensie in the fantasy film series The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010), which grossed over US$1.5 billion worldwide and won her several accolades. This includes nods from several critic groups and an Empire Award nomination.

<i>The Last of England</i> (film) 1987 British film

The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton.

The Chronicles of Narnia is a fantasy film series and media franchise based on The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of novels by C. S. Lewis. The series revolves around the adventures of children in the world of Narnia, guided by Aslan, a wise and powerful lion that can speak and is the true king of Narnia. The children heavily featured in the films are the Pevensie siblings, and a prominent antagonist is the White Witch. The franchise also includes short films, digital series, and video games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Johnson (producer)</span> American producer (born 1945)

Mark Johnson is an American film and television producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the 1988 film Rain Man.

<i>Wittgenstein</i> (film) 1993 film by Derek Jarman

Wittgenstein is a 1993 experimental comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Derek Jarman, and produced by Tariq Ali. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and Japan, the film is loosely based on the life story, as well as the philosophical thinking of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The adult Wittgenstein is played by Karl Johnson.

Donald William Robertson Boyd is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was a Governor of the London Film School until 2016 and in 2017 was made an Honorary Professor in the College of Humanities at Exeter University.

<i>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader</i> 2010 film by Michael Apted

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a 2010 high fantasy adventure film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Michael Petroni, based on the 1952 novel The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third published and fifth chronological novel in the children's book series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. The sequel to The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), it is the third and final installment in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. It is the only film in the series not to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, which was replaced by 20th Century Fox. However, Disney would eventually own the rights to all the films in the series following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prospect Cottage</span> Cottage in Dungeness, Kent

Prospect Cottage is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director and artist Derek Jarman in 1987, and was his home until his death in 1994.

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and published in London between October 1950 and March 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for television, radio, the stage, film, in audio books, and as video games.

Derek is a 2008 British documentary film directed by Isaac Julien. It uses archive footage to depict the life of Derek Jarman.

References

  1. Alexandra Juhasz, Alisa Lebow (Ed.): A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2015, p. 597
  2. "Swinton happy to make Narnia cameo". United Press International Entertainment News. 19 May 2008.
  3. Jon Savage: Against the tide, theguardian.com, 14 February 2008
  4. Stephen Holden: Clips From an Artistic Life, Provocative and Cinematic, nytimes.com, 9 June 2008
  5. Derek, Isaac Julien (GB 2008), Vienna International Film Festival, 2008
  6. "BBC – Derek, directed by Isaac Julien and starring Tilda Swinton, is a film that looks back at Jarman's life. – Derek Jarman". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. "A Bigger Splash" Watch new movie trailer starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes & Matthias Schoenaerts". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  8. Andrew Pulver: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger review – Tilda Swinton's demonstration of affection, theguardian.com, 16 February 2016
  9. Roman Tschiedl: The Seasons in Quincy, Radio OE1 Leporello, 15 February 2016
  10. The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, 2016 (PDF)
  11. seasonsinquincy.com, Official Website, 2016
  12. Buchanan, Kyle (10 October 2018). "How 'Suspiria' Transformed Tilda Swinton into an 82-Year-Old Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  13. Gajewski, Ryan (9 April 2024). "Colin Farrell to Star in Edward Berger's 'The Ballad of a Small Player' for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  14. "Tilda Swinton Spent 8 Months in Sri Lanka Shooting Apichatpong Weerasethakul's New Film". World of Reel. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2023-12-18.