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Thomas Anthony Hollander (/ˈhɒləndər/; born 25 August 1967)[1][2] is a British actor. He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He is known for his role in About Time, and in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, In the Loop and Bohemian Rhapsody and drama films such as Enigma, Pride & Prejudice, Gosford Park, and Hanna, additionally portraying George V in The Lost Prince and The King's Man. He co-wrote and played the lead role in the sitcom Rev., which won the British Academy Television Award for best sitcom in 2011. He also played the lead in the ITV's Doctor Thorne and won[3] the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Major Lance "Corky" Corkoran in the BBC series The Night Manager.

Tom Hollander
Hollander in 2017
Born	Thomas Anthony Hollander (1967-08-25) 25 August 1967 (age 55) Bristol, England, UK
Education	Abingdon School Selwyn College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

He appeared as Henry Carr in a revival of Tom Stoppard's play Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory directed by Patrick Marber, later transferring to the Apollo Theatre in London on the West End and to the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway.[4] Hollander was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Travesties.[5] Hollander appears as Dr Sorgh in the film Tulip Fever which was released in September 2017. The screenplay, also by Stoppard, is an adaptation of Deborah Moggach's historical novel. He also appears as Garin in Terry George's historical drama The Promise, his third collaboration with George, who also directed him in Some Mother's Son and Whole Lotta Sole.

In January 2016, he became an Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.[6][7][8]

Early life

Hollander was born in Bristol and was raised in Oxford. Hollander's father is a Czech Jew whose family converted to Catholicism,[9] and his mother is English; Hollander was brought up as a Christian. The family background was academic and musical – his grandfather, Hans Hollander, was a musicologist who wrote books about the composer Janáček.[10] Hollander's parents were teachers, his father running the science department at a prestigious school in Oxford.[11] He attended the Dragon School and then Abingdon School, where he was chief chorister.[12][11] As a youngster, he was a member of the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre (then known as the Children's Music Theatre).[13] In 1981, at the age of 14, he won the lead role in a BBC dramatisation of Leon Garfield's John Diamond.[14]

Hollander read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was actively involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society.[15] Sam Mendes, a friend and fellow student, directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac (which also featured future Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg).[16][17]

Career

Film and television work

Hollander's film and television appearances include Absolutely Fabulous, Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, Wives and Daughters, Harry, Cambridge Spies for which he received the FIPA D'OR Grand prize for best actor, Gosford Park, The Lost Prince and Pride & 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 play on his height (5' 5" / 165 cm). Hollander has created several memorable comedic characters that draw more on his physical energy and intensity than his height, such as the "brilliantly foul-mouthed" Leon in BBC Two's Freezing, described in The Times as a "braying swirl of ego and mania".[18]

Hollander portrayed Lord Cutler Beckett, the "heavy" in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Kim Philby, having previously played Guy Burgess in the BBC's Cambridge Spies. He returned to the stage in 2007 with the premiere of Joe Penhall's play Landscape with Weapon at the Royal National Theatre. In 2008 he made a notable cameo appearance as King George III in the HBO mini-series John Adams, and ended the year as a memorable Colonel Heinz Brandt in Valkyrie.

In 2009, Hollander played a symphonic cellist in Joe Wright's movie The Soloist, his second film with Wright, who cast him to great effect as the fevered suitor Mr. Collins in 2005's Pride and Prejudice. He has worked once more with Wright, portraying a memorably flamboyant and menacing villain in Hanna (2011). Hollander appeared in a lead role in Armando Iannucci's In the Loop as Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster MP. Hollander later made a surprise appearance (in a different role) at the end of the third series of The Thick of It, the programme on which In the Loop was based.

In 2010, Hollander and writer James Wood co-created the TV series Rev., a sensitive comedy about the all-too-human vicar of an inner-city parish. Reviews called it intelligent, realistic and very funny.[19] Hollander played the sympathetic title character, Rev. Adam Smallbone. The show won a BAFTA in 2011 for Best Situation Comedy,[20] among other awards and recognition.[21] A second series aired in the UK on BBC 2 in 2011 and a third series in 2014.[22] He has been praised for his role as the "inebriated and endearing, menacing and beguiling"[23] chemist, Dr George Cholmondeley, appearing in five episodes of the BBC / FX 2017 series Taboo with one commenter describing him as "giving a masterclass on how to create dimension and personality, even with limited screen time."[24]

Hollander played Queen's second manager Jim Beach in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which was released in November 2018.[25] Upon the firing of director Bryan Singer from the film in December 2017, it was reported Hollander had previously left the film due to issues with Singer; he was ultimately convinced to continue, though whether this was due to Singer's exit is unknown.[26] Also in 2018, Hollander played Tabaqui, a hyena in Andy Serkis' motion capture film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.[27]

Theatre

Hollander won the 1992 Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.[28] He had been nominated and commended the previous year for his Celia in an all-male production of As You Like It for Cheek by Jowl[29] and was again nominated and commended for his Khlestakov in The Government Inspector at the Almeida Theatre in 1997.[30] He had also received a special commendation for his 1996 performance of the title role in Tartuffe at the Almeida Theatre.[31] In all, Hollander has been the most frequent Ian Charleson Award honoree, with four appearances at the awards: one win, two commendations and one special commendation.

In 2010, Hollander returned to the live stage in a demanding comedic dual role in Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear at the Old Vic. Playing both master and servant with "lightning physical precision and shockingly true confusion",[32] Hollander's was called "a virtuoso performance".[33] Between September and November 2016 he starred as (a "career-best"[34]) Henry Carr in Patrick Marber's "superb revival"[35] of Tom Stoppard's Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The play (with the same cast) transferred to the Apollo Theatre in February 2017[4] and was nominated for five Olivier Awards including Best Actor (Hollander) and Best Revival (Travesties).[5] Marber's revival transferred to Broadway in 2018, with Hollander reprising his leading role as Carr. The play opened on 24 April 2018 (previews 29 March) at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theater in New York. Hollander received a Tony Award nomination for the production.[36][37]

In 2022, Hollander returned to the Almeida Theatre to play the lead role of Boris Berezovsky in the inaugural run of Patriots, a play by Peter Morgan about the late Russian oligarch's life.[38]

Voice work

Hollander has undertaken a number of voice roles for BBC radio including Mosca in 2004's Volpone for Radio 3, Frank Churchill in Jane Austen's Emma and as Mr Gently Benevolent in the pilot of the Dickensian parody Bleak Expectations for Radio 4, although he did not take part in the full series. He has voiced a young Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man", a disembodied head named Enzio in an urban gothic comedy[39] and Leon Theremin, the Russian inventor famous for the electronic instrument that bears his name. He provided the vocal texture for Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange recently with a "smooth, almost lyrical, crisp voice" that accomplished the task of rendering the extensive and unique slang of the book instantly understandable to readers.[40] More recent readings include The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling. In 2015 (repeated in April 2017) he played Patrick Moore in the BBC radio play Far Side of the Moore about the astronomer and his Sky at Night TV programme.[41] In May 2016 he portrayed Geoff Cathcart in Andy Mulligan's four-part play School Drama on BBC Radio 4 which was chosen by The Guardian as that week's best radio[42] and he narrated Peter Bradshaw's short story Reunion, broadcast on Radio 4 in October 2016.[43][44] He has also portrayed the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich in Margy Kinmonth's documentary Revolution: New Art for a New World which was released in the UK and Ireland in November 2016.[45]

Year	Audiobook title	Author	Notes
2006	In the Company of the Courtesan	Sarah Dunant
2009	The Lieutenant	Kate Grenville
	Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square	Geraint Anderson
2010	A Clockwork Orange	Anthony Burgess
2012	The Casual Vacancy	J. K. Rowling
	Conrad: The Chrestomanci Series	Diana Wynne Jones
2016	Agatha Christie: Twelve Radio Mysteries	Agatha Christie	Hollander is one of several narrators
2017	A Legacy of Spies	John le Carré	digital download released on 7 September 2017, CD on 5 October 2017.[46]

Writing

Since 2008, he has written an occasional diary-style column for The Spectator,[47] and a lifestyle article in the Times which received very positive reader comments.[48]

Charity work

Hollander has contributed his running and cycling efforts to several charitable causes, including running to raise funds for the Childline Crisis Hotline in 2006 and in 2007, for the Teenage Cancer Trust.[49][50] He is a long-time supporter of the Helen & Douglas House Hospice for Children and Young Adults in Oxford, which provides hospice care for children. He continues to support charitable organisations by contributing readings and other appearances throughout the year.

Hollander is a patron of the British Independent Film Awards and has supported the efforts of the Old Vic's "24 Hour Plays New Voices" Gala, which forwards the cause of young writers for the British stage.[49] In August 2014, he was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[51]

Personal life

Hollander's sister is director, writer and singer Julia Hollander. The siblings, and their father Tony Hollander, presented a BBC Radio 3 documentary in 2020, exploring the story of how Tony and his parents escaped from the imminent Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938.[52][53] A letter from a BBC radio sound engineer saved his father's life.[54]

Hollander has lived in the same flat in Notting Hill, London, since 2000.[11][48] In 2010 he became engaged to the designer Fran Hickman,[55] but they ended their relationship.

At the 2019 general election he campaigned in Kensington for Sam Gyimah of the Liberal Democrats.[56]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Sylvia Hates Sam	Friend	Short
1996	Some Mother's Son	Farnsworth
	True Blue	Sam Peterson
1998	Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not!	Paolo Ferruzzi	Video
	Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence	Daniel
	Bedrooms and Hallways	Darren
1999	The Clandestine Marriage	Sir John Ogelby
2000	The Announcement	Ben
	Maybe Baby	Ewan Proclaimer
2001	Enigma	Logie
	Lawless Heart	Nick
	Gosford Park	Anthony Meredith	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Critics Choice Award – Best Acting Ensemble FFCC Award for Best Ensemble Cast OFCS Award – Best Ensemble PFCS Award – Best Acting Ensemble Satellite Awards – Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
2002	Possession	Euan
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Willie Partridge
	Stage Beauty	Sir Peter Lely
	Paparazzi	Leonard Clarke
	The Libertine	Etherege	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mr. Collins	Evening Standard British Film Awards – Peter Sellers Award for Comedy ALFS Award – British Supporting Actor of the Year
2006	The Darwin Awards	Henry
	Land of the Blind	Maximilian II
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Cutler Beckett
	A Good Year	Charlie Willis
	Rabbit Fever	Tod Best
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Cutler Beckett
	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Sir Amyas Paulet
2008	Valkyrie	Colonel Heinz Brandt
2009	In the Loop	Simon Foster	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	The Soloist	Graham Claydon
2010	Away We Stay[57]	David	Short
2011	Hanna	Isaacs
	The Voorman Problem	Voorman	Short film
2012	Whole Lotta Sole	James Butler	Uncredited role
	A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman	Recording Engineer (voice)
	Mother’s Milk	Narrator (voice)
	Byzantium	Teacher	Uncredited role
2013	About Time	Harry
	The Invisible Woman	Wilkie Collins
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Irish Journalist
	The Riot Club	Jeremy Villiers
2015	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2016	The Promise	Garin
	Revolution: New Art for a New World[45]	Kazimir Malevich (voice)	Documentary film
2017	Holy Lands	Moshe
	Tulip Fever	Dr. Sorgh
	Breathe	Bloggs and David Blacker
2018	A Private War	Sean Ryan
	Bohemian Rhapsody	Jim Beach
	Bird Box	Gary
	Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle	Tabaqui
2021	Extinct	Charles Darwin (voice)
	The King's Man	George V / Wilhelm II / Nicholas II

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	John Diamond	William Jones	TV film
1993–1995	Harry	Jonathan	19 episodes
1994	Milner	Ben Milner	TV film
1995	The Bill	O'Leary	Episode: "Getaway"
1996	Absolutely Fabulous	Paolo Ferruzzi	2 episodes
1997	Gobble	Pipsqueak	TV film
1999	Wives and Daughters	Osborne Hamley	Miniseries (4 episodes)
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Mr. Mantalini	TV film
2003	The Lost Prince	George V	TV film
	Cambridge Spies	Guy Burgess	Miniseries (4 episodes) FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) d'or d'interprétation masculine award for best actor[58]
2004	The Hotel in Amsterdam	Laurie	TV film
	London	T. S. Eliot	TV film
2005	Bridezillas	Narrator	Episode: "Korliss and Noelle"
2006–2021	American Dad!	Various characters (voice)	11 episodes
2007	The Company	Adrian Philby	Miniseries (6 episodes)
2007–2008	Freezing	Leon	3 episodes
2008	John Adams	King George III	Episode: "Reunion"
	Headcases	David Cameron / various voices	2 episodes
	The Meant to Be's		TV film
2009	Desperate Romantics	John Ruskin	6 episodes
	Gracie!	Monty Banks	TV film
	The Thick of It	Cal Richards	Episode #3.8
	Legally Mad	Steven Pearle	unaired pilot[59]
2010	Any Human Heart	Edward, Duke of Windsor	3 episodes
2010–2014	Rev.	The Reverend Adam Smallbone	3 series, 19 episodes; also creator, writer, and executive producer Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Male Comedy Performance; Series was awarded a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 2011[60]
2011	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Chuck (voice)	Episode: "Vampirus"
2012, 2018–2021	Family Guy	Various characters (voice)	4 episodes
2013	Ambassadors	Prince Mark	2 episodes
2014	A Poet in New York	Dylan Thomas	TV film
2016	The Night Manager	Lance "Corky" Corkoran	Miniseries (6 episodes) BAFTA Television Award - Best Supporting Actor
	Doctor Thorne	Doctor Thorne	3 episodes
2017	Taboo	Dr. George Cholmondeley	5 episodes
2018	CBeebies Bedtime Story	Nico. Rebel	One-off
2019	Baptiste	Edward Stratton	6 episodes
2020	Harley Quinn	Alfred Pennyworth (voice)	3 episodes
	Us[61]	Douglas Petersen	4 episodes
	Robot Chicken	Percival, Professor X (voice)	Episode: "Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know If His Mother's A Size Queen"
2021	A Tale Dark & Grimm	Moon (voice)	3 episodes
2022	The Ipcress File	Major Dalby	6 episodes[62][63]
2022	The White Lotus	Quentin	Main role (season 2)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Cutler Beckett

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians

References

External links

• Tom Hollander at IMDb

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[de] Tom Hollander

Thomas Anthony „Tom“ Hollander (* 25. August 1967 in Oxford, England)[1] ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Tom Hollander

Thomas Anthony Hollander (Oxford, Inglaterra; 25 de agosto de 1967), conocido como Tom Hollander, es un actor británico de cine, teatro y televisión.[cita requerida]

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[ru] Холландер, Том

Томас Энтони «Том» Холландер (англ. Thomas Anthony Hollander; род. 25 августа 1967, Бристоль) — английский актёр.

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