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Ed Stoppard
Ed Stoppard in Blackwood (2013 film)
Born
Edmund Stoppard

(1974-09-16) 16 September 1974 (age 50)
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
LAMDA
OccupationActor
SpouseAmie Stoppard
Children3
Parents
RelativesOona 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).

Life

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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.

Career

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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]

Stage

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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]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Video game

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Benjamin Hornigold

References

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  1. ^ a b 'My surname was an albatross': Ed Stoppard on starring in his dad's new play The Guardian. 28 January 2020
  2. ^ a b Ed Stoppard: A testing inheritance The Independent. 15 September 2005
  3. ^ a b A Stoppard Takes the Stage on the Other Side of the Script The New York Times. 29 July 2009
  4. ^ Ed Stoppard University of Edinburgh. Accessed on 2 February 2020
  5. ^ Ed Stoppard interview: Arcadia The Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2009
  6. ^ "Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard's stairway to heaven". Evening Standard. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. ^ Ed Stoppard: Why I fell in love with Italy's stunning Venice The Express. 23 September 2017
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ed Stoppard". United Agents. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ Tchaikovsky on the BBC Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine TimeOut. 24 January 2007
  10. ^ Billington, Michael (2 July 2008), "On the Rocks Review", The Guardian, retrieved 2 March 2009
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ "Britain's Greatest Codebreaker". Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  13. ^ "The Man Who Crossed Hitler: character profiles". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  14. ^ Screen Daily (29 March 2013). "Papadopoulos & Sons". Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  15. ^ The Politician's Husband – TV review The Guardian. 26 April 2013
  16. ^ Why 'Knightfall' Star Ed Stoppard Was 'Happy' to See His Character Kill [SPOILER] in Season Finale (Exclusive) Entertainment Tonight. 7 February 2018
  17. ^ Ed Stoppard interview: Arcadia The Telegraph. 19 May 2009
  18. ^ "Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard's new play". The Times. 29 June 2019.
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