Ed Stoppard
Ed Stoppard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 1974 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974), often credited as Ed Stoppard, is an English actor.
Life and career
Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern), through whom he is related to former MP Oona King. He lives in Clapham with his wife, Amelia (née Stamp), and their three children.
He studied French at Edinburgh University and then trained at LAMDA.
His stage credits include the title role in English Touring Theatre's 2005 Hamlet alongside Anita Dobson (which also ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre) in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Konstantin in Chekhov's The Seagull at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003. His West End credits include Tom Wingfield in a 2007 revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo Theatre and the UK premiere of Wit.
In 2007, he played the title role in the BBC's drama-documentary, Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy.
In 2008 Stoppard returned to the stage in the Hampstead Theatre production of Amy Rosenthal's DH Lawrence biodrama On The Rocks alongside Nick Caldecott and Charlotte Emmerson.[1][2] He appeared in a revival of Arcadia, written by his father, at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in June 2009 alongside Samantha Bond and Neil Pearson.[3]
He has also worked behind the scenes on films such as Rogue Trader.
In 2010 he was cast in the role of Sir Hallam Holland in a BBC sequel to Upstairs, Downstairs.[4] Most recently he was cast as Didi, a Swiss diplomat in a screen version of Albert Cohen's novel, Belle du Seigneur.[5] He also voiced and lent his likeness for Dimitri Mishkin in GoldenEye 007 for the Wii.
Film and television credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Fiancée | Boy on motorbike | Short film |
| 2000 | The Little Vampire | Von Sackville-Bagg | |
| 2000– 2001 |
Relic Hunter | Laurent Halezan | 2 episodes: M.I.A., A Good Year |
| 2001 | Queen of Swords | Ambassador Ramirez | Episode: The Emissary |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | James Hillier | Episode: Sleeper |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Henryk | |
| 2002 | Summer Things | Rick | Original title: Embrassez qui vous voudrez |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Ferrari's alter ego | |
| 2003 | JD Pilot | Thomas | Short film |
| 2003 | In Search of the Brontës | Monsieur Heger | Mini-series |
| 2005 | Empire | Sebastianus | |
| 2005 | Animal | Sebastien Delnick | |
| 2005 | The Somme | Captain Charlie May | TV movie |
| 2006 | Joy Division | Thomas (older) | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Josephus | Docudrama |
| 2007 | Tchaikovsky: 'The Creation of Genius' | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Docudrama |
| 2007 | Tchaikovsky: 'Fortune and Tragedy' | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Docudrama |
| 2007 | Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Malinowski | TV movie |
| 2007 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Conrad McCaffrey | Episode: Limbo |
| 2007 | Fugitive Pieces | Ben | |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Bridey Flyte | |
| 2009 | Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution | Herault | Documentary |
| 2009 | The Mad Cow | Misha Galkin | Post-production |
| 2010 | The Last Temptation of Chris | Chris | Short film |
| 2010 | Scooterman | Scooterman aka Gerald Jones | short film |
| 2010 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Sir Hallam Holland | Mini-series sequel |
| 2011 | Zen (TV series) | Vincenzo Fabri | Mini-series |
| 2012 | Belle du Seigneur | Didi | Filming |
References
- ^ Billington, Michael (2008-07-02), On the Rocks Review, The Guardian, retrieved 2009-03-02
- ^ Bassett, Kate (2008-07-06), On the Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London, The Independent, retrieved 2009-03-02
- ^ Ed Stoppard interview: Arcadia The Telegraph. 19 May 2009
- ^ Upstairs, Downstairs is back with a new cast Daily Mail and he also appeared in the Channel Four miniseries adaptation of William Boyd's critically acclaimed novel Any Human Heart, alongside Matthew Macfadyen. 25 July 2010
- ^ Why Kathy Burke is coming in from the cold Daily Mail. 22 October 2010
External links
- Ed Stoppard at IMDb
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