Caption | Tom Hollander, May 2007 |
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Birth name | Thomas Anthony Hollander |
Birth date | August 25, 1967 |
Birth place | Bristol, England, UK |
Occupation | Actor |
Yearsactive | 1981 – present |
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 and 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".
Hollander has lent his vocal talents to a number of roles for BBC radio including Mosca in 2004's Volpone for Radio 3, and Frank Churchill in Jane Austen's Emma for Radio 4. He has voiced a young Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man"; a disembodied head named Enzio in an urban gothic comedy and recently, 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.
Hollander portrays Lord Cutler Beckett, the "heavy" in and . He returned to the stage with the premiere of Joe Penhall's play Landscape with Weapon at the Royal National Theatre. He also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Harold Adrian Russell Kim Philby, having previously played Guy Burgess in the BBC's Cambridge Spies. 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 Col. Heinz Brandt in Valkyrie.
In 2009, Hollander played a symphonic cellist in Joe Wright's The Soloist. It was his second outing for Wright, who cast him to great effect as the fevered suitor Mr. Collins in 2005's Pride and Prejudice. He's worked once more with Wright 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's contribution to the expanded story was apparently so well-received he was "brought back" from film to television for a series-ending surprise-appearance (in a different role) in series 3, delighting fans of the show.
In 2010 Hollander and writer James Wood co-created Rev. Reviews called it intelligent, realistic and very funny. Hollander played the sympathetic and very human vicar, Adam Smallbone. The show would garner a BAFTA in 2011 for Best Situation Comedy, among other awards and recognition. A second series is planned.
! Year | ! Film | ! Role | ! Notes | |
John Diamond | William Jones | TV movie | ||
Sylvia Hates Sam | Friend | Short | ||
Jonathan | TV series (19 episodes: 1993-1995) | |||
Milner | Ben Milner | TV movie | ||
O'Leary | TV series (1 episode: "Getaway") | |||
Some Mother's Son | Farnsworth | |||
Paolo | TV series (2 episodes) | |||
Sam Peterson | ||||
Gobble | Pipsqueak | TV movie | ||
Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! | Paolo | Video | ||
Daniel | ||||
Bedrooms and Hallways | Darren | Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
Sir John Ogelby | ||||
Osborne Hamley | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |||
The Announcement | Ben | |||
Ewan Proclaimer | ||||
Logie | ||||
Mr. Mantalini | TV movie | |||
Lawless Heart | Nick | |||
Gosford Park | Anthony Meredith | Critics Choice Award - Best Acting Ensemble FFCC Award for Best Ensemble Acting | ||
Euan | ||||
[[The Lost Prince | TV movie | |||
Cambridge Spies | Guy Burgess | TV mini-series (4 episodes). Role was awarded FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) D'OR Grand prize for best actor | ||
Piccadilly Jim | Willie Partidge | |||
The Hotel in Amsterdam | Laurie | TV movie | ||
TV movie | ||||
Stage Beauty | ||||
Leonard Clarke | ||||
Nominated - British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||
Bridezillas | Narrator | TV series (1 episode: "Korliss and Noelle") | ||
Mr. Collins | Evening Standard British Film Awards - Peter Sellers Award for Comedy ALFS Award - British Supporting Actor of the Year | |||
Henry | ||||
Land of the Blind | Maximilian II | |||
Cutler Beckett | ||||
A Good Year | Charlie Willis | |||
Tod Best | ||||
American Dad! | Various (voice only) | TV series (5 episodes: 2006-2009) | ||
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Cutler Beckett (voice) | Video game | ||
Cutler Beckett | ||||
Adrian Philby | TV mini-series (6 episodes) | |||
Leon | TV series (3 episodes:2007-2008) | |||
The Meant to Be's | TV movie | |||
TV mini-series (1 episode: "Reunion") | ||||
Headcases | David Cameron | TV series | ||
Simon Foster | Chlotrudis Award - Best Ensemble Cast Nominated - British Independent Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor | |||
The Soloist | Graham Claydon | |||
Desperate Romantics | John Ruskin | TV series (6 episodes) | ||
Gracie! | Monty Banks | TV movie | ||
The Thick of It | Cal Richards | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.8") | ||
Legally Mad | Steven Pearle | TV movie | ||
The Reverend Adam Smallbone | TV series (6 episodes). Series was awarded a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy, 2011. | Short | ||
Edward, Duke of Windsor | TV series (3 episodes) | |||
Isaacs |
Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge Category:English film actors Category:English stage actors Category:English television actors Category:English musical theatre actors Category:Royal National Theatre Company members Category:Old Dragons Category:Old Abingdonians Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:People from Bristol Category:People from Oxford
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