Tom Stoppard
Writing·July 3, 1937·† November 29, 2025 — 88 years old·Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL Hon FBA (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937 — 29 November 2025) was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard had been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation.
Stoppard died at his home in Dorset, England on 29 November 2025 at the age of 88.
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—A Christmas CarolScreenplay2023Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink FloydSelf2022National Theatre Live: LeopoldstadtWriter2021Tom Stoppard: A Charmed LifeHimself2020A Separate PeaceWriter2018ArcadiaWriter2017SpielbergSelf2017Tulip FeverScreenplay2017National Theatre Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadTheatre Play2015National Theatre Live: The Hard ProblemTheatre Play2013Wilde SaloméSelf2012Anna KareninaScreenplay2012Parade's EndTVWriter2011The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' RevisitedSelf2009André Previn - A Bridge between two WorldsSelf2008What Is Brazil?Self2005The Merchant of VeniceWriter2001The Invention of LoveWriter2001EnigmaScreenplay1998Shakespeare in LoveWriter1998Poodle SpringsScreenplay1997OscarSelf1995The Fifteen Minute HamletAuthor1991Billy BathgateScreenplay1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are DeadWriter · Director · Theatre Play1990The Russia HouseScreenplay1990Largo DesolatoWriter1989The Dog It Was That DiedWriter1987Empire of the SunScreenplay1985BrazilScreenplay1984Squaring the CircleWriter1983On the RazzleWriter1979The Human FactorScreenplay1979Every Good Boy Deserves FavourWriter1979Friday Night, Saturday MorningTV1978DespairScreenplay1977Professional FoulWriter1977BBC2 Play of the WeekTVWriter1977BukovskySelf1976TravestiesWriter1975Three Men in a BoatScreenplay1975The BoundaryWriter1975The Romantic EnglishwomanWriter1974PlayhouseTVTheatre Play1968Neutral GroundWriter1967OmnibusTVSelf1967ITV PlayhouseTVWriter1967Another Moon Called EarthWriter1967One Pair of EyesTV1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTVWriter1964In-Side-Out1956Tony AwardsTVSelf - Nominee