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Tom Stoppard

Person · Screenwriter

Tom Stoppard

Born
July 3, 1937
Died
2025
From
Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]·Dorset, England, UK
  • Also:
  • Writer
  • Script Department
  • Producer
45
Credits on file
8
Decades active
20
Awards

In short · Wrote for eight decades — 45 credits, 12 Tony Award wins.

Recent & in release

  1. Award win

    Tony Award — Best Play

  2. Award win

    Laurel Award — Screenwriting Achievement

  3. Award win

    Pen Pinter Prize — PEN Pinter Prize

  4. Award win

    Praemium Imperiale — Praemium Imperiale

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Biography

Tom Stoppard was born on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic). He was a writer and producer, known for *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), *Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* (1990), and *Brazil* (1985). He was married to Sabrina Guinness, Miriam Stoppard, and Jose Ingle. He died on 29 November 2025 in Dorset, England, UK.

Family & relationships

Parents
Eugen Sträussler
Children
Oliver Stoppard

Filmography · 41 of 41

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Director

1 credit

Writer

18 credits

Actor

1 credit

Editor

20 credits

Other crew

1 credit

Awards & Nominations

12 wins · 8 nominations

Tony Award

  • Won2023Best Play
  • Nom2008Best Play
  • Nom2001Best Play
  • Nom1995Best Play

Writers Guild Of America Award

  • Won1999Best Original Screenplay

European Film Award

  • Nom2013Best Screenwriter

European Film Award People S Choice Award

  • Nom2013Best European Film

Academy Award

  • Nom1999Best Writing, Original Screenplay
  • Nom1986Best Writing, Original Screenplay
More awards & festivals (11) — regional academies & film-festival prizes

Laurel Award

  • Won2013Screenwriting Achievement

Pen Pinter Prize

  • Won2013PEN Pinter Prize

Praemium Imperiale

  • Won2009Praemium Imperiale

Dan David Prize

  • Won2008Dan David Prize

Bodley Medal

  • Won2004Bodley Medal

Order Of Merit

  • Won2000Order of Merit

Academy Awards

  • Won1998Oscar — Writing (original Screenplay)
  • Nom1985Oscar — Writing (original Screenplay)

Knight Bachelor

  • Won1997Knight Bachelor

Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire

  • Won1978Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Literature

  • Won1972Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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