Tom Hollander
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Tom Hollander (born 1967) is an English actor who has appeared in Enigma, Gosford Park, Cambridge Spies and Pride and Prejudice.
Hollander was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and attended The Dragon School and then Abingdon School. He read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge while actively participating in the many extracurricular theatre activities that Cambridge University offers. He was a member of the Footlights and the president of the Marlowe Society. Fellow student and childhood friend Sam Mendes directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac. After graduating from university and failing to secure a place at a drama school, Hollander was asked by Mendes to play Macheath in the Donmar Warehouse's 1994 production of The Threepenny Opera.
Hollander has since had a thriving career in theatre, television and film. 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 poke fun at his height (5ft 5).
Film and television appearances include Absolutely Fabulous, Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, Wives and Daughters, Gosford Park, The Lost Prince and Pride and Prejudice.
Hollander features in the 2006 sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. He lives in Notting Hill, London with his girlfriend Dixie Chassay.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Golden Age (2007) - Sir Amias Paulet
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) - Lord Cutler Beckett
- Land of the Blind (2006) - Maximilian II (a.k.a. "Junior")
- A Good Year (2006) - Charlie
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Lord Cutler Beckett
- Pride and Prejudice (2005) - Mr. Collins
- The Libertine (2004) - Sir George Etheredge
- Paparazzi (2004) - Leonard Clark
- Stage Beauty (2004) - Sir Peter Lely
- Cambridge Spies (2003) (TV) - Guy Burgess
- The Lost Prince (2003) (TV) - King George V
- Possession (2002) - Euan
- Gosford Park (2001) - Lieutenant-Commander Anthony Meredith
- Enigma (2001) - Logie
- Wives and Daughters (1999) (TV) - Osborne Hamley
- Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) - Daniel
- Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) - Darren
