# Ed Stoppard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Stoppard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Stoppard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stoppard > Source revision: 1355840336 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British actor (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ed Stoppard | image = Ed Stoppard in Blackwood 2013.jpg | image_size = 190 | caption = Stoppard in ''[Blackwood](/source/Blackwood_(2013_film))'' (2013) | birth_name = Edmund Stoppard | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | alma_mater = [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh)
[LAMDA](/source/LAMDA) | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2000–present | spouse = Amie Stoppard (née Stamp) | children = 3 | father = [Tom Stoppard](/source/Tom_Stoppard) | relatives = [Oona King, Baroness King of Bow](/source/Oona_King) (cousin)
[Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton](/source/Ted_Graham%2C_Baron_Graham_of_Edmonton) (first cousin, once removed)
[Chris Stamp](/source/Chris_Stamp) (father-in-law) | mother = [Miriam, Lady Hogg](/source/Miriam_Stoppard) }} '''Edmund Stoppard''' (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. He is the son of playwright [Tom Stoppard](/source/Tom_Stoppard) and [Miriam Stoppard](/source/Miriam_Stoppard). ==Early== Stoppard was born on 16 September 1974 in London, England, the son of playwright [Tom Stoppard](/source/Tom_Stoppard) and [Miriam Stoppard](/source/Miriam_Stoppard) ([née](/source/married_and_maiden_names) Stern), an author and physician. Both of his parents were [Jewish](/source/Jews), but he was raised in a [secular](/source/secular) household.{{cite news|author= Jays, David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jan/28/ed-stoppard-interview-leopoldstadt-tom-stoppard|title='My surname was an albatross': Ed Stoppard on starring in his dad's new play|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date= 28 January 2020|access-date= 30 November 2025}} He attended [Caldicott School](/source/Caldicott_School), and [Stowe School](/source/Stowe_School), a boarding school in [Stowe, Buckinghamshire](/source/Stowe%2C_Buckinghamshire).{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/ed-stoppard-a-testing-inheritance-312664.html |title=Ed Stoppard: A testing inheritance|work= [The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|date= 15 September 2005|author= Paton, Maureen|access-date = 1 December 2025}} His parents divorced when he was 18, with his father entering into a long-term relationship with actress [Felicity Kendal](/source/Felicity_Kendal). He read French at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), graduating in 1997,{{cite news|author= Healy, Patrick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/theater/30stoppard.html|title= A Stoppard Takes the Stage on the Other Side of the Script|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date= 29 July 2009|access-date= 1 December 2025}}[https://www.ed.ac.uk/alumni/services/profiles/graduation/1990s/edstoppard Ed Stoppard] University of Edinburgh. Accessed on 2 February 2020 and later trained at [LAMDA](/source/LAMDA).{{cite news|author= Cavendish, Dominic|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/5350487/Ed-Stoppard-interview-Arcadia.html |title=Ed Stoppard interview: Arcadia|work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)|date= 19 May 2009|access-date = 30 November 2025}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/keeley-hawes-and-ed-stoppards-stairway-to-heaven-6548016.html|title=Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard's stairway to heaven|date=2010-12-16|work=[Evening Standard](/source/Evening_Standard) |language=en|access-date=30 December 2019}} His first cousin is the former politician [Oona King, Baroness King of Bow](/source/Oona_King%2C_Baroness_King_of_Bow) and his first cousin, once removed, was politician [Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton](/source/Ted_Graham%2C_Baron_Graham_of_Edmonton).{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} ==Career== Stoppard's film credits include appearing as one of the main characters in ''[The Pianist](/source/The_Pianist_(2002_film))'', Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in ''Joy Division'', and as Lieutenant Addis in ''[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang](/source/Nanny_McPhee_and_the_Big_Bang)''. In 2007 he played the title role in the [BBC](/source/BBC)'s drama-documentary ''[Tchaikovsky](/source/Tchaikovsky): Fortune and Tragedy''.[https://www.timeout.com/london/opera-classical/tchaikovsky-on-the-bbc Tchaikovsky on the BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202121249/https://www.timeout.com/london/opera-classical/tchaikovsky-on-the-bbc |date=2 February 2020}} TimeOut. 24 January 2007 In 2008 Stoppard returned to the stage in the [Hampstead Theatre](/source/Hampstead_Theatre) production of [Amy Rosenthal's](/source/Amy_Rosenthal) [D. H. Lawrence](/source/D._H._Lawrence) biodrama ''On the Rocks'', alongside [Nick Caldecott](/source/Nick_Caldecott) and Charlotte Emmerson.{{Citation |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link = Michael Billington (critic)|title=On the Rocks Review |date=2 July 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jul/02/theatre.reviews3 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |access-date=2 March 2009}}{{cite news |last=Bassett |first=Kate |title=On the Rocks, Hampstead Theatre, London |date=6 July 2008 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/on-the-rocks-hampstead-theatre-london-860791.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026011445/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/on-the-rocks-hampstead-theatre-london-860791.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 October 2012 |work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) |access-date=2 March 2009}} In 2010 he was cast in the role of Sir Hallam Holland in the 2010 [BBC](/source/BBC) sequel to ''[Upstairs, Downstairs](/source/Upstairs_Downstairs_(2010_TV_series))''. He also appeared in ''[Any Human Heart](/source/Any_Human_Heart_(TV_series))'', the [Channel Four](/source/Channel_Four) mini-series adaptation of [William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(writer))'s critically acclaimed [novel of the same name](/source/Any_Human_Heart), alongside [Matthew Macfadyen](/source/Matthew_Macfadyen). Stoppard was cast as Adrien Deume, a Swiss diplomat, Ariane's husband, in a screen version of [Albert Cohen](/source/Albert_Cohen_(novelist))'s novel ''[Belle du Seigneur](/source/Belle_du_Seigneur)''.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} He appeared in two television docudramas: playing [Hans Litten](/source/Hans_Litten) in ''[The Man Who Crossed Hitler](/source/The_Man_Who_Crossed_Hitler)'', and [Alan Turing](/source/Alan_Turing) in ''[Britain's Greatest Codebreaker](/source/Codebreaker_(2011_film))''.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-greatest-codebreaker/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1|title=Britain's Greatest Codebreaker|access-date=10 January 2018}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/09/hitler3.shtml |title=The Man Who Crossed Hitler: character profiles|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 January 2018}} Later that year Stoppard starred in British independent feature film ''[Papadopoulos & Sons](/source/Papadopoulos_%26_Sons)'' in which he played banking mogul Rob.{{cite news|work=Screen Daily|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/papadopoulos-and-sons/5053556.article#|title=Papadopoulos & Sons|date=29 March 2013|access-date=10 April 2013}} The film was released in the UK through [Cineworld](/source/Cineworld) on 5 April 2013. In 2013 he appeared alongside [David Tennant](/source/David_Tennant) and [Emily Watson](/source/Emily_Watson) in the [BBC](/source/BBC) miniseries, ''[The Politician's Husband](/source/The_Politician's_Husband)''.{{cite news|author= Wollaston, Sam|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/26/politicians-husband-david-tennant-emily-watson |title=The Politician's Husband – TV review|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date= 26 April 2013|access-date= 1 December 2025}} From 2017 he played [King Philip IV of France](/source/King_Philip_IV_of_France) in the historical fiction series, ''[Knightfall](/source/Knightfall_(TV_series))''.[https://www.etonline.com/why-knightfall-star-ed-stoppard-was-happy-to-see-his-character-kill-spoiler-in-season-finale-95981 Why 'Knightfall' Star Ed Stoppard Was 'Happy' to See His Character Kill [Spoiler] in Season Finale (Exclusive)] ''Entertainment Tonight''. 7 February 2018 He plays the role of Director of Stability in ''[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(2020_TV_series))'', a 2020 American [sci-fi](/source/sci-fi) [dystopian](/source/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction) [drama](/source/drama) series on the streaming service [Peacock](/source/Peacock_(streaming_service)). It is an adaptation of the [novel of the same name](/source/Brave_New_World) by [Aldous Huxley](/source/Aldous_Huxley).{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/ed-stoppard |title=Ed Stoppard |work=United Agents |access-date=15 April 2024}} ===Stage=== Stoppard's stage credits include the title role in [English Touring Theatre](/source/English_Touring_Theatre)'s 2005 ''[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)'', alongside [Anita Dobson](/source/Anita_Dobson) (which also ran at the [New Ambassadors Theatre](/source/Ambassadors_Theatre_(London))) in [Shakespeare](/source/Shakespeare)'s ''[The Merchant of Venice](/source/The_Merchant_of_Venice)'', and Konstantin in [Chekhov](/source/Anton_Chekhov)'s ''[The Seagull](/source/The_Seagull)'' at the [Chichester Festival Theatre](/source/Chichester_Festival_Theatre) in 2003. His [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) credits include Tom Wingfield in a 2007 revival of ''[The Glass Menagerie](/source/The_Glass_Menagerie)'' at the [Apollo Theatre](/source/Apollo_Theatre), and the British premiere of ''[Wit](/source/Wit_(play))''. He appeared in a revival of ''[Arcadia](/source/Arcadia_(play))'', written by his father, at the [Duke of York's Theatre](/source/Duke_of_York's_Theatre) in the West End in June 2009 alongside [Samantha Bond](/source/Samantha_Bond) and [Neil Pearson](/source/Neil_Pearson). He played Valentine Coverly. In early 2012, he played the role of Peter in the [Trafalgar Studios](/source/Trafalgar_Studios)' production of the Francois Archambault play ''The Leisure Society''. In 2020 Stoppard appeared in ''[Leopoldstadt](/source/Leopoldstadt_(play))'', a play by his father, Tom Stoppard at the [Wyndham's Theatre](/source/Wyndham's_Theatre), London. The play is set among the Jewish community of [Vienna](/source/Vienna) in the first half of the 20th century and follows the lives of "a prosperous Jewish family who had fled the pogroms in the East".{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/leopoldstadt-tom-stoppards-new-play-lpbvn6cl2 |title=Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard's new play |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |date=29 June 2019|access-date = 30 November 2025}} ==Personal life== He and his wife Amie (née Stamp), a niece of [Terence Stamp](/source/Terence_Stamp), met while working behind the scenes on the film ''[Rogue Trader](/source/Rogue_Trader_(film))''. They have three daughters.[https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/857493/Ed-Stoppard-Dan-Dare-celebrity-traveller-Venice-Italy-South-India-Rome Ed Stoppard: Why I fell in love with Italy's stunning Venice] ''[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)'', 23 September 2017{{better source needed|reason=tabloid|date=November 2025}} ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 2000 | ''{{sortname|The|Little Vampire|The Little Vampire (film)}}'' | Von Sackville-Bagg | |- | rowspan="2"|2002 | ''{{sortname|The|Pianist|The Pianist (2002 film)}}'' | Henryk | |- | ''Summer Things'' | Rick | Original title: ''[Embrassez qui vous voudrez](/source/Embrassez_qui_vous_voudrez)'' |- | 2005 | ''Animal'' | Sebastien Delnick | |- | 2006 | ''[Joy Division](/source/Joy_Division_(2006_film))'' | Thomas (older) | |- | 2007 | ''[Fugitive Pieces](/source/Fugitive_Pieces_(film))'' | Ben (adult) | |- | 2008 | ''[Brideshead Revisited](/source/Brideshead_Revisited_(film))'' | Bridey Flyte | |- | rowspan="2"|2010 | ''[Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang](/source/Nanny_McPhee_and_the_Big_Bang)'' | Lieutenant Addis | |- | ''[Scooterman](/source/Scooterman)'' | Scooterman aka Gerald Jones | Short film |- | rowspan="3"|2012 | ''[Papadopoulos & Sons](/source/Papadopoulos_and_sons)'' | Rob | |- | ''[Branded](/source/Branded_(2012_film))'' | Misha Galkin | |- | ''[A Grand Affair](/source/Belle_du_Seigneur_(film))'' | Adrien Deume | |- | rowspan="2"|2014 | ''[Blackwood](/source/Blackwood_(2014_film))'' | Ben Marshall | |- | ''Cryptic'' | Steve Stevens | |- | rowspan="3"|2015 | ''[Youth](/source/Youth_(2015_film))'' | Julian | |- | ''[Angelica](/source/Angelica_(2015_film))'' | Dr. Joseph Barton | |- | ''Ruby Strangelove Young Witch'' | Ted | |- | 2018 | ''Genesis'' | President James T. Pope | |- | 2019 | ''[Judy](/source/Judy_(film))'' | Interviewer | |- | 2022 | ''[The Princess](/source/The_Princess_(2022_action_film))'' | The King | |- | rowspan="2"|2023 | ''[Surprised by Oxford](/source/Surprised_by_Oxford)'' | Dr. Condorston | |- | ''[Golda](/source/Golda_(film))'' | Maj. Gen. [Benny Peled](/source/Benny_Peled) | |- |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2000 | ''[Relic Hunter](/source/Relic_Hunter)'' | Laurent Halezan | Episode: "A Good Year" |- | rowspan="2"|2001 | ''[Queen of Swords](/source/Queen_of_Swords_(TV_series))'' | Ambassador Ramirez | Episode: "The Emissary" |- | ''[Murder in Mind](/source/Murder_in_Mind_(TV_series))'' | James Hillier | Episode: "Sleeper" |- | rowspan="2"|2003 | ''In Search of the Brontës'' | Monsieur Heger | Mini-series |- | ''[Ferrari](/source/Ferrari_(2003_film))'' | Ferrari's alter ego | TV film |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''[Empire](/source/Empire_(2005_TV_series))'' | Sebastianus | 2 episodes |- | ''{{sortname|The|Somme|nolink=1}}'' | Captain Charlie May | TV film |- | 2006 | ''[Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire](/source/Ancient_Rome%3A_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_an_Empire)'' | Josephus | Episode: "Rebellion" |- | rowspan="3"|2007 | ''{{sortname|The|Inspector Lynley Mysteries|nolink=1}}'' | Conrad McCaffrey | Episode: "[Limbo](/source/The_Inspector_Lynley_Mysteries)" |- | ''[Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky_in_media)'' | [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky) | A two-part [BBC](/source/BBC_Two) drama documentary[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/12_december/13/tchaikovsky.shtml BBC broadcasts unprecedented celebration across television and radio in The Tchaikovsky Experience, 13 December 2006] accessed 5 November 2025. |- | ''[Agatha Christie's Marple](/source/Agatha_Christie's_Marple)'' | Stanislaw Malinowski | Episode: "[At Bertram's Hotel](/source/At_Bertram's_Hotel)" |- | 2009 | ''[Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution](/source/Terror!_Robespierre_and_the_French_Revolution)'' | Herault | TV documentary film |- | 2010 | ''[Any Human Heart](/source/Any_Human_Heart_(TV_series))'' | Ben Leeping (older) | 4 episodes |- | 2010–2012 | ''[Upstairs, Downstairs](/source/Upstairs_Downstairs_(2010_TV_series))'' | Sir Hallam Holland | 9 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|2011 | ''[Zen](/source/Zen_(TV_series))'' | Vincenzo Fabri | Mini-series |- | ''[The Man Who Crossed Hitler](/source/The_Man_Who_Crossed_Hitler)'' | [Hans Litten](/source/Hans_Litten) | TV film |- | ''[Britain's Greatest Codebreaker](/source/Codebreaker_(2011_film))'' | [Alan Turing](/source/Alan_Turing) | Docudrama |- | rowspan="3"|2013 | ''[Silent Witness](/source/Silent_Witness)'' | James Embleton | Episodes: "[Legacy - Part 1](/source/List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes)", "[Legacy - Part 2](/source/List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes)" |- | ''[The Politician's Husband](/source/The_Politician's_Husband)'' | Bruce Babbish | 3 episodes |- | ''Mandela: The Prison Years'' | Richard Stengel | TV film |- | 2014 | ''[Cilla](/source/Cilla_(2014_TV_series))'' | [Brian Epstein](/source/Brian_Epstein) | 3 episodes |- | 2015 | ''[The Musketeers](/source/The_Musketeers)'' | Doctor Lemay | 5 episodes |- | 2015–2016 | ''[Home Fires](/source/Home_Fires_(British_TV_series))'' | Will Campbell | 12 episodes (2 series) |- | 2015–2017 | ''[The Frankenstein Chronicles](/source/The_Frankenstein_Chronicles)'' | Lord Daniel Hervey | 9 episodes (2 series) |- | 2016 | ''[The Crown](/source/The_Crown_(TV_series))'' | Tony Longdon | Episode: "[Gelignite](/source/The_Crown_season_1)" |- | 2017 | ''1066: A Year to Conquer England'' | [William the Conqueror](/source/William_the_Conqueror) | Docudrama |- | 2017–2018 |''[Genius](/source/Genius_(American_TV_series))'' | [Paul Éluard](/source/Paul_%C3%89luard) / [Hans Albert Einstein](/source/Hans_Albert_Einstein) | 3 episodes |- | 2017–2019 | ''[Knightfall](/source/Knightfall_(TV_series))'' | [Philip IV of France](/source/Philip_IV_of_France) | 18 episodes (2 seasons) |- | rowspan="2"|2019 | ''[Trackers](/source/Trackers_(TV_series))'' | Lucas Becker | 5 episodes |- | ''The Importance of Being Oscar'' | Various | TV film |- | rowspan="2"|2020 | ''The Remote Read'' | Matron | Episode: "A Separate Peace" |- | ''[Brave New World](/source/Brave_New_World_(2020_TV_series))'' | Director of Stability | 4 episodes |- | 2022 | ''[The Undeclared War](/source/The_Undeclared_War)'' | Richard Marston | 4 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2023 | ''[Hapless](/source/Hapless)'' | Jon Teller | Season 2, episode 4: "The Donor" |- | ''[The Great](/source/The_Great_(TV_series))'' | American Ambassador | Episode: "Choose Your Weapon" |- | 2024 | ''[Franklin](/source/Franklin_(miniseries))'' | [John Jay](/source/John_Jay) | 2 episodes |- | 2025 | ''[Mo](/source/Mo_(TV_series))'' | Ambassador | Episode: "Oso Palestino (the Palestinian Bear)" |} ===Video game=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2013 | ''[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag](/source/Assassin's_Creed_IV%3A_Black_Flag)'' | [Benjamin Hornigold](/source/Benjamin_Hornigold) | |- |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|832380}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoppard, Ed}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century English male actors Category:21st-century English male actors Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:English male film actors Category:English male Shakespearean actors Category:English male stage actors Category:English male television actors Category:English people of Czech-Jewish descent Category:Jewish English male actors Category:Male actors from London Category:People educated at Stowe School Ed --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ed Stoppard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stoppard) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stoppard?action=history)). 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