50 facts about English actor Tom Hollander

Some of Tom Hollander's other early projects include Bertholt Brecht's "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" for the National Youth Theatre, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for Oxford University Dramatic Society.

Learn 50 facts about English actor Tom Hollander.

1. Actor Tom Hollander was born in Bristol, England, UK.

2. His parents are both teachers.

3. Actor Tom Hollander began his career in theatre. He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He had been nominated and commended the previous year for his Celia in an all-male production of As You Like It for Cheek by Jowl, and was again nominated and commended for his Khlestakov in The Government Inspector at the Almeida Theatre in 1997.

4. English actor Tom Hollander grew up on Oxford, UK.

5. Tom Hollander was influenced by the teacher named Andrew Roberts.

6. As child he won the role of 'Oliver.'

7. Tom Hollander was part of the National Youth Theatre.

8. Tom Hollander was also part of Children's Music Theatre.

9. While with Children's Music Theatre he came to attention of BBC television and found himself as protagonist in John Diamond.

10. Tom Hollander's other early projects include Bertholt Brecht's "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" for the National Youth Theatre, and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for Oxford University Dramatic Society.

11. Tom Hollander attended Cambridge University. Hollander read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was actively involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and president of the Marlowe Society.

12. Actor Tom Hollander's childhood friend is Sam Mendes. Hollander and Mandes collaborated at the West End production of "The Cherry Orchard", and the Chichester Festival Theatre as well as a Toronto staging of "Kean".

13. Tom Hollander appeared in the Cambridge Footlights Revue.

14. Actor Tom Hollander is a runner.

15. Hollander ran his first race for the Childline Crisis hotline.

16. In 2007, Hollander ran for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

17. Actor Tom Hollander is also a supporter of Helen and Douglas House in Oxford. Helen and Douglas House provides Hospice care for children.

18. Hollander supports other organizations by contributing readings and other appearances throughout the year.

19. Tom Hollander is a patron of BIFA, the British Independent Film Awards.

20. Actor Hollander does voicework roles in radio.

21. Tom Hollander also uses his voice to read audiobooks.

22. Tom Hollander also does voiceover work and onstage. 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 & Prejudice for which he received the Evening Standard Film Awards Comedy Award, and London Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor.

23. Actor Tom Hollander performed in "Way of the World" at the Lyric, Hammersmith.

24. His role in "Way of the World" earned him the Ian Charleson Award.

25. His fans can hear him singing in the role of Macheath in The Threepenny Opera.

26. Actor Tom Hollander had older sister named Julia.

27. His sister had directed operas.

28. Hollander also won a scholarship to Abingdon School.

29. Hollander and his childhood friend Sam Mendes both went to Cambridge.

30. English actor Tom Hollander played king George V in The Lost Prince.

31. Tom Hollander played a king second time, George III in John Adams.

32. His full name is Thomas Anthony "Tom" Hollander.

33. Tom Hollander is known for his roles in comedic films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice, and In the Loop, and drama films such as Enigma, Gosford Park, and Hanna.

34. Actor Tom Hollander played the lead role in the sitcom Rev., which won the British Academy Television Award for best sitcom in 2011.

35. His father is descended from Czech Jews who converted to Catholicism.

36. His mother is of English background.

37. While attending the Dragon School and then Abingdon School, he was chief chorister.

38. Actor Tom Hollander was actively involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and president of the Marlowe Society.

39. Friend and fellow student Sam Mendes directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac.

40. After finishing university and failing to secure a place at a drama school, he found work in theatre nevertheless.

41. Actor Hollander lives in Notting Hill, London.

42. Actor Tom Hollander is not only a runner but also a cyclist.

43. Hollander has supported the efforts of the Old Vic's "24 Hour Plays New Voices" Gala, which forwards the cause of young writers for the British stage.

44. In August 2014, he was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.

45. In 2010 Hollander and writer James Wood co-created the TV series Rev., a sensitive comedy about the all-too-human vicar of an inner-city parish. Reviews called it intelligent, realistic and very funny.

46. In 2010, Hollander returned to the live stage in a demanding comedic dual role for Georges Feydeau's "A Flea in Her Ear" at the Old Vic. Playing both master and servant with "lightning physical precision and shockingly true confusion", Hollander was called "a virtuoso performance".

47. In 2009, Hollander played a symphonic cellist in Joe Wright's The Soloist, his second outing for Wright, who cast him to great effect as the fevered suitor Mr. Collins in 2005's Pride and Prejudice.

48. Actor Tom Hollander has worked once more with Wright, portraying a memorably flamboyant and menacing villain in Hanna.

49. English actor Tom Hollander later made a surprise appearance at the end of the third series of The Thick of It, the programme on which In the Loop was based.

50. Actor Tom Hollander also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Kim Philby, having previously played Guy Burgess in the BBC's Cambridge Spies.

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