Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander made his television debut in the television film John Diamond (1981). From 1993 to 1995, he portrayed Jonathan in the BBC drama series Harry. He appeared as Paolo Ferruzzi in the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1996) and as Osborne Hamley in the BBC miniseries Wives and Daughters (1999).

Hollander made his film debut in Some Mother's Son (1996), opposite Helen Mirren, and appeared in the sports drama True Blue (1996). His subsequent film credits included Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998), Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) and The Clandestine Marriage (1999). In 1995, he originated the role of Baby in Jez Butterworth's play Mojo at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He made his Broadway debut in 1996 as Lord Alfred Douglas in David Hare's The Judas Kiss, opposite Liam Neeson as Oscar Wilde. His stage credits also included Celia in an all-male production of As You Like It for Cheek by Jowl, Witwoud in The Way of the World at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and the title role in Tartuffe (1996) and Khlestakov in The Government Inspector (1997), both at the Almeida Theatre. He received the 1992 Ian Charleson Award for The Way of the World, along with two commendations and a special commendation for his other stage performances.

In 2001, Hollander appeared in Robert Altman's murder mystery Gosford Park and Michael Apted's thriller Enigma. His television credits in 2003 included portraying George V in the BBC One film The Lost Prince and Guy Burgess in the BBC Two miniseries Cambridge Spies. He played Mr. Collins in Joe Wright's film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (2005), earning the Evening Standard Film Awards Comedy Award and the London Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also portrayed Lord Cutler Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

Hollander played Kim Philby in the TNT miniseries The Company (2007), having previously portrayed Guy Burgess in Cambridge Spies. He returned to the stage in 2007 for the premiere of Joe Penhall's Landscape with Weapon at the Royal National Theatre. His television credits in 2008 included King George III in the HBO miniseries John Adams. He also portrayed Colonel Heinz Brandt in the film Valkyrie (2008). In 2009, he played a symphonic cellist in Joe Wright's The Soloist and Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster in Armando Iannucci's political comedy In the Loop. He subsequently made an appearance in a different role at the end of the third series of The Thick of It.

In 2010, Hollander co-created the television comedy series Rev. with writer James Wood and starred as Rev. Adam Smallbone. The series won the BAFTA Award for Best Situation Comedy in 2011. Its second series aired in 2011, followed by a third in 2014. Also in 2010, Hollander played a dual role in Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear at the Old Vic. His other film credits included Hanna (2011), directed by Joe Wright, and the television series Freezing.

Hollander's radio credits included Mosca in a 2004 BBC Radio 3 production of Volpone, Frank Churchill in a radio adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma and Mr. Gently Benevolent in the pilot of the BBC Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations. He also voiced a young Joseph Merrick in a production about the Elephant Man, Enzio in an urban gothic comedy and inventor Leon Theremin. He narrated Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. In 2015, he portrayed astronomer Patrick Moore in the BBC radio play Far Side of the Moore, a role he reprised in April 2017. In May 2016, he portrayed Geoff Cathcart in Andy Mulligan's four-part BBC Radio 4 play School Drama. In October 2016, he narrated Peter Bradshaw's short story Reunion for Radio 4.

From September to November 2016, Hollander starred as Henry Carr in Patrick Marber's revival of Tom Stoppard's Travesties at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The production transferred to the Apollo Theatre in London in February 2017 before transferring to Broadway in 2018. Hollander reprised his role as Carr at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre in New York, where the production opened April 24, 2018, following previews that began March 29. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance.

In 2016, Hollander portrayed Lance "Corky" Corkoran in the BBC miniseries The Night Manager, earning the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared as Dr. George Cholmondeley in the BBC and FX series Taboo, which aired in 2017. His film credits that year included the documentary Revolution: New Art for a New World (2016), in which he portrayed Russian artist Kazimir Malevich.

Hollander played Jim Beach, Queen's manager, in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). That year, he also voiced Tabaqui in Andy Serkis' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and appeared in the war drama A Private War and the Netflix thriller Bird Box.

Since 2020, Hollander has voiced Alfred Pennyworth in the animated series Harley Quinn. In 2021, he portrayed George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II of Russia in the spy action film The King's Man. In 2022, he voiced the Mole in the animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. That year, he also played Major Dalby, director of WOOC(P), in the ITV Cold War drama series The Ipcress File and portrayed Quentin, a wealthy British expatriate living in Sicily, in the second season of The White Lotus.

From 2022 to 2023, Hollander played Boris Berezovsky in the inaugural production of Peter Morgan's play Patriots at the Almeida Theatre. In 2024, he portrayed author Truman Capote in the FX on Hulu limited series Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.