---
name: "Ed Stoppard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-stoppard"
fi1m_id: "ed-stoppard"
imdb_id: "nm0832380"
tmdb_id: 6640
wikidata_id: "Q2020161"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T16:54:17.329000+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ed Stoppard

## Identity

Ed Stoppard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-stoppard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-stoppard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0832380
- **TMDB ID:** 6640
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2020161
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stoppard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020161, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6640

Actor. Born 16 September 1974 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 September 1974, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–2019
- **Also known as:**  Eddie Stoppard, Ed Stopard
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 68 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 1, History 1, Music 1, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $161m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Stoppard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020161, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6640

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Pianist*](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) (87)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Any Human Heart*](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ed Stoppard is an English actor. Born Edmund Stoppard on 16 September 1974 in London, he is the son of playwright Tom Stoppard. He studied French at the University of Edinburgh and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Stoppard's film roles include Henryk Szpilman in The Pianist (2002), Julian in Youth (2015), and the Interviewer in Judy (2019). On television he has appeared as Tony Longdon in The Crown (2016), King Philip IV of France in Knightfall (2017), and The Director in Brave New World (2020). His stage work includes productions at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the role of a family member in his father's play Leopoldstadt (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Judy* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Interviewer — [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)
- *Youth* (2015), Fi1m 66, as Julian — [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Cilla* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Brian Epstein — [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), Fi1m 73, as Ben Leeping (Older) — [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)
- *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, as Henryk Szpilman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Desperate Journey* (2025), as Mr. Knoller
- *Hotel Costiera* (2025), series, Actor
- *Franklin* (2024), series, as John Jay
- *Surprised by Oxford* (2023), as Dr. Condorston
- *Golda* (2023), as Benny Peled
- *The Undeclared War* (2022), series, as Richard Marston
- *The Princess* (2022), as The King
- *Brave New World* (2020), series, as The Director
- *A Separate Peace* (2020), as Matron
- *Trackers* (2019), series, as Lukas Becker
- *Judy* (2019), as Interviewer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/judy.md)
- *Genesis* (2018), as President Pope
- *Knightfall* (2017), series, as King Philip IV of France
- *Angelica* (2017), as Dr. Joseph Barton
- *Genius* (2017), series, as Hans Albert Einstein, Paul Éluard
- *1066: A Year to Conquer England* (2017), as William the Conqueror
- *1066: A Year to Conquer England* (2017), series, as William the Conqueror
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Tony Longdon — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *The Frankenstein Chronicles* (2015), series, as Lord Daniel Hervey
- *Ruby Strangelove Young Witch* (2015), as Ted
- *Love Is a Four Letter Word: Worth Seven Points* (2015), as Husband
- *Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story* (2015), Actor
- *Youth* (2015), as Julian — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youth-2015.md)
- *Home Fires* (2015), series, as Will Campbell
- *Cryptic* (2014), as Steve Stevens
- *Outlier* (2014), Actor
- *Cilla* (2014), series, as Brian Epstein — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)
- *Blackwood* (2014), as Ben Marshall
- *Shelter* (2014), as Corporal Arthur Boleyn
- *Codebreaker Alan Turing Persecution Of A Genius* (2014), Actor
- *The Musketeers* (2014), series, as Lemay
- *The Politician's Husband* (2013), series, as Bruce Babbish
- *Papadopoulos & Sons* (2012), as Rob
- *Belle du Seigneur* (2012), as Adrien
- *Britain's Greatest Codebreaker* (2012), as Alan Turing
- *Branded* (2012), as Misha Galkin
- *The Man who Crossed Hitler* (2011), as Hans Litten
- *Zen* (2011), series, as Vincenzo Fabri
- *Upstairs Downstairs* (2010), series, as Sir Hallam Holland
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), series, as Ben Leeping (Older) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)
- *Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* (2010), as Lieutenant Addis
- *Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution* (2009), as Herault
- *Brideshead Revisited* (2008), as Bridey Flyte
- *Fugitive Pieces* (2008), as Ben
- *Discovering Tchaikovsky* (2007), series, as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- *Joy Division* (2006), as Thomas
- *Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire* (2006), series, as Josephus
- *The Somme* (2005), as Captain Charlie May
- *Empire* (2005), series, Actor
- *Animal* (2005), as Sebastien Delnick
- *Ferrari* (2003), as Ferrari's Alter Ego
- *Ferrari* (2003), series, as giornalista
- *The Pianist* (2002), as Henryk Szpilman — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as James Hillier
- *The Little Vampire* (2000), as Von Sackville-Bagg
- *The Fiancée* (1999), as Boy on motorbike
- *Relic Hunter* (1999), series, as Laurent Halezan
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, Actor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *Scooterman*, as Scooterman aka Gerald Jones

## Gallery

- ![Ed Stoppard](https://film.one/media/person/97666/gallery-24bb99cc3ca1.jpg) Ed Stoppard — Adam Wimpenny - film director, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ed_Stoppard_in_Blackwood_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ed Stoppard](https://film.one/media/person/97666/gallery-7d31f8afde18.jpg) Ed Stoppard — Image via TMDB

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