In 2008 he made a notable cameo appearance as King George III in the HBO mini-series John Adams, and ended the year as a memorable Colonel Heinz Brandt in Valkyrie. He returned to the stage in 2007 with the premiere of Joe Penhall's play Landscape with Weapon at the Royal National Theatre. He also appeared in the TNT miniseries The Company as Kim Philby, having previously played Guy Burgess in the BBC's Cambridge Spies. Hollander portrayed Lord Cutler Beckett, the "heavy" in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Hollander has created several memorable comedic characters that draw more on his physical energy and intensity than his height, such as the "brilliantly foul-mouthed" Leon in BBC Two's Freezing, described in The Times as a "braying swirl of ego and mania". Although highly respected as a character actor and the recipient of several awards, many of his films will still play on his height (5' 5" / 165 cm). He has worked repeatedly with Michael Gambon and Bill Nighy and is a good friend of James Purefoy. 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. Sam Mendes, a friend and fellow student, directed him in several plays while they were at Cambridge, including a critically acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac (which also featured future Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg). He was actively involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society. Hollander read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge. In 1981, at the age of 14, he won the lead role in a BBC dramatisation of Leon Garfield's John Diamond. As a youngster, he was a member of the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre (then known as the Children's Music Theatre). He attended the Dragon School and then Abingdon School, where he was chief chorister. Hollander's parents were teachers, his father running the science department at a prestigious school in Oxford. The family background was academic and musical – his grandfather, Hans Hollander, was a musicologist who wrote books about the composer Janáček. Hollander's father is a Czech Jew whose family converted to Catholicism, and his mother is English Hollander was brought up as a Christian. Hollander was born in Bristol and was raised in Oxford. He voices Alfred Pennyworth in the animated series Harley Quinn (2020–present). He portrayed King George V in BBC's The Lost Prince (2001), and King George III in HBO miniseries John Adams (2008) and also starred in ITV's Doctor Thorne, and HBO's The White Lotus (2022). For his role in the BBC series The Night Manager he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. (2010–2014) which he co-wrote for which he received the BAFTA Award for best sitcom in 2011. He's also known for his television roles including as the lead role in the BBC sitcom Rev. Other film roles include in Gosford Park (2001), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Valkyrie (2008), In the Loop (2009), Hanna (2011), About Time (2013), The Invisible Woman (2013), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Collins in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005) and as Lord Cutler Beckett in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Hollander gained attention for portraying Mr. He appeared as Henry Carr in a revival of Tom Stoppard's play Travesties, earning nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He made his Broadway debut in David Hare's The Judas Kiss in 1998. 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 later gained success for his roles on stage and screen, winning a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and Olivier Award. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society. Thomas Anthony Hollander ( / ˈ h ɒ l ən d ər/ born 25 August 1967) is a British actor.
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