Tom Hollander

Thomas Anthony Hollander (born 25 August 1967) is a British actor. 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. 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.

Early life and education

Thomas Anthony Hollander was born on 25 August 1967[4][5] in Bristol and was raised in Oxford. Hollander's father is a Czech Jew whose family converted to Catholicism,[6] and his mother is English. Hollander was brought up as a Christian. The family background was academic and musical: his grandfather, Hans Hollander, was a musicologist who wrote books about the composer Janáček.[7] Hollander's parents were teachers, his father running the science department at a prestigious school in Oxford.[8]

Hollander's sister is director, writer and singer Julia Hollander. The siblings, and their father Tony Hollander, presented a BBC Radio 3 documentary in 2020, exploring the story of how Tony and his parents escaped from the imminent Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938.[50][51] A letter from a BBC radio sound engineer saved his father's life.[52]

In 2010 he became engaged to interior designer Fran Hickman.[53] In 2023 they had a son, who is Hollander's first child.[54]

References

1. Wikipedia contributors, "Tom Hollander," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, < Link > accessed January 28, 2024)
2. 52. Jeffries, Mark. (22 Feb. 2019). “Actor Tom Hollander has revealed that a letter from the BBC saved his Czech father and grandfather from the Nazis.” < link >
3. “Saving the Hollanders.” BBC Radio 3. < link >