Tom Hollander was born in 1967 in Oxford, UK to a Biology teacher and a prep school teacher. He claims to have been not much liked until he reached the sixth-form. He studied English at Cambridge University with his childhood friend Sam Mendes who went on to direct him in plays at Cambridge. His performance in "Way of the World" at the Lyric, Hammersmith, earned him the Ian Charleson Award.
Some Major Film Roles
Rabbit Fever (2006) as Tod Best
A Good Year (2006) as Charlie Willis
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as Cutler Beckett
Land of the Blind (2006) as Maximilian
The Darwin Awards (2006) as Henry
Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Collins
The Libertine (2004) as Etherege
Paparazzi (2004) as Leonard Clark
Stage Beauty (2004) as Sir Peter Lely
Enigma (2001) as Logie