Stephen Dillane
Born 1957 · British actor
Stephen John Dillane is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours, Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries John Adams (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination. An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor", Dillane won a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Real Thing (2000) and gave critically acclaimed performances in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1990), and a one-man Macbeth (2005). His television work has additionally garnered him BAFTA and International Emmy Awards for best actor.
Stephen Dillane, in order
- 1987 Business as Usual: acted · directed by Lezli-An Barrett
- 1990 Hamlet: acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli · critics 76%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
- 1996 Two If by Sea: acted · directed by Bill Bennett
- 1997 Déjà Vu: acted · directed by Henry Jaglom
- 1997 Firelight: produced, acted · directed by William Nicholson
- 1997 Welcome to Sarajevo: acted · directed by Michael Winterbottom
- 1998 Love and Rage: acted · directed by Cathal Black · audiences 35% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Fawesome
- 2000 Ordinary Decent Criminal: acted · directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
- 2001 Spy Game: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 65%, audiences 75% · streaming on Fawesome
- 2002 The Hours: acted · directed by Stephen Daldry · critics 79%, audiences 84% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2002 The Truth About Charlie: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 35%, audiences 27%
- 2003 The Gathering: acted · directed by Brian Gilbert
- 2004 Haven: acted · directed by Frank E. Flowers · critics 15%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Prime Video (free)
- 2004 King Arthur: acted · directed by Antoine Fuqua · critics 31%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2005 Goal!: acted · directed by Danny Cannon
- 2005 Nine Lives: acted · directed by Rodrigo García Márquez · streaming on Tubi
- 2005 The Greatest Game Ever Played: acted · directed by Bill Paxton
- 2006 Klimt: acted · directed by Raúl Ruiz
- 2007 Fugitive Pieces: acted · directed by Jeremy Podeswa
- 2007 Goal II: Living the Dream: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
- 2007 Savage Grace: acted · directed by Tom Kalin
- 2008 Freakdog: acted · directed by Paddy Breathnach
- 2008 John Adams (TV series): acted · directed by Tom Hooper · critics 83%, audiences 87% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2009 44 Inch Chest: acted · directed by Malcolm Venville
- 2009 Storm: acted · directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
- 2011 Game of Thrones (TV series): acted · critics 89%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2011 Perfect Sense: acted · directed by David Mackenzie
- 2012 Hunted (TV series): acted
- 2012 Papadopoulos & Sons: acted · directed by Marcus Markou
- 2012 Twenty8k: acted · directed by David Kew and Neil Thompson
- 2012 Zero Dark Thirty: acted · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · critics 91%, audiences 80% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+
- 2013 The Tunnel (TV series): acted · directed by Dominik Moll
- 2016 The Crown (TV series): acted · directed by Julian Jarrold and Philip Martin · critics 81%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix
- 2017 Darkest Hour: acted · directed by Joe Wright · critics 84%, audiences 83%
- 2017 Mary Shelley: acted · directed by Haifaa al-Mansour
- 2018 Outlaw King: acted · directed by David Mackenzie
- 2020 Alex Rider (TV series): acted · directed by Andreas Prochaska and Christopher Smith
- 2021 Boxing Day: acted · directed by Aml Ameen
- 2021 Vigil (TV series): acted · directed by Isabelle Sieb and James Strong
- 2024 Kaos (TV series): acted
- 2024 The Outrun: acted · directed by Nora Fingscheidt
- 2026 The Three Urns: acted · directed by John-Paul Davidson and Stephen Warbeck
- 2026 The Uprising: acted · directed by Paul Greengrass
- Luther 3: acted · directed by Jamie Payne