Tilda Swinton filmography
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Tilda Swinton is a British actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She is known for her collaborations with filmmakers such as Joanna Hogg, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, the Coen Brothers, David Fincher, and Luca Guadagnino. She made her feature film debut in the historical drama Caravaggio (1986). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Michael Clayton (2007).
Swinton earned acclaim for her early portrayals of Isabella of France in Derek Jarman's Edward II (1991), and an androgynous nobleman in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992). During this time she also took notable roles in the films such as the drama Friendship's Death (1987), experimental film Wittgenstein (1993), the erotic drama Female Perversions (1996), the British drama The War Zone (1999), the psychological drama Vanilla Sky (2001), the thriller The Deep End (2001), the adventure drama The Beach (2000), and the comedy-drama Adaptation (2002).
She also starred as the White Witch in the film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). She also starred in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), and Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive (2013). She also appeared in the Marvel films Doctor Strange (2016) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). She is also known for her appearances in the Wes Anderson films Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023).
She has collaborated with English filmmaker Joanna Hogg starting with the short film Caprice (1986) followed by roles in The Souvenir (2019), The Souvenir Part II (2021), and The Eternal Daughter (2022). She also acted in four films with Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino starting with The Protagonists (1999) followed by I Am Love (2007), A Bigger Splash (2015), and Suspirira (2018). She also acted in four films with American director Jim Jarmusch starting with Broken Flowers (2005) followed by The Limits of Control (2009), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and The Dead Don't Die (2019).
Acting credits
[edit]Film
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Lena | Derek Jarman | |
| Egomania: Island Without Hope | Sally | Christoph Schlingensief | ||
| Caprice | Lucky | Joanna Hogg | Short film | |
| 1987 | Aria | Young Girl | Derek Jarman | Segment: "Depuis le jour" |
| Friendship's Death | Friendship | Peter Wollen | ||
| The Last of England | The Maid | Derek Jarman | ||
| 1988 | Das andere Ende der Welt | Imogen Kimmel | ||
| Cycling the Frame | The Cyclist | Cynthia Beatt | Short film | |
| Degrees of Blindness | Cerith Wyn Evans | |||
| L'Ispirazione | Derek Jarman | |||
| 1989 | Play Me Something | Hairdresser | Timothy Neat | |
| War Requiem | Nurse | Derek Jarman | ||
| 1990 | The Garden | Madonna | ||
| 1991 | Edward II | Isabella | ||
| The Party – Nature Morte | Queenie | Cynthia Beatt | ||
| 1992 | Man To Man | Ella/Max Gericke | John Maybury | |
| Orlando | Orlando | Sally Potter | ||
| 1993 | Blue | Narrator | Derek Jarman | Voice |
| Wittgenstein | Lady Ottoline Morrell | |||
| 1994 | Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies |
Performer | John Maybury | Experimental short |
| 1996 | Female Perversions | Eve Stephens | Susan Streitfeld | |
| 1997 | Conceiving Ada | Ada Byron King | Lynn Hershman Leeson | |
| Herlizeares | Diera | Voice | ||
| 1998 | Love Is the Devil | Muriel Belcher | John Maybury | |
| 1999 | The Protagonists | Actress | Luca Guadagnino | |
| The War Zone | Mum | Tim Roth | ||
| 2000 | The Beach | Sal | Danny Boyle | |
| Possible Worlds | Joyce | Robert Lepage | ||
| 2001 | The Deep End | Margaret Hall | Scott McGehee & David Siegel | |
| Vanilla Sky | Rebecca Dearborn | Cameron Crowe | ||
| 2002 | Adaptation | Valerie Thomas | Spike Jonze | |
| Teknolust | Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive | Lynn Hershman Leeson | ||
| 2003 | The Statement | Annemarie Livi | Norman Jewison | |
| Young Adam | Ella Gault | David Mackenzie | ||
| 2005 | Absent Presence | Operator | Martin R. Davison Hussein Chalayan |
Short film |
| Broken Flowers | Penny | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| Constantine | Gabriel | Francis Lawrence | ||
| Thumbsucker | Audrey Cobb | Mike Mills | Also co-executive producer | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
White Witch | Andrew Adamson | ||
| 2006 | Stephanie Daley | Lydie Crane | Hilary Brougher | |
| 2007 | Faceless[1] | Narrator | Manu Luksch | Voice |
| The Man from London | Camélia | Béla Tarr Ágnes Hranitzky |
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| Michael Clayton | Karen Crowder | Tony Gilroy | ||
| Sleepwalkers | Violinist | Doug Aitken | Short film | |
| Strange Culture | Hope Kurtz | Lynn Hershman Leeson | Documentary | |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Katie Cox | Joel & Ethan Coen | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | White Witch | Andrew Adamson | Cameo[2] | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Elizabeth Abbott | David Fincher | ||
| Derek[3][4][5][6] | Narrator (voice) | Isaac Julien | Documentary; also writer and executive producer | |
| Julia | Julia | Erick Zonca | ||
| 2009 | I Am Love | Emma Recchi | Luca Guadagnino | Also producer |
| The Limits of Control | Blonde | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| The Invisible Frame | The Cyclist | Cynthia Beatt | Short film | |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
White Witch | Michael Apted | |
| 2011 | Genevieve Goes Boating | Narrator | Lucy Gray | Voice; Short film |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Eva Khatchadourian | Lynne Ramsay | Also executive producer | |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Social Services | Wes Anderson | |
| 2013 | Only Lovers Left Alive | Eve | Jim Jarmusch | |
| Snowpiercer | Minister Mason | Bong Joon-ho | ||
| The Zero Theorem | Dr Shrink-Rom | Terry Gilliam | ||
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Madame D. | Wes Anderson | |
| 2015 | A Bigger Splash[7] | Marianne | Luca Guadagnino | |
| Trainwreck | Dianna | Judd Apatow | ||
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Ancient One | Scott Derrickson | |
| Hail, Caesar! | Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker | Joel & Ethan Coen | ||
| The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger |
Herself | Bartek Dziadosz Colin MacCabe Christopher Roth Tilda Swinton |
Documentary;[8][9][10][11] also co-director, writer and executive producer | |
| 2017 | Letters from Baghdad | Gertrude Bell | Sabine Krayenbühl Zeva Oelbaum |
Voice; Documentary; also executive producer |
| Okja | Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando | Bong Joon-ho | Also co-producer | |
| War Machine | German Politician | David Michôd | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Oracle | Wes Anderson | Voice |
| Suspiria | Madame Blanc Dr. Josef Klemperer Mother Helena Markos |
Luca Guadagnino | Credited as Lutz Ebersdorf for second role[12] | |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Ancient One | Anthony Russo & Joe Russo | |
| The Dead Don't Die | Zelda Winston | Jim Jarmusch | ||
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | Armando Iannucci | ||
| The Souvenir | Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | ||
| Uncut Gems | Anne "Adley's Auction Manager" | Safdie brothers | Voice; Cameo | |
| 2020 | Last and First Men | Narrator | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Voice |
| The Human Voice | Woman | Pedro Almodóvar | Short film | |
| 2021 | The Souvenir Part II | Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | |
| The French Dispatch | J.K.L. Berensen | Wes Anderson | ||
| Memoria | Jessica Holland | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | ||
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Dr. Alithea Binnie | George Miller | |
| The Eternal Daughter | Julie / Rosalind | Joanna Hogg | ||
| Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Wood Sprite / Death | Guillermo del Toro Mark Gustafson |
Voices | |
| 2023 | Problemista | Elizabeth | Julio Torres | |
| Asteroid City | Dr. Hickenlooper | Wes Anderson | ||
| The Killer | The Expert | David Fincher | ||
| 2024 | A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things | Narrator | Mark Cousins | Documentary |
| The End | Mother | Joshua Oppenheimer | Also producer | |
| The Room Next Door | Martha / Michelle | Pedro Almodóvar | ||
| TBA | The Ballad of a Small Player † | TBA | Edward Berger | Post-production[13] |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Zastrozzi, A Romance | Julia | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Cissie Crouch | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Screenplay | Ella / Max Gericke | Episode: "Man to Man" |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Ophelia | Voice; Episode: "Hamlet" | |
| 1994 | Visions of Heaven and Hell | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2005 | The Somme | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2006 | Galápagos | Narrator | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Getting On | Elke | Episode 6 (season 3) |
| 2013 | When Björk Met Attenborough | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows | Tilda | Episode: "The Trial" |
| 2021 | What If...? | Ancient One | Voice; Episode: "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" |
| 2024 | The Boys | Ambrosius | Voice; 3 episodes |
Theater
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Julius Caesar | Plebian | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, London | [14] |
| 1983–1984 | Measure for Measure | Juliet | Barbican Theater, London | [15] |
| 1984 | Henry VIII | Lady in Waiting | Barbican Theater, London | [16] |
| 1984 | The Devils | Sister Claire | Royal Shakespeare Company, London | [17] |
| 1984 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Mother / Peasant Girl | Royal Shakespeare Company, London | [18] |
| 1985 | Waste | Lucy Davenport | Royal Shakespeare Company, London | [19] |
| 1985 | Torquato Tasso | Princess | National Theatre, London | |
| 1989 | The Long Way Round | Nova | National Theatre, London | |
| 2005 | Stand Bravely, Brothers! | Narrator | Royal Festival Hall, London |
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Constantine | Gabriel (voice) |
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "The Box" | Orbital | Jes Benstock and Luke Losey |
| 2013 | "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" | David Bowie | Floria Sigismondi |
References
[edit]- ^ Alexandra Juhasz, Alisa Lebow (Ed.): A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2015, p. 597
- ^ "Swinton happy to make Narnia cameo". United Press International Entertainment News. 19 May 2008.
- ^ Jon Savage: Against the tide, theguardian.com, 14 February 2008
- ^ Stephen Holden: Clips From an Artistic Life, Provocative and Cinematic, nytimes.com, 9 June 2008
- ^ Derek, Isaac Julien (GB 2008), Vienna International Film Festival, 2008
- ^ "BBC – Derek, directed by Isaac Julien and starring Tilda Swinton, is a film that looks back at Jarman's life. – Derek Jarman". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "A Bigger Splash" Watch new movie trailer starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes & Matthias Schoenaerts". Pulse.com.gh. David Mawuli. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Andrew Pulver: The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger review – Tilda Swinton's demonstration of affection, theguardian.com, 16 February 2016
- ^ Roman Tschiedl: The Seasons in Quincy, Radio OE1 Leporello, 15 February 2016
- ^ The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, 66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, 2016 (PDF)
- ^ seasonsinquincy.com, Official Website, 2016
- ^ Buchanan, Kyle (10 October 2018). "How 'Suspiria' Transformed Tilda Swinton into an 82-Year-Old Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Gajewski, Ryan (9 April 2024). "Colin Farrell to Star in Edward Berger's 'The Ballad of a Small Player' for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Julius Caesar (1982)". Royal Shakespeare Company. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "Measure for Measure (1984)". RSC. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ "Henry VIII (1984)". RSC. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Devils (1984)". RSC. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "Mother Courage (1984)". RSC. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
- ^ "Waste (1985)". RSC. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Tilda Swinton filmography at IMDb
- BFI: Tilda Swinton
- Tilda Swinton Online - All things Tilda
- Tilda Swinton: A Life in Pictures, BAFTA webcast, 27 November 2007