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{{Short description|British actor (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Stephen Dillane
| image              = Stephen Dillane at Dinard 2012.jpg
| caption            = Dillane at the 2012 Dinard British Film Festival
| birth_name         = Stephen John Dillane
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|3|27}}
| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| alma_mater         = {{Plainlist|
*[[University of Exeter]]
*[[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1985–present
| spouse             = Naomi Wirthner
| children           = 2, including [[Frank Dillane]]
}}
'''Stephen John Dillane''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|l|eɪ|n}};<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/nls/about/organization/standards-guidelines/abcd/#d|title=NLS Other Writings: Say How, D|date=17 April 2016 |publisher=National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped|access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref> born 27 March 1957)<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Willis|editor1-first=John|title=Theatre World Volume 57: 2000–2001|date=2003|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|location=New York City|isbn=9781557835239|page=227|title-link=Theatre World}}</ref> is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as [[Leonard Woolf]] in the 2002 film ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[HBO]] fantasy series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2012–2015) and [[Thomas Jefferson]] in the HBO miniseries ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008), a part which earned him a [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Dillane |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=26 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231143557/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3561243/Stephen-Dillane.html |archive-date=2022-12-31 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3561243/Stephen-Dillane.html}}</ref> An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor",<ref name=Wolf2000a>{{cite news|last1=Wolf|first1=Matt|title=Where it's playing|url=http://www.therealthingbroadway.com/EveningStandard.htm|access-date=14 July 2015|work=[[The Evening Standard]]|date=18 January 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001016202236/http://www.therealthingbroadway.com/EveningStandard.htm|archive-date=16 October 2000 }}</ref><ref name=McNulty2008>{{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Burnadette|title=Stephen Dillane|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3561243/Stephen-Dillane.html|access-date=14 July 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=26 September 2008}}</ref> Dillane won a [[Tony Award]] for his lead performance in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s play ''[[The Real Thing (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 [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] and [[International Emmy Award]]s for best actor.

==Early life==
Dillane was born in [[Kensington]], [[London]], to an English mother, Bridget (née Curwen), and an [[Irish Australians|Irish-Australian]] surgeon father, John Dillane.<ref name=filmr>{{cite web|title=Stephen Dillane Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Stephen-Dillane.html|work=filmreference|year=2008|access-date=16 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=Wolf2000b>{{cite news|author=Matt Wolf|title=Getting Out of the Way of 'The Real Thing'|url=http://www.geocities.com/dwan_y/real_art/real_nytimes3.html|work=The New York Times|date=16 April 2000|access-date=10 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808012722/http://geocities.com/dwan_y/real_art/real_nytimes3.html|archive-date=8 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=SaltTree>{{cite web|title=Stephen DILLANE|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~joybobsalt/4962.HTM|website=Bob and Joy Salt Family Tree|publisher=Ancestry.com|access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> The eldest of his siblings (his younger brother [[Richard Dillane|Richard]] is also an actor), he grew up in [[West Wickham|West Wickham, Kent]].<ref name=Powell2010>{{cite news|last1=Powell|first1=Lucy|title=Stephen Dillane, actor of rare introspection|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/stephen-dillane-actor-of-rare-introspection-scbwtfm8jsl|work=[[The Times]]|date=12 June 2010}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref>

At school, Dillane began performing in end-of-term plays and had "a certain facility" for funny accents.<ref name=Powell2010/> He often found himself in women's roles, which he says "wasn’t good for my confused adolescent psyche",<ref name=Christiansen1998>{{cite news|last1=Christiansen|first1=Rupert|title=In retreat from vulgar stardom|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713048/In-retreat-from-vulgar-stardom.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013015835/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713048/In-retreat-from-vulgar-stardom.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012|access-date=11 July 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=4 April 1998}}</ref> but also recalls a part in ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'' as being particularly memorable, noting that shouting "Fire!" as Rosencrantz while pointing at the audience was "a very thrilling thing to be able to do."<ref name=vanderZee2000>{{cite news|last1=van der Zee|first1=Bibi|title=The unknown heart-throb|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/jan/13/artsfeatures1|access-date=11 July 2015|work=The Guardian|date=12 January 2000}}</ref>

He studied history and politics at the [[University of Exeter]], concentrating on the [[Russian Revolution]],<ref name=Rorke2008>{{cite news|last1=Rorke|first1=Robert|title='Adams' alter-ego|url=https://nypost.com/2008/04/13/adams-alter-ego/|access-date=11 July 2015|work=New York Post|date=13 April 2008}}</ref> and afterward became a journalist for the ''[[Croydon Advertiser]]''. Unhappy in his career, he read one day how actor [[Trevor Eve]] gave up architecture for acting; this, along with reading ''[[Hamlet]]'' and [[Peter Brook]]'s ''[[The Empty Space]]'' back-to-back, made him "light up inside somewhere"<ref name=Wolf1997/> and spurred him to enter the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] at 25.<ref name=Wolf2000b/><ref name=deLisle1997>{{cite news|last1=de Lisle|first1=Tim|title=The unwilling war hero|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film--the-unwilling-war-hero-1294467.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film--the-unwilling-war-hero-1294467.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=20 June 2015|work=The Independent|date=16 November 1997}}</ref> During his early acting career, he was known as Stephen Dillon but reverted to his birth name in the 1990s.<ref name=Wolf1997>{{cite news|last1=Wolf|first1=Matt|title=The conscientious objector|work=[[The Times]]|date=19 November 1997}}</ref><ref name=WolfDonmar>{{cite book|last1=Wolf|first1=Matt|title=Sam Mendes at the Donmar: Stepping into Freedom|date=2003|publisher=Proscenium Publishers|location=New York|isbn=978-0879109820|page=88|edition=1st Limelight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBTxm1x1BYgC}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Stephendillane at hatfieldhouse 1.jpg|thumb|right|Dillane in October 2009]]
Dillane is an experienced theatre actor; his notable roles include Archer in ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' ([[Royal National Theatre]], 1989), Prior Walter in ''[[Angels in America]]'' (1993), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (1994), Clov in [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]'' (1996), ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' (1998), Henry in [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' (for which he won a Tony Award in 2000), ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]'' (2002), and a one-man version of ''[[Macbeth]]'' (2005) directed by [[Travis Preston]]. He has also performed [[T.S. Eliot]]'s ''[[Four Quartets]]'' in London and New York City, and was seen in the 2010 Bridge Project's productions of ''[[The Tempest]]'' and ''[[As You Like It]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=23 June 2010 |title=The Tempest/As You Like It |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jun/24/review-tempest-as-you-like-it |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012012153/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jun/24/review-tempest-as-you-like-it |archive-date=12 October 2015}}</ref>

Dillane also portrayed [[Horatio (character)|Horatio]] in the [[Hamlet (1990 film)|1990 film adaptation]] of ''[[Hamlet]]''. He played Michael Henderson in ''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]'' (1997), a character based on British journalist [[Michael Nicholson]], and the impatient and easily agitated Harker in ''[[Spy Game]]'' (2001).

Dillane is also known for his portrayal of [[Leonard Woolf]] in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' (2002),<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=27 December 2002 |title=FILM REVIEW; Who's Afraid Like Virginia Woolf? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/27/movies/film-review-who-s-afraid-like-virginia-woolf.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215231745/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/27/movies/film-review-who-s-afraid-like-virginia-woolf.html |archive-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> English [[professional golfer]] [[Harry Vardon]] in ''[[The Greatest Game Ever Played]]'' (2005)<ref>{{cite news |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |date=30 September 2005 |title=Keep Your Head Down |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/09/30/keep-your-head-down/53769bc0-ae5e-4ddc-87b1-bcacf258cf32/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> and Glen Foy in the ''[[Goal! (trilogy)|Goal!]]'' trilogy. He also starred in ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' as [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Garron |first=Barry |date=13 March 2008 |title=HBO's "John Adams" a masterpiece |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/review-television-adams-dc/hbos-john-adams-a-masterpiece-idUSN1333505020080314 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603001317/https://www.reuters.com/article/review-television-adams-dc/hbos-john-adams-a-masterpiece-idUSN1333505020080314 |archive-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

He joined the cast of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' in 2011 as [[Stannis Baratheon]], a major contender for the throne of the fictional realm of Westeros.<ref name="Hibberd2011">{{cite news|last=Hibberd|first=James|title='Game of Thrones' casts sorceress Melisandre and Stannis Baratheon|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/19/stannis-melisandre/|access-date=19 July 2011|newspaper=[[EW.com]]|date=19 July 2011}}</ref> While admitting he had not read [[A Song of Ice and Fire|the books]] on which the series is based,<ref name=Smedley2014>{{cite news|last1=Smedley|first1=Rob|title=Stephen Dillane on The Tunnel and Game Of Thrones|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/stephen-dillane/28822/stephen-dillane-on-the-tunnel-and-game-of-thrones|access-date=10 July 2015|work=Den of Geek|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> he commented that the show's appeal was due to "the storytelling, the extraordinary world that’s created and the way it reflects our actual world – a naked, ruthless pursuit of power in all its forms."<ref name=Mackenzie2014>{{cite news|last1=Mackenzie|first1=Steven|title=Stephen Dillane interview: "Game of Thrones reflects the naked, ruthless pursuit of power in our actual world"|url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/3458/stephen-dillane-interview-game-of-thrones-reflects-the-naked-ruthless|access-date=10 July 2015|work=The Big Issue|date=23 January 2014}}</ref>

In 2012, he also played Rupert Keel, head of the private security agency Byzantium, in the BBC drama series ''[[Hunted (2012 TV series)|Hunted]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Maureen|title='Hunted' Review: An Entertaining Thriller For Fans Of 'Alias' And 'X-Files'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/maureen-ryan/hunted-review_b_1981501.html|access-date=10 July 2015|work=The Huffington Post|date=18 October 2012}}</ref> The following year he went on to take the male lead, opposite [[Clémence Poésy]], in the crime drama series ''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]'', an Anglo-French remake of the Scandinavian ''[[The Bridge (Danish/Swedish TV series)|The Bridge]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/01/stephen-dillane-clemence-poesy-cast-as-co-leads-in-sky-atlanticcanal-series-the-tunnel/|title=Stephen Dillane & Clémence Poésy Cast As Co-Leads in Sky Atlantic/Canal+ Series 'The Tunnel'|first=Patrick|last=Munn|work=TVWise|date=23 January 2013|access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref> Dillane, who had not seen the original series, plays Karl Roebuck, the laid-back, experienced British detective to Poésy's humourless French counterpart.<ref name=Smedley2014/> His performance won him an [[International Emmy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite news|title=International Emmys: Dillane and Krijgsman pick up top prizes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/25/international-emmys-stepehn-dillane-bianca-krijgsman|access-date=11 July 2015|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|date=25 November 2014}}</ref> In a second series in 2016, titled ''The Tunnel: Sabotage'', he reprised his role alongside Poésy for a new case involving a deadly airliner crash in the [[English Channel]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dowell|first1=Ben|title=First look at The Tunnel series two starring Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-11/first-look-at-the-tunnel-series-two-starring-stephen-dillane-and-clmence-posy|access-date=3 March 2016|work=Radio Times|date=11 February 2016}}</ref>

Besides television, Dillane also starred in the 2012 British independent film ''[[Papadopoulos & Sons]]'' as successful entrepreneur Harry Papadopoulos, who rediscovers his life after being forced to start again from nothing in the wake of a banking crisis. His son, [[Frank Dillane]], plays his son in the film.<ref name=HR-130111>{{cite news|last1=Farber|first1=Stephen|title=Papadopoulos & Sons: Palm Springs Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/papadopoulos-sons-palm-springs-review-411272|access-date=10 April 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=11 January 2013}}</ref> That same year he also had roles in the films ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' and ''[[Twenty8k]]''.

Offscreen, the actor in 2014 collaborated with visual artist [[Tacita Dean]] for the [[Sydney Biennale]] and [[Carriageworks]] in a project called ''Event for a Stage''. The work, performed live and later adapted for radio broadcast<ref>{{cite web|title=Tacita Dean's Event for a Stage – Soundproof – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundproof/tacita-dean27s-event-for-a-stage/5516446|website=ABC Radio National|access-date=10 July 2015|date=15 June 2014}}</ref> and film,<ref>{{cite web|title=Berliner Festspiele – Theatertreffen: Event for a Stage|url=http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/theatertreffen/tt15_programm/tt15_programm_gesamt/tt15_veranstaltungsdetail_127358.php|website=Berliner Festspiele|access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> explored the process of filmmaking and the "concept of artifice on the stage" through a single actor, Dillane.<ref name=Blake2014>{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Elissa|title=Tacita Dean: act for a vanishing medium|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/tacita-dean-act-for-a-vanishing-medium-20140421-3707j.html|access-date=10 July 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=22 April 2014}}</ref> The performance encompassed readings from texts as well as his personal reflections on acting, theatre, and family.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pigott|first1=Mark|title=EVENT FOR A STAGE|url=http://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/event-stage/|website=Sydney Arts Guide|access-date=10 July 2015|date=4 May 2014}}</ref> 2015 saw Dillane making other brief returns to stage including a reprise of his reading of ''Four Quartets'' in London<ref>{{cite web|title=The Horse Hospital / T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets|url=http://www.thehorsehospital.com/past/live-past/t-s-eliots-four-quartets/|access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> and a one-off appearance in [[Tim Crouch]]'s ''[[Tim Crouch#An Oak Tree|An Oak Tree]]'' at the National Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|title=An Oak Tree|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/an-oak-tree?cast|website=National Theatre|access-date=10 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712201955/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/an-oak-tree?cast|archive-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, besides appearing in the second series of ''The Tunnel'', Dillane returned to the [[Donmar Warehouse]] for a revival of [[Brian Friel]]'s ''[[Faith Healer]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Broadway.com|title=Tony Winner Stephen Dillane, Gina McKee, Nick Payne & More Tapped for Donmar Warehouse's 2016 Spring Season|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/183039/tony-winner-stephen-dillane-gina-mckee-nick-payne-more-tapped-for-donmar-warehouses-2016-spring-season/|access-date=1 December 2015|work=[[Broadway.com]]|date=1 December 2015}}</ref> His performance as Frank, an itinerant Irish healer, was described as "poetic and powerful."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shenton|first1=Mark|title=Faith Healer review at the Donmar Warehouse, London – 'stunning'|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2016/donmar-warehouse/|work=The Stage|date=28 June 2016}}</ref> In addition, he appeared as artist [[Graham Sutherland]] in ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', [[Netflix]]'s TV series about British monarch [[Elizabeth II]]. In 2017, Dillane appeared in two biopics, playing [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax]] in [[Joe Wright]]'s ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]'', starring [[Gary Oldman]] as [[Winston Churchill]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lodderhose|first1=Diana|title=Stephen Dillane Joins Working Title's Churchill WWII Epic 'Darkest Hour' As Production Begins In UK|url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/stephen-dillane-working-title-darkest-hour-winston-churchill-focus-features-gary-oldman-lily-james-joe-wright-1201850629/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=8 November 2016}}</ref> and writer [[William Godwin]], the father of ''[[Frankenstein]]'' author [[Mary Shelley]], in the film ''[[Mary Shelley (film)|Mary Shelley]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title=Tom Sturridge, Maisie Williams & More Join Haifaa Al-Mansour's 'A Storm In The Stars'|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/tom-sturridge-storm-in-the-stars-movie-cast-haifaa-al-mansour-1201712855/|access-date=3 March 2016|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=2 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, he appeared in the film ''The Thin Man'', which has since been retitled ''[[The Man In The Hat]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=British Films Directory|url=http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/the-man-in-the-hat/|website=film-directory.britishcouncil.org |access-date=5 June 2020 |date=24 May 2020}}</ref> opposite [[Ciarán Hinds]]; it was directed by Oscar-winning composer [[Stephen Warbeck]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ciaran Hinds starring in The Thin Man|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/ciaran-hinds-starring-in-the-thin-man-for-oscar-winning-composer-stephen-warbeck-/5133055.article/|publisher=Screen|access-date=5 June 2020 |date=28 September 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dillane has two sons with actress-director Naomi Wirthner: Séamus and actor [[Frank Dillane]],<ref name=filmr/> with whom he co-starred in ''[[Papadopoulos & Sons]]''.<ref name=HR-130111/>

=== Politics ===
In October 2023, Dillane signed the [[Artists4Ceasefire]] open letter to [[Joe Biden]], [[President of the United States]], calling for a ceasefire of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Business as Usual (film)|Business as Usual]]'' || Mr. Dunlop ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' || [[Horatio (Hamlet)|Horatio]] ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Heading Home (1991 film)|Heading Home]]'' || Leonard Meopham ||
|-
| 1994 || ''La chance'' || Antonio ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Two If by Sea]]'' || Evan Marsh || Alternate title: ''Stolen Hearts''
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1997 || ''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]'' || Michael Henderson || (Lead role)
|-
| ''[[Firelight]]'' || Charles Godwin ||
|-
| ''[[Déjà Vu (1997 film)|Déjà Vu]]'' || Sean || (Lead role)
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Love and Rage (1998 film)|Love & Rage]]'' || Dr. Croly ||
|-
| 1999 || ''The Darkest Light'' || Tom || (Lead role)
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Ordinary Decent Criminal]]'' || Noel Quigley ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2001 || ''[[Spy Game]]'' || CIA Agent Chuck Harker ||
|-
| ''[[The Parole Officer]]'' || Inspector Burton ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2002 || ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'' || Charlie ||
|-
| ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' || [[Leonard Woolf]] ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[The Gathering (2003 film)|The Gathering]]'' || Simon Kirkman ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2004 || ''[[King Arthur (2004 film)|King Arthur]]'' || [[Merlin]] ||
|-
| ''[[Haven (film)|Haven]]'' || Mr. Allen ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2005 || ''[[The Greatest Game Ever Played]]'' || [[Harry Vardon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Goal! (film)|Goal!]]'' || Glen Foy ||
|-
| ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]'' || Martin ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Klimt (film)|Klimt]]'' || Secretary ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2007 || ''[[Goal II: Living the Dream]]'' || Glen Foy ||
|-
| ''[[Fugitive Pieces (film)|Fugitive Pieces]]'' || Jakob Beer (Adult) || (Lead role)
|-
| ''[[Savage Grace]]'' || Brooks Baekeland ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Freakdog]]'' || Dr. Harris || Original title: ''Red Mist''
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2009 || ''[[44 Inch Chest]]'' || Mal ||
|-
| ''[[Storm (2009 film)|Storm]]'' || Keith Haywood ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Perfect Sense]]'' || Stephen Montgomery ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2012 || ''[[Papadopoulos & Sons]]'' || Harry Papadopoulos || (Lead role)
|-
| ''[[Twenty8k]]'' || DCI Edward Stone ||
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' || National Security Adviser ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2017 || ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]'' || [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Viscount Halifax]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mary Shelley (film)|Mary Shelley]]'' || [[William Godwin]] ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Outlaw King]]'' || King [[Edward I of England]] ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[The Professor and the Madman (film)|The Professor and the Madman]]'' || Dr. Richard Brayne ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[The Man in the Hat]]'' || The Damp Man ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Boxing Day (2021 film)|Boxing Day]]'' || Richard ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[The Outrun (film)|The Outrun]]'' || Andrew ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Remington Steele]]'' || Bradford Galt || Episode: "Steel Searching: Part 1"
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1986 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Mark Siddall || Episode: "#1.2624"
|-
| ''[[ScreenPlay]]'' || George || Episode: "Shift Work"
|-
| ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Reporter at Press Conference || Series 2; Episode 4: "Frankie & Johnnie"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1987 || ''[[Bulman]]'' || DC Danny Keech || Episode: "White Lies"
|-
| ''[[The Secret Garden (1987 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' || Captain Lennox || Television film
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1988 || ''[[The One Game]]'' || Nicholas Thorne || Mini-series; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Christabel (TV series)|Christabel]]'' || Peter Bielenberg || Mini-series; 4 episodes
|-
| ''The Face of Trespass'' || Gray Harston || Television film; alternate title: ''An Affair in Mind''
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1989 || ''Comeback'' || Alec || Television film
|-
| ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper#Film|The Yellow Wallpaper]]'' || John || Television film
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1991 || ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Leonard Meopham || Series 7; Episode 1: "Heading Home"
|-
| ''Sophie'' || John || Television film
|-
| ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' || Paul Lyle || Episode: "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
|-
| ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]'' || Philip Blackstock || Episode: "Achilles Heel"
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1992 || ''[[Frankie's House (TV series)|Frankie's House]]'' || Antony Strickland || Mini-series; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Hostages (1992 film)|Hostages]]'' || Chris Pearson || Television film
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1993 || ''You, Me and It'' || James Woodley || Mini-series; 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Soldier Soldier]]'' || Captain Mike Davidson || Episode: "Hard Knocks"
|-
| 1994 || ''The Rector's Wife'' || Jonathan Byrne || Mini-series; 3 episodes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Performance (British TV series)|Performance]]'' || Mr. Blackmore || Episode: "[[The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd]]"
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kings in Grass Castles]]'' || Patsy || Mini-series; 2 episodes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)|Anna Karenina]]'' || Karenin || Mini-series; 4 episodes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[The Cazalets]]'' || Edward Cazalet || 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2008 || ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' || [[Thomas Jefferson]] || Mini-series; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall]]'' || Anthony Hurndall || Television film
|-
| ''[[God on Trial]]'' || Schmidt || Television film
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' || Inspector Finch || Episode: "[[The Secret of Chimneys]]"
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2012 || ''[[Eternal Law]]'' || Carl || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Hunted (2012 TV series)|Hunted]]'' || Rupert Keel || 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Secret State (TV series)|Secret State]]'' || Paul J. Clark || Mini-series; 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Murder (British TV series)|Murder: Joint Enterprise]]'' || Arlo Raglin || Television film
|-
| 2012–2015 || ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' || [[Stannis Baratheon]] || 24 episodes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[A Touch of Cloth]]'' || Macratty || 2 episodes: "Undercover Cloth: Parts One & Two"
|-
| 2013–2018 || ''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]'' || Karl Roebuck || 24 episodes
|-
| 2016 || ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' || [[Graham Sutherland]] || Episode: "Assassins"
|-
| 2020–2024 || ''[[Alex Rider (TV series)|Alex Rider]]'' || Alan Blunt || Main role; 23 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2021 || ''[[Vigil (TV series)|Vigil]]'' || Rear Admiral Shaw || Mini-series; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Red Election]]'' || [[MI5]] director William Ogilvy || 10 episodes<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kanter|first=Jake|date=12 May 2021|title=Stephen Dillane, Lydia Leonard & James D'Arcy Lead Viaplay/A+E Networks Spy Noir 'Red Election'|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/stephen-dillane-lydia-leonard-viaplay-ae-networks-james-darcy-red-election-1234753977/|access-date=26 October 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2024 || ''[[Kaos (TV series)|Kaos]]'' || [[Prometheus]] || 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Sherwood (2022 TV series)|Sherwood]]'' || Roy Branson || Series 2; 6 episodes
|}

===Stage (select work)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Year
! Role
! Venue
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]''
| Archer
| rowspan=3|[[Royal National Theatre]]
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| Edmund Tyrone
|-
| 1993–1994
| ''[[Angels in America]]''
| Prior Walter
|-
| 1994–1995
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| [[Prince Hamlet]]
| International Tour and [[Gielgud Theatre]]
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Endgame (play)|Endgame]]''
| Clov
| [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''
| Vanya
| [[Young Vic|Young Vic Theatre]]
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]''
| Henry
| [[Donmar Warehouse|Donmar]], West End, Broadway
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]''
| [[Alexander Herzen]]
| [[Royal National Theatre]]
|-
| 2004–2006
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| Various
| [[Almeida Theatre]], Various
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2010
| ''[[As You Like It]]''
| [[Jaques (As You Like It)|Jaques]]
| rowspan=2 | Tour including [[The Old Vic|Old Vic]] and [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]
|-
| ''[[The Tempest]]''
| [[Prospero]]
|-
| 2010–2011
| ''[[The Master Builder]]''
| Halvard Solness
| [[Almeida Theatre]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Faith Healer]]''
| Francis Hardy
| [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| 2019
| ''[[When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other]]''
| Man
| [[Royal National Theatre]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Work !! Result
|-
|1995
|Richard Burton Shakespeare Globe Award
|''[[Hamlet]]''|| {{won}}
|-
|1998
|[[AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama|AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama]]
|''[[Kings in Grass Castles]]''|| {{won}}
|-
|1999
|[[Evening Standard Theatre Awards#Best Actor|Evening Standard Award for Best Actor]]<ref name="eve">{{Cite news|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-19802003-7299246.html |title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1980-2003 |date=5 November 2019|work=standard.co.uk|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]''|| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2000 || [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor]] || {{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play]]|| {{won}}
|-
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]] for Outstanding Actor in a Play || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[9th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2003]] || [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] || rowspan="2" | ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003|2004]] || [[London Film Critics' Circle Award]] for British Supporting Actor of the Year || {{nom}}
|-
|[[6th Helpmann Awards|2006]]
|[[Helpmann Awards]] for Best Actor in a Play<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2006/past-nominees-and-winners/theatre|title=Past nominees and winners {{!}} Helpmann Awards|website=www.helpmannawards.com.au|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>
|[[Macbeth]]|| {{nom}}
|-
| [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards|2008]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]] || ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[2009 British Academy Television Awards|2009]] || [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]] || ''[[The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall]]'' || {{won}}
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010|2010]] || [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble]] || ''[[44 Inch Chest]]'' || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014 || [[Royal Television Society#Awards|Royal Television Society Programme Award]] for Best Male Actor || rowspan="2" | ''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[International Emmy Award for Best Actor]] || {{won}}
|-
|2016
|[[Critics' Circle Theatre Award]] for [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award#Best Actor|Best Actor]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://criticscircletheatreawards.com/results/results-2016/|title=2016 Results {{!}} Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|date=31 January 2017|work=Critics' Circle Theatre Awards|access-date=4 May 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|''[[Faith Healer]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|2019
|Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards for Best Actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/the-irish-times-irish-theatre-awards-all-this-year-s-nominees-1.3761254|title=The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: all this year's nominees|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
|''[[How It Is]]: Part One''|| {{nom}}
|-
|2023
|[[The Offies]], [[The Offies|Lead Performance in a Play]]<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://offies.london/2023-nominations-finalists-and-winners/ |title= The Offies 2023 Nominations, Finalists and Winners |work= The Offies |date=12 February 2023}}</ref>
|''[[How It Is]]: Part Two''|| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|id=0226820|name=Stephen Dillane}}
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*[http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200602/r72248_201346.ram RealAudio Interview for Macbeth]

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