Stephen Daldry: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Stephen David Daldry
Born	May 2, 1961 (age 65) • Dorset • England
Awards And Honors	Tony Awards (2021) • Emmy Award (2018) • Tony Awards (2009) • Tony Awards (1994)
Notable Works	“Billy Elliot” • “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” • “The Hours” • “The Reader” • “Together” • “Trash”

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Stephen Daldry smiles while posing for a portrait against a plain dark background, wearing a denim jacket over a light sweater.

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours stands outdoors in a floral dress, blue coat, and brown hat, with greenery and a bench in the background.

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Portrait of Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins looking directly at the camera, wearing a dark jacket with a short beard and closely cropped hair.

Anthony Hopkins

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Sir Ian McKellen smiling, wearing a dark wide-brimmed hat and patterned scarf at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim in London.

Ian McKellen

British actor

Sam Mendes stands smiling in a dark pinstripe suit and white shirt, wearing a red poppy pin, with hands in his pockets in front of a Skyfall backdrop.

Sam Mendes

English director

Jodie Comer smiling and looking at the camera, wearing a black coat with her blonde hair styled in loose waves.

Jodie Comer

English actress

Mike Nichols, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, stands smiling at a podium with a star-shaped award in front of him at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Mike Nichols

American director

Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.

Mel Brooks

American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

Kevin Spacey, wearing a tuxedo, stands onstage smiling and speaking at a microphone during the 2017 British Academy Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills.

Kevin Spacey

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John Schlesinger

English film director

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, wearing a black cap and dark fur-trimmed cloak, standing against a plain background.

Mark Rylance

British actor and director

Josh O'Connor as Lawrence Durrell stands in a doorway wearing a brown polka-dot robe and white clothes in a publicity still from The Durrells, season 3, episode 1.

Josh O’Connor

English actor

Helena Bonham Carter wearing a red velvet jacket and red beaded earrings, standing in front of a Save the Children event backdrop.

Helena Bonham Carter

British actress

Julian Fellowes in a pinstripe suit and tie stands in front of an Oscar statue at the 2009 Governors Awards in Hollywood, California.

Julian Fellowes

British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress

Helen Mirren smiles on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, wearing a yellow gown and an ornate emerald and diamond necklace with matching earrings.

Helen Mirren

British actress

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

British actor

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

English actress

Judi Dench wearing a pale, beaded outfit and diamond earrings, smiling slightly at a formal event in 2006.

Judi Dench

British actress

British actress Maggie Smith smiling, wearing a light-colored jacket over a dark top, with short gray hair, at an event in 2015.

Maggie Smith

British actress

Glenda Jackson smiling and holding her Academy Award for Best Actress, wearing a patterned blouse, outdoors in London.

Glenda Jackson

British actress and politician