Overview
- United Agents said he died peacefully at his home in Dorset, surrounded by family.
- Tributes poured in from cultural figures, including King Charles III, Mick Jagger and Glenn Close.
- He was celebrated for landmark plays such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia and Leopoldstadt, and earned five Tony Awards.
- His screen work included an Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love and acclaimed collaborations on Brazil and Empire of the Sun.
- Born Tomáš Sträussler in Czechoslovakia, he fled Nazi persecution as a child, a history that later shaped Leopoldstadt and deepened his exploration of identity and memory.