20th-century English screenwriters

The list 20th-century English screenwriters includes Charles Chaplin, Steve Coogan, Rowan Atkinson, Sacha Baron Cohen and Paul W.S. Anderson. The list consists of 402 members.

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Charles Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

Overview: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1889

Date of death: 25 December 1977

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Victims of body snatching 13T

Stroke-related deaths in Switzerland 10T

English male film score composers 187T
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Steve Coogan

English actor & comedian

Overview: Stephen John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show Spitting ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Laura Hajek (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Best Male Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 10T
3.

Rowan Atkinson

English actor and comedian (born 1955)

Overview: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995). Atkinson first ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Louise Ford (Long-Term)

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English writers with disabilities 95T

Male actors from County Durham 64T

British writers with disabilities 140T
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Sacha Baron Cohen

British comedian, actor, producer, and writer (born 1971)

Overview: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and producer, known for his creation and portrayal of fictional satirical characters, including Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev ...

Date of birth: 13 October 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Hoaxers 30T

British male television writers 467T
5.

Paul W.S. Anderson

Filmmaker

Overview: Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.

Date of birth: 4 March 1965

Age: 60

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Milla Jovovich (Married)

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Canadian independent film production company founders 2T

Paul W. S. Anderson 2T

Action film directors 107T
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Marty Feldman

British actor and comedian (1934–1982)

Overview: Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer, known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took ...

Date of birth: 8 July 1934

Date of death: 2 December 1982

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Jewish English comedians 13T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

British male television writers 435T
7.

Leslie Howard

British actor (1893–1943)

Overview: Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. He also wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1893

Date of death: 1 June 1943

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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20th-century English male writers 1,557T

20th-century British screenwriters 488T

Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 78T
8.

David Hemmings

English actor and director (1941–2003)

Overview: David Edward Leslie Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor, director, and film producer of film, television, and theatre. He co-founded the Hemdale Film Corporation in 1967 ...

Date of birth: 18 November 1941

Date of death: 3 December 2003

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century English male singers 69T

20th-century English male singers 86T

20th-century British male singers 334T
9.

Ricky Gervais

English comedian (born 1961)

Overview: Ricky Dene Gervais ( jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating, writing, and acting in the British television series The ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Jane Fallon (Long-Term)

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Childfree 28T

Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

British men podcasters 65T
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Stephen Tredre

British actor-writer

Overview: Stephen Ralph Tredre (17 July 1963 – 8 December 1997), was an English actor and writer.

Date of birth: 17 July 1963

Date of death: 8 December 1997

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 220T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T
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John Cleese

English comedian

Overview: John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost ...

Date of birth: 27 October 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Jennifer Wade (Married)

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British male television writers 435T

Best Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 32T

Male actors from Somerset 18T
12.

Alfred Hitchcock

British, Film Director

Overview: Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six ...

Date of birth: 13 August 1899

Date of death: 29 April 1980

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Military personnel from the London Borough of Waltham Forest 18T

Deaths from kidney failure in California 102T

British horror film directors 60T
13.

Richard Ayoade

English comedian

Overview: Richard Ellef Ayoade (born 23 May 1977) is an English comedian, film director, screenwriter, television presenter, actor, and author best known for his role as the socially awkward IT technician Maurice ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Lydia Fox (Married)

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21st-century English male writers 486T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Actors from Ipswich 17T
14.

Peter Cook

British actor

Overview: Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist and comedic actor. He was a leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-es ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1937

Date of death: 9 January 1995

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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British male television writers 435T

Peter Cook 4T

English social commentators 57T
15.

Martin McDonagh

English screenwriter

Overview: Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, the son of Irish parents, he is considered among the most ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Engaged)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T

British male dramatists and playwrights 268T
16.

Lionel Jeffries

British actor and film director

Overview: Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter, and director. He appeared primarily in films and received a Golden Globe Award nomination during his acting ...

Date of birth: 10 June 1926

Date of death: 19 February 2010

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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English male screenwriters 563T

Male actors from Kent 179T

20th-century English male actors 2,151T
17.

Peter Kay

English actor and stand-up comedian (born 1973)

Overview: Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books.

Date of birth: 2 July 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: English

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Susan Gargan (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Actors from Bolton 32T

Best Male Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 11T
18.

Noël Coward

English playwright and composer

Overview: Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of ...

Date of birth: 16 December 1899

Date of death: 26 March 1973

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Military personnel from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 24T

English male pianists 83T

Singers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 11T
19.

Christopher Nolan

Film director and producer

Overview: Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial efforts have grossed more than US$5.1billion worldwide, garnered 34 Oscar ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Emma Thomas (Married)

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British film production company founders 14T

Superhero film directors 65T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
20.

Tony Richardson

British film director

Overview: Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director and producer whose career spanned five decades. In 1964 he won the Academy Award for Best Director ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1928

Date of death: 14 November 1991

Age: 63 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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Best British Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 19T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

Directors Guild of America Award winners 201T