Tilda Swinton
Actor

Tilda Swinton

17 Movies
17 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 17
Birthday November 5, 1960 (65 years old)
Place of Birth London, England, UK
Also Known As Lutz Ebersdorf, Matilda Swinton, Katherine Swinton, Katherine Matilda Swinton
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Biography

Katherine Matilda Swinton (born November 5, 1960) is an award-winning British actress of Scottish descent, known for her versatile roles in independent films and blockbusters. She is a recipient various accolades throughout her long career, including an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards, in addition to being nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Swinton began her career by appearing in experimental films starting with Caravaggio (1986), followed by The Last of England (1988), War Requiem (1989), and The Garden (1990). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992), for which she received a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End (2001), and followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky (2001), Adaptation (2002), Constantine (2005), Julia (2008), and I Am Love (2009).

For the film Young Adam (2003), she won the British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress. Her performance in Michael Clayton (2007) won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). Swinton has also played the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.

Swinton was awarded the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Swinton was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship, the highest honour presented by the institution, for her "daringly eclectic and striking talents as a performer and film-maker and recognizes her great contribution to film culture, independent film exhibition and philanthropy." That same year, The New York Times ranked her thirteenth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century up to that point.

Filmography (192)

Broken English 2026
WOLF 2026
Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji 2026
A Flower of Forgetfulness 2026
Ballad of a Small Player 2025
Instant Coffee 2025
Karl 2025
Camaraderie 2025
Phantoms 2025
The Coen Brothers - An American Story 2025
The Tree 2025
Timeslip 2025
Flat 19 2025
The End 2024
The Room Next Door 2024
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze 2024
Transparent 2024
Chroma 2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things 2024
Problemista 2024
January Stories 2024
Impulse: Playing with Reality 2024
Obertura 2024
Fantasmas 2024
The Killer 2023
Cannes Uncut 2023
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad 2023
All Kinds of Love 2023
Asteroid City 2023
Personal History 2023
Durmiente 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema 2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
The Eternal Daughter 2022
Sleep Song 2022
Goliath: Playing with Reality 2021
Memoria 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun 2021
The Souvenir: Part II 2021
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas 2021
What If...? 2021
Marvel Studios Legends 2021
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode 2020
Last and First Men 2020
The Human Voice 2020
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence 2020
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 2020
Uncut Gems 2019
The Souvenir 2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019
The Dead Don't Die 2019
Avengers: Endgame 2019
What We Do in the Shadows 2019
The Boys 2019
Suspiria 2018
Isle of Dogs 2018
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger 2017
Okja 2017
War Machine 2017
Letters from Baghdad 2017
async - first light 2017
Letters from Generation Rx 2017
Tania Libre 2017
Hail, Caesar! 2016
Doctor Strange 2016
Phantom of the Universe 2016
Trainwreck 2015
A Bigger Splash 2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' 2015
Dreams Rewired 2015
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 2015
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch 2014
The Gospel According to St Derek 2014
Antarctica: On the Edge 2014
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen 2014
Hot Dollar 2014
Tilda in de Menil Land 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes 2013
David Bowie: Five Years 2013
Snowpiercer 2013
Only Lovers Left Alive 2013
The Zero Theorem 2013
Love Flesh 2013
Death for a Unicorn 2013
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 2013
When BjΓΆrk Met Attenborough 2013
One Water 2013
Rick and Morty 2013
Radioman 2012
Moonrise Kingdom 2012
Song 1 2012
Ashes 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin 2011
Cinema Is Everywhere 2011
Planet Tilda 2011
Women, War & Peace 2011
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010
I Am Love 2010
Climate of Change 2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch 2010
Orlando In Uzbekistan 2010
The Limits of Control 2009
The Invisible Frame 2009
Moments on the Set of I Am Love 2009
Getting On 2009
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 Burn After Reading 2008
Julia 2008
The Man from London 2008
Derek 2008
The New Ten Commandments 2008
Finding the Burn 2008
DC Insiders Run Amuck 2008
Michael Clayton 2007
Stephanie Daley 2007
Strange Culture 2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy 2007
Sleepwalkers 2007
Faceless 2007
Cannes: All Access 2007
Hitler's Favourite Royal 2007
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes 2006
Deep Water 2006
Galapagos 2006
Broken Flowers 2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 Constantine 2005
Thumbsucker 2005
The Somme 2005
Absent Presence 2005
Made in Hollywood 2005
Young Adam 2003
The Statement 2003
Adaptation. 2002
Teknolust 2002
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory 2002
Vanilla Sky 2001
The Deep End 2001
The Beach 2000
Possible Worlds 2000
The Dilapidated Dwelling 2000
The War Zone 1999
Conceiving Ada 1999
The Protagonists 1999
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998
Female Perversions 1996
The Daily Show 1996
Glitterbug 1994
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies 1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell 1994
Blue 1993
Wittgenstein 1993
The Open Universe 1993
Orlando 1992
Man to Man 1992
Hamlet 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 1992
Edward II 1991
The Party: Nature Morte 1991
Derek Jarman: A Portrait 1991
The Garden 1990
Your Cheatin' Heart 1990
Your Cheatin' Heart 1990
War Requiem 1989
Volcano Saga 1989
Play Me Something 1989
A Call to Arms 1989
Degrees of Blindness 1988
Cycling the Frame 1988
Aria 1987
Friendship's Death 1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope 1987
Depuis le Jour 1987
The Last of England 1987
Caravaggio 1986
The Sluggard 1986
Caprice 1986
Zastrozzi: A Romance 1986
ScreenPlay 1986
Screen Two 1985
The Oscars 1953
Golden Globe Awards 1944
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
Death in Her Hands
Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream