Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries "John Adams." Dillane was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role in the series. Dillane, born Nov. 30, 1956 in London to an Australian surgeon father and an English mother. He became a journalist after college. Unhappy in his career, he read how actor Trevor Eve gave up architecture for acting and was thus inspired to enter theater school.

Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson, Paul Giamatti as John Adams and Tom Wilkinson as Ben Franklin in a scene from HBO's miniseries "John Adams." Dillane is a distinguished theater actor with notable roles in Angels in America (1993), Hamlet (1994), Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1996), Uncle Vanya (1998), Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing for which he won a Tony (2000) and a one-man version of Macbeth (2005).

Actors Stephen Dillane, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney on the set of the HBO miniseries "John Adams." On screen, Dillane may be best known for his portrayal of Horatio in Franco Zefferelli's film adaptation of "Hamlet," with Mel Gibson. He also appeared in "Welcome to Sarajevo" (1997), "The Hours" (2002) and "The Greatest Game Ever Played" (2005).

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Wolf and Stephen Dillane as Leonard Wolf in "The Hours" (2002).

Stephen Dillane as Glen Foy in "Goal" (2006).

Stephen Dillane as Brooks Baekeland in "Savage Grace" (2007).