Tilda Swinton
Acting
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Acting Credits
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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 La...
Known For
Filmography
Broken English
2026
as The Overseer
Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji
2026
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Cynthia Blithe
Instant Coffee
2025
as Self
Karl
2025
as Self
Camaraderie
2025
Phantoms
2025
Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte
2025
as Self
The Tree
2025
Timeslip
2025
Flat 19
2025
The End
2024
as Mother
The Room Next Door
2024
as Martha / Michelle
The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze
2024
as Self
Transparent
2024
Chroma
2024
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024
as Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)
Problemista
2024
as Elizabeth
January Stories
2024
Impulse: Playing with Reality
2024
as Narrator
Obertura
2024
as The Gardenerette
Fantasmas
2024
as Water (voice)
The Killer
2023
as The Expert
Cannes Uncut
2023
as Self
Some Thoughts On The Common Toad
2023
as Narrator (voice)
All Kinds of Love
2023
as Self
Asteroid City
2023
as Dr. Hickenlooper
Personal History
2023
Durmiente
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
as Self
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
as Alithea
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
The Eternal Daughter
2022
as Julie / Rosalind
Sleep Song
2022
Goliath: Playing with Reality
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Memoria
2021
as Jessica Holland
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as J.K.L. Berensen
The Souvenir: Part II
2021
as Rosalind
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
2021
as Self
What If...?
2021
as The Ancient One (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as The Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark Kermode
2020
as Self
Last and First Men
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Human Voice
2020
as Woman
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Uncut Gems
2019
as Anne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)
The Souvenir
2019
as Rosalind
The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
as Betsey Trotwood
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Zelda Winston
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as The Ancient One
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Tilda
The Boys
2019
as Ambrosius (voice)
Suspiria
2018
as Madame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Oracle (voice)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
2017
as Self
Okja
2017
as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
War Machine
2017
as German Politician
Letters from Baghdad
2017
as Gertrude Bell (voice)
async - first light
2017
Letters from Generation Rx
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Tania Libre
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Hail, Caesar!
2016
as Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker
Doctor Strange
2016
as The Ancient One
Phantom of the Universe
2016
as Narrator
Trainwreck
2015
as Dianna
A Bigger Splash
2015
as Marianne Lane
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
as Self / Social Services
Dreams Rewired
2015
as Narrator (voice)
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Madame D.
Travelling at Night with Jim Jarmusch
2014
as Self
The Gospel According to St Derek
2014
as Self
Antarctica: On the Edge
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014
as Self
Hot Dollar
2014
Tilda in de Menil Land
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
2013
as Narrator (voice)
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Snowpiercer
2013
as Mason
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Eve
The Zero Theorem
2013
as Dr. Shrink-Rom
Love Flesh
2013
as Self
Death for a Unicorn
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
2013
When Björk Met Attenborough
2013
as Narrator (voice)
One Water
2013
Radioman
2012
as Self
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Social Services
Song 1
2012
as Self
Ashes
2012
as Self
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011
as Eva Khatchadourian
Cinema Is Everywhere
2011
as Self
Planet Tilda
2011
Women, War & Peace
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
as White Witch
I Am Love
2010
as Emma Recchi
Climate of Change
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self
Orlando In Uzbekistan
2010
as Self
The Limits of Control
2009
as Blonde
The Invisible Frame
2009
as The Cyclist
Moments on the Set of I Am Love
2009
as Self
Getting On
2009
as Elke
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as White Witch
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
as Elizabeth Abbott
Burn After Reading
2008
as Katie Cox
Julia
2008
as Julia
The Man from London
2008
as Camélia
Derek
2008
as Narrator (voice)
The New Ten Commandments
2008
as Self
Finding the Burn
2008
as Self / Katie Cox (archive footage)
DC Insiders Run Amuck
2008
as Self
Michael Clayton
2007
as Karen Crowder
Stephanie Daley
2007
as Lydie Crane
Strange Culture
2007
as Hope Kurtz
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Sleepwalkers
2007
as Violinist Working As a Copy Clerk
Faceless
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Hitler's Favourite Royal
2007
as Narrator
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
2006
as Self
Deep Water
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Galapagos
2006
as Self - Presenter
Broken Flowers
2005
as Penny
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as White Witch
Constantine
2005
as Gabriel
Thumbsucker
2005
as Audrey Cobb
The Somme
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Absent Presence
2005
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
Young Adam
2003
as Ella Gault
The Statement
2003
as Annemarie Livi
Adaptation.
2002
as Valerie Thomas
Teknolust
2002
as Rosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive
Tilda Swinton: The Love Factory
2002
as Self
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Rebecca Dearborn
The Deep End
2001
as Margaret Hall
The Beach
2000
as Sal
Possible Worlds
2000
as Joyce
The Dilapidated Dwelling
2000
as Narrator (voice)
The War Zone
1999
as Mum
Conceiving Ada
1999
as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
The Protagonists
1999
as Actress
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998
as Muriel Belcher
Female Perversions
1997
as Evelyn Stephens
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Glitterbug
1994
as Self
Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies
1994
Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Death of a World Star
1994
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blue
1993
as (voice)
Wittgenstein
1993
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
The Open Universe
1993
as Carla
Orlando
1992
as Orlando
Man to Man
1992
as Ella / Max Gerike
Hamlet
1992
as Ophelia
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Ophelia (voice)
Edward II
1991
as Isabella
The Party: Nature Morte
1991
as Queenie
Derek Jarman: A Portrait
1991
as Self
The Garden
1990
as Madonna/Voice Overs
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
as Cissie Crouch
War Requiem
1989
as The Nurse
Volcano Saga
1989
as Gudrun
Play Me Something
1989
as Hairdresser
A Call to Arms
1989
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Cycling the Frame
1988
as The Cyclist
Aria
1987
as Young Girl
Friendship's Death
1987
as Friendship
Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987
as Sally
Depuis le Jour
1987
The Last of England
1987
as The Maid
Caravaggio
1986
as Lena
The Sluggard
1986
as The Sluggard
Caprice
1986
as Lucky
Zastrozzi: A Romance
1986
as Julia
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee