Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Acting

Born November 5, 1960 · London, England, UK

5 films as director · Active 2008–2024

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 vario…

Known for

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

2013

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Boys

The Boys

2019

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

What If...?

What If...?

2021

Directed(5)

The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

2024The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

2017The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger★ 5.6

The New Ten Commandments

2008The New Ten Commandments★ 8.7

—We Will Wake

Acting(195)

2026Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji

2026Queer Edward IISelf (archive footage)

2026WOLFNarrator (voice)

2026A Flower of Forgetfulness

2026Broken EnglishThe Overseer

2025The Coen Brothers StorySelf

2025Ballad of a Small PlayerCynthia Blithe

2025Camaraderie

2025Tilda Swinton: The WildcardsSelf (archive)

2025Instant CoffeeSelf

2024The EndMother

2024Impulse: Playing with RealityNarrator

2024A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper ThingsWilhelmina Barns-Graham (voice)

2024The Room Next DoorMartha / Michelle

2024January Stories

2024OberturaThe Gardenerette

2024The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a MazeSelf

2024Transparent

2024FantasmasWater (voice)

2024ProblemistaElizabeth

2023The KillerThe Expert

2023Personal History

2023Pasolini On Pasolininarrator

2023All Kinds of LoveSelf

2023Some Thoughts On The Common ToadNarrator (voice)

2023Cannes UncutSelf

2023Asteroid CityDr. Hickenlooper

2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved CinemaSelf

2022The Eternal DaughterJulie / Rosalind

2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioWood Sprite / Death (voice)

2022Three Thousand Years of LongingAlithea

2021The Storms of Jeremy ThomasSelf

2021Goliath: Playing with RealityNarrator (voice)

2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunJ.K.L. Berensen

2021The Souvenir: Part IIRosalind

2021MemoriaJessica Holland

2021What If...?The Ancient One (voice)

2021Marvel Studios LegendsThe Ancient One (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020The Human Voice Q&A With Pedro Almodovar And Tilda Swinton, Hosted By Mark KermodeSelf

2020The Human VoiceWoman

2020Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the SilenceSelf (archive footage)

2020Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaNarrator (voice)

2020Last and First MenNarrator (voice)

2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldBetsey Trotwood

2019Uncut GemsAnne - Adley's Auction Manager (voice)

2019The BoysAmbrosius (voice)

2019The SouvenirRosalind

2019The Dead Don't DieZelda Winston

2019Avengers: EndgameThe Ancient One

2019What We Do in the ShadowsTilda

2018SuspiriaMadame Blanc / Dr. Klemperer / Helena Markos

2018Isle of DogsOracle (voice)

2017Letters from Generation RxNarrator (voice)

2017OkjaLucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando

2017The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John BergerSelf

2017War MachineGerman Politician

2017Letters from BaghdadGertrude Bell (voice)

2017async - first light

2017Tania LibreNarrator (voice)

2016Doctor StrangeThe Ancient One

2016Phantom of the UniverseNarrator

2016Hail, Caesar!Thora Thacker / Thessaly Thacker

2015A Bigger SplashMarianne Lane

2015Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'Self / Social Services

2015Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.Self

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf

2015TrainwreckDianna

2015B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989Self

2015Dreams RewiredNarrator (voice)

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2014Tilda in de Menil Land

2014The Gospel According to St DerekSelf

2014Antarctica: On the EdgeNarrator (voice)

2014Travelling at Night with Jim JarmuschSelf

2014Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black ScreenSelf

2014The Grand Budapest HotelMadame D.

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2013Only Lovers Left AliveEve

2013Rick and MortyThe Collective (voice)

2013The Zero TheoremDr. Shrink-Rom

2013SnowpiercerMason

2013Death for a UnicornNarrator (voice)

2013When Björk Met AttenboroughNarrator (voice)

2013David Bowie: Five YearsSelf (archive footage)

2013The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

2013Love FleshSelf

2013Diaghilev and the Ballets RussesNarrator (voice)

2012RadiomanSelf

2012Moonrise KingdomSocial Services

2011Planet Tilda

2011Cinema Is EverywhereSelf

2011Women, War & PeaceNarrator (voice)

2011We Need to Talk About KevinEva Khatchadourian

2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderWhite Witch

2010Behind Jim JarmuschSelf

2010Orlando In UzbekistanSelf

2010Climate of ChangeNarrator (voice)

2010I Am LoveEmma Recchi

2009The Invisible FrameThe Cyclist

2009Getting OnElke

2009The Limits of ControlBlonde

2009Moments on the Set of I Am LoveSelf

2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonElizabeth Abbott

2008Finding the BurnSelf / Katie Cox (archive footage)

2008DC Insiders Run AmuckSelf

2008The Man from LondonCamélia

2008Burn After ReadingKatie Cox

2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianWhite Witch

2008DerekNarrator (voice)

2008The New Ten CommandmentsSelf

2007Cannes: All AccessSelf

2007Michael ClaytonKaren Crowder

2007Stephanie DaleyLydie Crane

2007FacelessNarrator (voice)

2007Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf

2007Strange CultureHope Kurtz

2007SleepwalkersViolinist Working As a Copy Clerk

2006Deep WaterNarrator (voice)

2006GalapagosSelf - Presenter

2006Thumbsucker - Behind the ScenesSelf

2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeWhite Witch

2005The SommeNarrator (voice)

2005Made in HollywoodSelf

2005ThumbsuckerAudrey Cobb

2005Broken FlowersPenny

2005Absent Presence

2005ConstantineGabriel

2003The StatementAnnemarie Livi

2003Young AdamElla Gault

2002Adaptation.Valerie Thomas

2002Tilda Swinton: The Love FactorySelf

2002TeknolustRosetta / Ruby / Marinne / Olive

2001Vanilla SkyRebecca Dearborn

2001The Deep EndMargaret Hall

2000The Dilapidated DwellingNarrator (voice)

2000Possible WorldsJoyce

2000The BeachSal

1999The ProtagonistsActress

1999The War ZoneMum

1999Conceiving AdaAda Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

1998Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis BaconMuriel Belcher

1996Female PerversionsEvelyn Stephens

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1994Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies

1994GlitterbugSelf

1994Visions of Heaven and HellNarrator (voice)

1993The Open UniverseCarla

1993Blue(voice)

1993WittgensteinLady Ottoline Morrell

1992OrlandoOrlando

1992HamletOphelia

1992Shakespeare: The Animated TalesOphelia (voice)

1992Man to ManElla / Max Gerike

1991Edward IIIsabella

1991The Party: Nature MorteQueenie

1991Derek Jarman: A PortraitSelf

1990Your Cheatin' Heart

1990Your Cheatin' HeartCissie Crouch

1990The GardenMadonna/Voice Overs

1989Play Me SomethingHairdresser

1989War RequiemThe Nurse

1989Volcano SagaGudrun

1989A Call to Arms

1988Cycling the FrameThe Cyclist

1988Degrees of Blindness

1987The Last of EnglandThe Maid

1987Friendship's DeathFriendship

1987AriaYoung Girl

1987Depuis le Jour

1987Egomania: Island Without HopeSally

1986CaravaggioLena

1986ScreenPlayElla / Max Gerike

1986CapriceLucky

1986Zastrozzi: A RomanceJulia

1986The SluggardThe Sluggard

1985Screen TwoIsabella

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

Hitler's Favourite RoyalNarrator (voice)

Death in Her HandsVesta Gul

Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream