Biography
Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Master (a fictionalised version of the inner life of Henry James) was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award, securing for Toíbín a bount...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Untameable
2023
Writer
Exploring the Nobel Prize winning 'bog poems' of Seamus Heaney and the wild Irish bog landscape. Written by novelist Colm Tóibín, the film features po...
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
2022
as Self
Delight in the fascinating, intersecting stories of the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and his editor of 50 years, the literary gian...
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
2021
as Self
A revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
2021
Writer
A revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats
The Capote Tapes
2021
as Self
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.
Pale Sister
2021
Writer
Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed b...
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
2017
as Self - Writer
An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.
Return to Montauk
2017
Screenplay
During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to...
El testament de la Rosa
2016
Theatre Play
Brooklyn
2015
Novel
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
The Blackwater Lightship
2004
Novel
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
Fatherland
N/A
Novel
An adaptation of Colm Toibin’s novel, The Magician, a fictionalized biography of author Thomas Mann.