Peter Greene obituary

Actor who gave memorable, sometimes unnerving, performances in films such as Pulp Fiction, The Mask and The Usual Suspects

Rob Reiner obituary

Actor and director of a string of hit films including The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men

Sophie Kinsella obituary

Author whose Shopaholic series of romcom novels were global bestsellers and adapted into a Hollywood film

Daniel Woodrell obituary

Author of ‘country noir’ novels, such as Winter’s Bone, set in the rural communities of the Ozark mountains

Steve Cropper obituary

Guitarist with the American band Booker T and the MGs who was also a successful songwriter and producer

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue

Udo Kier obituary

Actor whose eccentric presence was in demand for both arthouse and Hollywood films

Jimmy Cliff obituary

One of the greatest stars of Jamaican reggae known for his 1969 hit Many Rivers to Cross and the film The Harder They Come

Tatsuya Nakadai obituary

One of the greatest actors of Japanese cinema best known for Ran, the 1985 film adaptation of King Lear

Pauline Collins obituary

Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece

Tchéky Karyo obituary

Turkish-French actor who played the dogged, philosophical detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC TV thriller The Missing