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Philip Seymour Hoffman as Günther Bachmann in A Most Wanted Man, 2014.Lionsgate by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) and [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/) Apr 18, 2016 9:14 PM UTC [Tom Hiddleston](http://time.com/4273859/ethan-hawke-tom-hiddleston-music-biopics/) (_The Avengers_) and [Hugh Laurie](http://time.com/4293581/hugh-laurie/) (_House_) are joining some of the most prestigious actors in Hollywood by starring in an adaptation of John Le Carré’s [_The Night Manager_](http://time.com/4296294/the-night-manager-hugh-laurie-tom-hiddleston/). Filled with political commentary and plenty of intrigue, Le Carré’s spy novels have been fodder for films and television series since the Cold War. His most famous series, _Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy_ was turned into a TV shows, radio show and film. And his projects have courted some of the world’s best actors and even two veterans of another famous spy series, James Bond. Here are some of the most memorable actors who brought Le Carré’s words to the screen.  Richard Burton as Alec Leamas in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1965 Paramount Pictures  Anthony Hopkins as John Avery in The Looking Glass War, 1969 Archive Photos/Getty Images  Alec Guinness as George Smiley/"Beggarman" in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1979 Courtesy Everett Collection  Diane Keaton as Charlie in The Little Drummer Girl, 1984 Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection  Sean Connery as Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair in The Russia House, 1990 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Pierce Brosnan as Andrew "Andy" Osnard in The Tailor of Panama, 2001 Columbia Pictures  Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle in The Constant Gardener, 2005 Focus Features  Gary Oldman as George Smiley/"Beggarman" in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011 Focus Features  Philip Seymour Hoffman as Günther Bachmann in A Most Wanted Man, 2014 Lionsgate  Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine and Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper in The Night Manager, 2016 Mitch Jenkins—AMC  Ewan McGregor as Peregrine "Perry" Makepeace in Our Kind of Traitor, 2016 Lionsgate ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4297824/night-manager-john-le-carre-adaptations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4297824/night-manager-john-le-carre-adaptations/"},"headline":"12 Actors Who Appeared in John Le Carré Adaptations","datePublished":"2016-04-18T21:14:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:30.170Z","description":"From Sean Connery to Philip Seymour Hoffman","url":"https://time.com/4297824/night-manager-john-le-carre-adaptations/","keywords":["Television","movies","photography"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee4d2baa0ab0830b/69888f7fab6d7741b36a94bf/a-most-wanted-man-facebook1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee4d2baa0ab0830b/69888f7fab6d7741b36a94bf/a-most-wanted-man-facebook1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"a-most-wanted-man-facebook","caption":"Philip Seymour Hoffman as Günther Bachmann in A Most Wanted Man, 2014.","creditText":"Lionsgate","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4297824/night-manager-john-le-carre-adaptations/","name":"12 Actors Who Appeared in John Le Carré Adaptations"}}]}] ```