Born in Hackney, East London; educated at RADA, London. Son of Eastern European Jews who had immigrated to the UK from Portugal. Former actor turned preeminent playwright of his generation. Pinter gained attention in 1960 with The Caretaker (later adapted to the screen as THE GUEST, 1964 / THE CARETAKER), the first in a series of celebrated plays whose spare, oblique, mordantly humorous dialogue reflects the influence of Samuel Beckett. His first screen work came with a typically cryptic adaptation of Robin Maugham's novel, THE SERVANT (1963), marking the beginning of a multi-film association with director Joseph Losey (ACCIDENT, 1967, and THE GO-BETWEEN, 1970). Pinter won Broadway's 1967 Tony® Award as author of Best Play The Homecoming. He has also received three other Tony nominations. Pinter has subsequently written movie versions of several literary works -- he was responsible for the acclaimed film-within-a-film adaptation of John Fowles's THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (1981) -- as well as translating his own stage plays into film form, notably with BETRAYAL (1983). He directed the 1974 screen version of Simon Gray's Butley. Other directing credits are for TV adaptations of his plays. Other notable (non-nominated) screenwriting credits include THE PUMPKIN EATER (1964), THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966), THE HOMECOMING (1973), THE LAST TYCOON (1976), REUNION (1989), THE HANDMAID'S TALE (1990), THE TRIAL (1993) and SLEUTH (2007). Appointed a CBE in 1966 and a Companion of Honour in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Pinter received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005. Pinter, formerly married to the late actress Vivien Merchant, is currently married to the writer Lady Antonia Fraser. Use this link to view a more detailed examination of Pinter's life and work by Jon C. Hopwood on the IMDb.  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1981: THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1983: BETRAYAL 2 nominations