Tom Courtenay
Acting
Born: February 25, 1937 (age 89) · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. A notable figure of the British New Wave, he has received numerous accolades, including three BAFTAs, a Golden Globe, two Silver Bears, and a Volpi Cup, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He was knighted for his services to cinema and theatre in the 2001 New Year Honours. He came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Dr. Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Golden Compass
2007
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Doctor Zhivago
1965
The Aeronauts
2019
45 Years
2015
Gambit
2012
King of Thieves
2018
The Queen's Corgi
2019
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Quartet
2012
The Railway Children Return
2022
Summerland
2020
Photos (2)
Movies (51)
The Golden Compass
Farder Coram
The Queen's Corgi
The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
Doctor Zhivago
Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
The Aeronauts
Arthur Glaisher
King of Thieves
Kenny Collins
The Railway Children Return
Uncle Walter
Summerland
Mr. Sullivan
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Eben Ramsey
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Chief Superintendent McManaman
Night Train to Lisbon
Older João Eca
Quartet
Reginald Paget
Last Orders
Vic
45 Years
Geoff Mercer
The Night of the Generals
Corporal Hartmann
Nicholas Nickleby
Newman Noggs
Dad's Army
Lance Corporal Jones
Queen at Sea
Martin
The Dresser
Norman
Gambit
The Major
Flood
Leonard Morrison
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Colin Smith
Let Him Have It
William Bentley
Billy Liar
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Operation Crossbow
Robert Henshaw
A Dandy in Aspic
Gatiss
Leonard Part 6
Frayn
King Rat
Grey
Grandpa's Great Escape
Grandpa
Cinderella: After Ever After
The King
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Bronislaw Malinowski
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Dave Best Sr.
Catch Me a Spy
Baxter Clarke
A Rather English Marriage
Roy Southgate
King and Country
Pvt. Arthur Hamp
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
Famous Fred
Kenneth (voice)
The Last Butterfly
Antoine Moreau
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Harold Smith
The Boy from Mercury
Uncle Tony Cronin
Me and the Girls
George
Otley
Gerald Arthur Otley
The Day the Fish Came Out
The Navigator
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Ivan Denisovich
The Chester Mystery Plays
Jesus
Happy New Year
Edward Saunders
Redemption
Stan Peachey
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Joe McGill
The End of an Era
Dr Blatella (voice)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Mark Brian
Private Potter
Pvt. Potter
Absent Friends
Colin
TV Shows (8)
BBC Play of the Month
Jesus · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Oswald Alving · 1 eps
Unforgotten
Eric Slater · 6 eps
ScreenPlay
Stanley Peachey · 1 eps
The North Water
Baxter · 1 eps
Mandy
Engineer Woodcock · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Mr. Dorrit · 14 eps
Theatre Night
Colin · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 2 eps
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
Moscow in Madrid
Self
The First Film
Himself