Tom Courtenay
- Acting
- February 25, 1937 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
- Queen at Sea · Martin
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act · Self
- The Railway Children Return · Uncle Walter
- The North Water · Baxter
- Mandy · Engineer Woodcock
- Summerland · Mr. Sullivan
- Cinderella: After Ever After · The King
- The Aeronauts · Arthur Glaisher
- The Queen's Corgi · The Duke of Edinburgh (Voice)
- King of Thieves · Kenny Collins
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society · Eben Ramsey
- Grandpa's Great Escape · Grandpa
- Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule · Self
- Dad's Army · Lance Corporal Jones
- Unforgotten · Eric Slater
- The Legend of Barney Thomson · Chief Superintendent McManaman
- The First Film · Self
- 45 Years · Geoff Mercer
- Night Train to Lisbon · Older João Eca
- Quartet · Reginald Paget
- Gambit · The Major
- The End of an Era · Dr Blatella (Voice)
- The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa · Self
- The Royle Family: The New Sofa · Dave Best Sr.
- Little Dorrit · Mr. Dorrit
- The Golden Compass · Farder Coram
- Flood · Leonard Morrison
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill · Joe McGill
- Nicholas Nickleby · Newman Noggs
- Last Orders · Vic
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? · Harold Smith
- A Rather English Marriage · Roy Southgate
- Parkinson · Self
- Famous Fred · Kenneth (Voice)
- The Boy from Mercury · Uncle Tony Cronin
- The Old Curiosity Shop · Daniel Quilp
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye · Bronislaw Malinowski
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties · Self
- Let Him Have It · William Bentley
- Redemption · Stan Peachey
- The Last Butterfly · Antoine Moreau
- Chekhov in Yalta · Anton Chekhov
- Leonard Part 6 · Frayn
- Happy New Year · Edward Saunders
- ScreenPlay · Stanley Peachey
- Me and the Girls · George
- Absent Friends · Colin
- Theatre Night · Colin
- The Dresser · Norman
- The Chester Mystery Plays · Jesus
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name · Mark Brian
- Film '72 · Self
- Catch Me a Spy · Baxter Clarke
- Stage 2 · Marlow
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich · Ivan Denisovich
- Solo
- Otley · Gerald Arthur Otley
- A Dandy in Aspic · Gatiss
- The Day the Fish Came Out · The Navigator
- The Night of the Generals · Corporal Hartmann
- Moscow in Madrid · Self
- Doctor Zhivago · Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- King Rat · Grey
- BBC Play of the Month · Jesus, Oswald Alving
- Operation Crossbow · Robert Henshaw
- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean · Self
- King and Country · Pvt. Arthur Hamp
- Billy Liar · William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner · Colin Smith
- Private Potter · Pvt. Potter