Tom Courtenay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 February 1937 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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
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- 2026Queen at Sea as Martin
- 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
- 2022The Railway Children Return as Uncle Walter
- 2020Summerland as Mr. Sullivan
- 2019Cinderella: After Ever After as The King
- 2019The Aeronauts as Arthur Glaisher
- 2019The Queen's Corgi as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
- 2018King of Thieves as Kenny Collins
- 2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Eben Ramsey
- 2018Grandpa's Great Escape as Grandpa
- 2016Dad's Army as Lance Corporal Jones
- 2015The Legend of Barney Thomson as Chief Superintendent McManaman
- 2015The First Film as Himself
- 201545 Years as Geoff Mercer
- 2013Night Train to Lisbon as Older João Eca
- 2012Quartet as Reginald Paget
- 2012Gambit as The Major
- 2011The End of an Era as Dr Blatella (voice)
- 2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 2008The Royle Family: The New Sofa as Dave Best Sr.
- 2007The Golden Compass as Farder Coram
- 2007Flood as Leonard Morrison
- 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Joe McGill
- 2002Nicholas Nickleby as Newman Noggs
- 2001Last Orders as Vic
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Harold Smith
- 1998A Rather English Marriage as Roy Southgate
- 1996Famous Fred as Kenneth (voice)
- 1996The Boy from Mercury as Uncle Tony Cronin
- 1995The Old Curiosity Shop as Daniel Quilp
- 1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye as Bronislaw Malinowski
- 1991Let Him Have It as William Bentley
- 1991Redemption as Stan Peachey
- 1991The Last Butterfly as Antoine Moreau
- 1988Chekhov in Yalta as Anton Chekhov
- 1987Leonard Part 6 as Frayn
- 1987Happy New Year as Edward Saunders
- 1985Me and the Girls as George
- 1985Absent Friends as Colin
- 1983The Dresser as Norman
- 1976The Chester Mystery Plays as Jesus
- 1973I Heard the Owl Call My Name as Mark Brian
- 1971Catch Me a Spy as Baxter Clarke
- 1970One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as Ivan Denisovich
- 1969Otley as Gerald Arthur Otley
- 1968A Dandy in Aspic as Gatiss
- 1967The Day the Fish Came Out as The Navigator
- 1967The Night of the Generals as Corporal Hartmann
- 1965Moscow in Madrid as Self
- 1965Doctor Zhivago as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- 1965King Rat as Grey
- 1965Operation Crossbow as Robert Henshaw
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
- 1964King and Country as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
- 1963Billy Liar as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
- 1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Colin Smith
- 1962Private Potter as Pvt. Potter