Person
Tom Courtenay
Acting · Born 1937-02-25 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
An English actor who 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. Courtenay received a knighthood in February 2001 for forty years' service to cinema and theatre. Courtenay is the President of Hull City A.F.C.'s Official Supporters Club. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hull University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
BBC Play of the Month
Jesus
Film '72
Self
Unforgotten
Eric Slater
Parkinson
Self
ScreenPlay
Stanley Peachey
The Golden Compass
Farder Coram
The North Water
Baxter
Mandy
Engineer Woodcock
Doctor Zhivago
Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
Little Dorrit
Mr. Dorrit
Filmography
- 2026Queen at SeaMartin
- 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself
- 2022The Railway Children ReturnUncle Walter
- 2021The North WaterBaxter
- 2020MandyEngineer Woodcock
- 2020SummerlandMr. Sullivan
- 2019Cinderella: After Ever AfterThe King
- 2019The AeronautsArthur Glaisher
- 2019The Queen's CorgiThe Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
- 2018King of ThievesKenny Collins
- 2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyEben Ramsey
- 2018Grandpa's Great EscapeGrandpa
- 2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun CapsuleSelf
- 2016Dad's ArmyLance Corporal Jones
- 2015UnforgottenEric Slater
- 2015The Legend of Barney ThomsonChief Superintendent McManaman
- 2015The First FilmHimself
- 201545 YearsGeoff Mercer
- 2013Night Train to LisbonOlder João Eca
- 2012QuartetReginald Paget
- 2012GambitThe Major
- 2011The End of an EraDr Blatella (voice)
- 2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaSelf
- 2008The Royle Family: The New SofaDave Best Sr.
- 2008Little DorritMr. Dorrit
- 2007The Golden CompassFarder Coram
- 2007FloodLeonard Morrison
- 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillJoe McGill
- 2002Nicholas NicklebyNewman Noggs
- 2001Last OrdersVic
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Harold Smith
- 1998A Rather English MarriageRoy Southgate
- 1998ParkinsonSelf
- 1996Famous FredKenneth (voice)
- 1996The Boy from MercuryUncle Tony Cronin
- 1995The Old Curiosity ShopDaniel Quilp
- 1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's EyeBronislaw Malinowski
- 1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf
- 1991Let Him Have ItWilliam Bentley
- 1991RedemptionStan Peachey
- 1991The Last ButterflyAntoine Moreau
- 1988Chekhov in YaltaAnton Chekhov
- 1987Leonard Part 6Frayn
- 1987Happy New YearEdward Saunders
- 1986ScreenPlayStanley Peachey
- 1985Me and the GirlsGeorge
- 1985Absent FriendsColin
- 1985Theatre NightColin
- 1983The DresserNorman
- 1976The Chester Mystery PlaysJesus
- 1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameMark Brian
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971Catch Me a SpyBaxter Clarke
- 1971Stage 2Marlow
- 1970One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichIvan Denisovich
- 1970Solo
- 1969OtleyGerald Arthur Otley
- 1968A Dandy in AspicGatiss
- 1967The Day the Fish Came OutThe Navigator
- 1967The Night of the GeneralsCorporal Hartmann
- 1965Moscow in MadridSelf
- 1965Doctor ZhivagoPasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- 1965King RatGrey
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthJesus
- 1965Operation CrossbowRobert Henshaw
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanSelf
- 1964King and CountryPvt. Arthur Hamp
- 1963Billy LiarWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
- 1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerColin Smith
- 1962Private PotterPvt. Potter
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