Tom Courtenay
Known for Acting · 67 credits
- Born
- 1937-02-25 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Thomas Daniel Courtenay · Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jesus / Oswald Alving
Unforgotten
2015
as Eric Slater
Parkinson
1998
as Self
ScreenPlay
1986
as Stanley Peachey
Little Dorrit
2008
as Mr. Dorrit
Mandy
2020
as Engineer Woodcock
The North Water
2021
as Baxter
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self
Theatre Night
1985
as Colin
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Movies (57)
The Golden Compass
2007
as Farder Coram
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
Gambit
2012
as The Major
Summerland
2020
as Mr. Sullivan
Flood
2007
as Leonard Morrison
The Aeronauts
2019
as Arthur Glaisher
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Eben Ramsey
Quartet
2012
as Reginald Paget
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Newman Noggs
Dad's Army
2016
as Lance Corporal Jones
King of Thieves
2018
as Kenny Collins
The Queen's Corgi
2019
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older João Eca
King Rat
1965
as Grey
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Corporal Hartmann
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
as The Navigator
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Colin Smith
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Robert Henshaw
45 Years
2015
as Geoff Mercer
The Dresser
1983
as Norman
The Railway Children Return
2022
as Uncle Walter
Last Orders
2001
as Vic
Queen at Sea
2026
as Martin
Let Him Have It
1991
as William Bentley
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
Billy Liar
1963
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
Otley
1969
as Gerald Arthur Otley
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995
as Bronislaw Malinowski
King and Country
1964
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Joe McGill
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Harold Smith
Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Baxter Clarke
A Rather English Marriage
1998
as Roy Southgate
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Frayn
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Uncle Tony Cronin
The Last Butterfly
1991
as Antoine Moreau
Happy New Year
1987
as Edward Saunders
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self
Redemption
1991
as Stan Peachey
Cinderella: After Ever After
2019
as The King
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
as Daniel Quilp
A Dandy in Aspic
1968
as Gatiss
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
as Self
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Grandpa
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Absent Friends
1985
as Colin
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970
as Ivan Denisovich
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
as Dave Best Sr.
The End of an Era
2011
as Dr Blatella (voice)
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as Jesus
Famous Fred
1996
as Kenneth (voice)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
as Mark Brian
Private Potter
1962
as Pvt. Potter
The First Film
2015
as Himself
Me and the Girls
1985
as George
About Tom Courtenay
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… With 67 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Tom Courtenay has appeared in 57 films and 10 TV shows.
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- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Farder Coram
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- Gambit (2012) — as The Major
- Summerland (2020) — as Mr. Sullivan
- Flood (2007) — as Leonard Morrison
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