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Tom Courtenay

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Tom Courtenay

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 25, 1937 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2026Queen at SeaMartin
2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself
2022The Railway Children ReturnUncle Walter
2021The North WaterBaxter
2020SummerlandMr. Sullivan
2020MandyEngineer Woodcock
2019The AeronautsArthur Glaisher
2019The Queen's CorgiThe Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
2019Cinderella: After Ever AfterThe King
2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyEben Ramsey
2018Grandpa's Great EscapeGrandpa
2018King of ThievesKenny Collins
2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun CapsuleSelf
2016Dad's ArmyLance Corporal Jones
2015The Legend of Barney ThomsonChief Superintendent McManaman
201545 YearsGeoff Mercer
2015The First FilmHimself
2015UnforgottenEric Slater
2013Night Train to LisbonOlder João Eca
2012GambitThe Major
2012QuartetReginald Paget
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
1991The Last ButterflyAntoine Moreau
1991RedemptionStan Peachey
1987Leonard Part 6Frayn
1987Happy New YearEdward Saunders
1985Me and the GirlsGeorge
1985Absent FriendsColin
1985Theatre NightColin
1983The DresserNorman
1976The Chester Mystery PlaysJesus
1973I Heard the Owl Call My NameMark Brian
1971Catch Me a SpyBaxter Clarke
1970One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichIvan Denisovich
1969OtleyGerald Arthur Otley
1968A Dandy in AspicGatiss
1967The Night of the GeneralsCorporal Hartmann
1967The Day the Fish Came OutThe Navigator
1965King RatGrey
1965Operation CrossbowRobert Henshaw
1965Moscow in MadridSelf
1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanSelf
1965Doctor ZhivagoPasha Antipov / Strelnikov
1965BBC Play of the MonthJesus
1965BBC Play of the MonthOswald Alving
1964King and CountryPvt. Arthur Hamp
1963Billy LiarWilliam Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
1962The Loneliness of the Long Distance RunnerColin Smith
1962Private PotterPvt. Potter