Portrait of Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Acting

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.

Born: February 25, 1937

Place of Birth: Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Filmography

2022
2021
2020
Mandy

as Engineer Woodcock

2020
Summerland

as Mr. Sullivan

2019
The Aeronauts

as Arthur Glaisher

2019
The Queen's Corgi

as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

2018
King of Thieves

as Kenny Collins

2016
Dad's Army

as Lance Corporal Jones

2015
Unforgotten

as Eric Slater

2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson

as Chief Superintendent McManaman

2015
The First Film

as Himself

2015
45 Years

as Geoff Mercer

2013
Night Train to Lisbon

as Older João Eca

2012
Quartet

as Reginald Paget

2012
Gambit

as The Major

2011
The End of an Era

as Dr Blatella (voice)

2008
The New Sofa

as Dave Best Sr.

2008
Little Dorrit

as Mr. Dorrit

2007
The Golden Compass

as Farder Coram

2007
Flood

as Leonard Morrison

2002
Nicholas Nickleby

as Newman Noggs

2001
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1998
1998
Parkinson

as Self

1996
Famous Fred

as Kenneth (voice)

1996
The Boy from Mercury

as Uncle Tony Cronin

1995
The Old Curiosity Shop

as Daniel Quilp

1991
Let Him Have It

as William Bentley

1991
Redemption

as Stan Peachey

1991
The Last Butterfly

as Antoine Moreau

1987
1987
Happy New Year

as Edward Saunders

1985
1985
1983
The Dresser

as Norman

1971
Catch Me a Spy

as Baxter Clarke

1969
Otley

as Gerald Arthur Otley

1968
1967
1967
The Night of the Generals

as Corporal Hartmann

1965
1965
Doctor Zhivago

as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

1965
King Rat

as Grey

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Oswald Alving

1965
Operation Crossbow

as Robert Henshaw

1964
King and Country

as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

1963
Billy Liar

as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

1962
Private Potter

as Pvt. Potter