Tom Courtenay
Acting
- Born:
- 1937-02-25
- Place of birth:
- Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
Queen at Sea
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
The Railway Children Return
The North Water
Mandy
Summerland
Cinderella: After Ever After
The Aeronauts
The Queen's Corgi
King of Thieves
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Grandpa's Great Escape
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Dad's Army
Unforgotten
The Legend of Barney Thomson
The First Film
45 Years
Night Train to Lisbon
Quartet
Gambit
The End of an Era
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Little Dorrit
The Golden Compass
Flood
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Nicholas Nickleby
Last Orders
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
A Rather English Marriage
Parkinson
Famous Fred
The Boy from Mercury
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Let Him Have It
Redemption
The Last Butterfly
Chekhov in Yalta
Leonard Part 6
Happy New Year
ScreenPlay
Me and the Girls
Absent Friends
Theatre Night
The Dresser
The Chester Mystery Plays
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Film '72
Catch Me a Spy
Stage 2
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solo
Otley
A Dandy in Aspic
The Day the Fish Came Out
The Night of the Generals
Moscow in Madrid
Doctor Zhivago
King Rat
BBC Play of the Month
Operation Crossbow
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
King and Country
Billy Liar
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Private Potter