Tom Courtenay

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-02-25 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay
  • 톰 커트니
  • 汤姆·考特尼

Tom 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

The Golden Compass
6.1%

The Golden Compass

Dec 4, 2007

Doctor Zhivago
7.6%

Doctor Zhivago

Dec 22, 1965

The Aeronauts
6.8%

The Aeronauts

Nov 4, 2019

45 Years
6.6%

45 Years

May 29, 2015

Gambit
5.5%

Gambit

Apr 25, 2012

The Queen's Corgi
5.9%

The Queen's Corgi

Feb 13, 2019

King of Thieves
5.5%

King of Thieves

Sep 4, 2018

Night Train to Lisbon
6.5%

Night Train to Lisbon

Mar 7, 2013

Quartet
6.5%

Quartet

Dec 26, 2012

Summerland
7.5%

Summerland

Jul 24, 2020

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Acting

A Queen at Sea
2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
2022
The Railway Children Return as Uncle Walter
2021
The North Water as Baxter
2020
Mandy as Engineer Woodcock
2020
Summerland as Mr. Sullivan
2019
Cinderella: After Ever After as The King
2019
The Aeronauts as Arthur Glaisher
2019
The Queen's Corgi as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
2018
King of Thieves as Kenny Collins
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Eben Ramsey
2018
Grandpa's Great Escape as Grandpa
2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
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)
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
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
2007
Would I Lie to You? as Self
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Joe McGill
2002
Nicholas Nickleby as Newman Noggs
2001
Last Orders as Vic
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Harold Smith
1998
A Rather English Marriage as Roy Southgate
1998
The Royle Family as David Best Sr.
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
1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye as Bronislaw Malinowski
1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
1991
Let Him Have It as William Bentley
1991
Redemption as Stan Peachey
1991
The Last Butterfly as Antoine Moreau
1987
Leonard Part 6 as Frayn
1987
Happy New Year as Edward Saunders
1985
Me and the Girls as George
1985
Absent Friends as Colin
1983
The Dresser as Norman
1973
I Heard the Owl Call My Name as Mark Brian
1971
Catch Me a Spy as Baxter Clarke
1970
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as Ivan Denisovich
1969
Otley as Gerald Arthur Otley
1968
A Dandy in Aspic as Gatiss
1967
The Day the Fish Came Out as The Navigator
1967
The Night of the Generals as Corporal Hartmann
1965
Moscow in Madrid as Self
1965
Doctor Zhivago as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
1965
King Rat as Grey
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Jesus
1965
Operation Crossbow as Robert Henshaw
1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
1964
King and Country as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
1963
Billy Liar as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Colin Smith
1962
Private Potter as Pvt. Potter
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