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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 21, 1922
Place of Birth:
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
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Paul Scofield
Biography
David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a seven-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seven-year span, the fastest of any performer to accomplish the feat.
Scofield received Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 1962 Tony Awards for portraying Sir Thomas More in the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons. Four years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor when he reprised the role in the 1966 film adaptation, making him one of nine to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. His Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie was achieved for the 1969 television film Male of the Species.
Preferring the stage to the screen and putting his family before his career, Scofield nonetheless established a reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. Among other accolades, his performance as Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the BAFTA Awards for portraying Thomas Danforth in The Crucible (1996). Scofield declined the honour of a knighthood, but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | The Ghost (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Kurosawa | Kurosawa (voice) |
| 1999 | Animal Farm | Boxer (voice) |
| 1999 | Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages | Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Robinson in Space | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Judge Thomas Danforth |
| 1996 | The Little Riders | Grandpa Roden |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Mark Van Doren |
| 1994 | Genesis: The Creation and the Flood | Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | London | Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Utz | Dr. Vaclav Orlik |
| 1991 | Mel Gibson Goes Back to School | The Ghost (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Hamlet | The Ghost |
| 1989 | Henry V | French King |
| 1989 | When the Whales Came | The Birdman |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Otto Frank |
| 1987 | Mr. Corbett's Ghost | Mr. Corbett |
| 1985 | Anna Karenina | Karenin |
| 1985 | Nineteen Nineteen | Alexander Scherbatov |
| 1985 | Summer Lightning | Old Robert Clarke |
| 1984 | The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | A Kind of Alaska | Dr. Hornby |
| 1982 | A Song At Twilight | Hugo Latymer |
| 1982 | Come Into The Garden Maud | Verner Conklin |
| 1980 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Narrator (voice) |
| 1977 | The Ambassadors | Lewis Lambert Strether |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Sergei Zharkov |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Tobias |
| 1971 | The Hotel in Amsterdam | |
| 1970 | King Lear | King Lear |
| 1970 | Bartleby | The Accountant |
| 1969 | The Red Tent | Main Judge (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C. |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Thomas More |
| 1964 | The Train | von Waldheim |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Tony Fraser |
| 1955 | That Lady | King Philip II of Spain |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Old Martin Chuzzlewit |
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C. |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Narrator (voice) |