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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 25, 1937
Place of Birth:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self |
| 2022 | The Railway Children Return | Uncle Walter |
| 2020 | Summerland | Mr. Sullivan |
| 2019 | The Aeronauts | Arthur Glaisher |
| 2019 | The Queen's Corgi | The Duke of Edinburgh (voice) |
| 2019 | Cinderella: After Ever After | The King |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Eben Ramsey |
| 2018 | Grandpa's Great Escape | Grandpa |
| 2018 | King of Thieves | Kenny Collins |
| 2016 | Dad's Army | Lance Corporal Jones |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Chief Superintendent McManaman |
| 2015 | 45 Years | Geoff Mercer |
| 2015 | The First Film | Himself |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Older João Eca |
| 2012 | Gambit | The Major |
| 2012 | Quartet | Reginald Paget |
| 2011 | The End of an Era | Dr Blatella (voice) |
| 2010 | The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa | Self |
| 2008 | The New Sofa | Dave Best Sr. |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Farder Coram |
| 2007 | Flood | Leonard Morrison |
| 2004 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Joe McGill |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Newman Noggs |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Vic |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Harold Smith |
| 1998 | A Rather English Marriage | Roy Southgate |
| 1996 | Famous Fred | Kenneth (voice) |
| 1996 | The Boy from Mercury | Uncle Tony Cronin |
| 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Bronislaw Malinowski |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | William Bentley |
| 1991 | The Last Butterfly | Antoine Moreau |
| 1991 | Redemption | Stan Peachey |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | Frayn |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | Edward Saunders |
| 1985 | Me and the Girls | George |
| 1985 | Absent Friends | Colin |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Norman |
| 1973 | I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Mark Brian |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Baxter Clarke |
| 1970 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Ivan Denisovich |
| 1969 | Otley | Gerald Arthur Otley |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic | Gatiss |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Corporal Hartmann |
| 1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out | The Navigator |
| 1965 | King Rat | Grey |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Robert Henshaw |
| 1965 | Moscow in Madrid | Self |
| 1965 | Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov |
| 1964 | King and Country | Pvt. Arthur Hamp |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Colin Smith |
| 1962 | Private Potter | Pvt. Potter |
| A Queen at Sea |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The North Water | Baxter |
| 2020 | Mandy | Engineer Woodcock |
| 2017 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Self |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Eric Slater |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Mr. Dorrit |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Jesus |