Acting
Tom Courtenay
EN, CS, EL cinema · 58 credits
Born
25 February 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as Thomas Daniel Courtenay · Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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
as Martin
The Railway Children Return
as Uncle Walter
Summerland
as Mr. Sullivan
The Aeronauts
as Arthur Glaisher
The Queen's Corgi
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
Cinderella: After Ever After
as The King
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Grandpa
King of Thieves
as Kenny Collins
Dad's Army
as Lance Corporal Jones
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
45 Years
as Geoff Mercer
The First Film
as Himself
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older João Eca
Gambit
as The Major
Quartet
as Reginald Paget
The End of an Era
as Dr Blatella (voice)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Dave Best Sr.
The Golden Compass
as Farder Coram
Flood
as Leonard Morrison
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Joe McGill
Nicholas Nickleby
as Newman Noggs
Last Orders
as Vic
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Harold Smith
A Rather English Marriage
as Roy Southgate
Famous Fred
as Kenneth (voice)
The Boy from Mercury
as Uncle Tony Cronin
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Daniel Quilp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Bronislaw Malinowski
Let Him Have It
as William Bentley
The Last Butterfly
as Antoine Moreau
Redemption
as Stan Peachey
Chekhov in Yalta
1988
Chekhov in Yalta
as Anton Chekhov
Leonard Part 6
as Frayn
Happy New Year
as Edward Saunders
Me and the Girls
as George
Absent Friends
as Colin
The Dresser
as Norman
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
as Mark Brian
Catch Me a Spy
as Baxter Clarke
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
as Ivan Denisovich
Otley
as Gerald Arthur Otley
A Dandy in Aspic
as Gatiss
The Night of the Generals
as Corporal Hartmann
The Day the Fish Came Out
as The Navigator
King Rat
as Grey
Operation Crossbow
as Robert Henshaw
Moscow in Madrid
as Self
Doctor Zhivago
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
King and Country
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
Billy Liar
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Colin Smith
Private Potter
as Pvt. Potter