- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Tom Courtenay
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieQueen at Sea
2026 · Martin
movieAlec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · self
movieThe Railway Children Return
2022 · Uncle Walter
tvThe North Water
2021 · Baxter
tvMandy
2020 · Engineer Woodcock
movieSummerland
2020 · Mr. Sullivan
movieCinderella: After Ever After
2019 · The King
movieThe Aeronauts
2019 · Arthur Glaisher
movieThe Queen's Corgi
2019 · The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
movieKing of Thieves
2018 · Kenny Collins
movieThe Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Eben Ramsey
movieGrandpa's Great Escape
2018 · Grandpa
tvHarry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 · Self
movieDad's Army
2016 · Lance Corporal Jones
tvUnforgotten
2015 · Eric Slater
movieThe Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 · Chief Superintendent McManaman
movieThe First Film
2015 · Himself
movie45 Years
2015 · Geoff Mercer
movieNight Train to Lisbon
2013 · Older João Eca
movieQuartet
2012 · Reginald Paget
movieGambit
2012 · The Major
movieThe End of an Era
2011 · Dr Blatella (voice)
movieThe Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
movieThe Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Dave Best Sr.
tvLittle Dorrit
2008 · Mr. Dorrit
movieThe Golden Compass
2007 · Farder Coram
movieFlood
2007 · Leonard Morrison
movieReady When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 · Joe McGill
movieNicholas Nickleby
2002 · Newman Noggs
movieLast Orders
2001 · Vic
movieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · Harold Smith
movieA Rather English Marriage
1998 · Roy Southgate
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieFamous Fred
1996 · Kenneth (voice)
movieThe Boy from Mercury
1996 · Uncle Tony Cronin
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1995 · Daniel Quilp
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995 · Bronislaw Malinowski
tvHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · Self
movieLet Him Have It
1991 · William Bentley
movieRedemption
1991 · Stan Peachey
movieThe Last Butterfly
1991 · Antoine Moreau
Chekhov in Yalta
movieChekhov in Yalta
1988 · Anton Chekhov
movieLeonard Part 6
1987 · Frayn
movieHappy New Year
1987 · Edward Saunders
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Stanley Peachey
movieMe and the Girls
1985 · George
movieAbsent Friends
1985 · Colin
tvTheatre Night
1985 · Colin
movieThe Dresser
1983 · Norman
movieThe Chester Mystery Plays
1976 · Jesus
movieI Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973 · Mark Brian
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieCatch Me a Spy
1971 · Baxter Clarke
Stage 2
tvStage 2
1971 · Marlow
movieOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970 · Ivan Denisovich
Solo
tvSolo
1970
movieOtley
1969 · Gerald Arthur Otley
movieA Dandy in Aspic
1968 · Gatiss
movieThe Day the Fish Came Out
1967 · The Navigator
movieThe Night of the Generals
1967 · Corporal Hartmann
movieMoscow in Madrid
1965 · Self
movieDoctor Zhivago
1965 · Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
movieKing Rat
1965 · Grey
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Jesus, Oswald Alving
movieOperation Crossbow
1965 · Robert Henshaw
movieZhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965 · Self
movieKing and Country
1964 · Pvt. Arthur Hamp
movieBilly Liar
1963 · William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
movieThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · Colin Smith
moviePrivate Potter
1962 · Pvt. Potter