Paul Scofield
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Scofield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Quiz Show (1994)
as Mark Van Doren
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as Thomas More
Hamlet (1990)
as The Ghost
The Crucible (1996)
as Judge Thomas Danforth
Henry V (1989)
as French King
The Train (1964)
as von Waldheim
Animal Farm (1999)
as Boxer (voice)
Scorpio (1973)
as Sergei Zharkov
King Lear (1970)
as King Lear
The Red Tent (1969)
as Main Judge (uncredited)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
as Tony Fraser
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
Kurosawa (2000)
as Kurosawa (voice)
When the Whales Came (1989)
as The Birdman
Surrender To Everest (1971)
as Narrator
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
as The Ghost (archive footage)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
as Narrator (voice)
Anna Karenina (1985)
as Karenin
Tell Me Lies (1968)
Actor
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Otto Frank
The Potting Shed (1981)
as James Califer
Bartleby (1970)
as The Accountant
A Delicate Balance (1973)
as Tobias
That Lady (1955)
as King Philip II of Spain
A Song At Twilight (1982)
as Hugo Latymer
Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1987)
as Mr. Corbett
Male of the Species (1969)
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Utz (1992)
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
The Hotel in Amsterdam (1971)
Actor
Nineteen Nineteen (1985)
as Alexander Scherbatov
The Little Riders (1996)
as Grandpa Roden
The Ambassadors (1977)
as Lewis Lambert Strether
Come Into The Garden Maud (1982)
as Verner Conklin
Summer Lightning (1985)
as Old Robert Clarke
London (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
A Kind of Alaska (1984)
as Dr. Hornby
Robinson in Space (1997)
as Narrator (voice)