
Tom Courtenay
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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
Credits

The Aeronauts (2019)
as Arthur Glaisher

The Golden Compass (2007)
as Farder Coram

Queen at Sea (2026)
as Martin

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

The Queen's Corgi (2019)
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

King of Thieves (2018)
as Kenny Collins

Flood (2007)
as Leonard Morrison

45 Years (2015)
as Geoff Mercer

Dad's Army (2016)
as Lance Corporal Jones

Gambit (2012)
as The Major

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
as Eben Ramsey

The Night of the Generals (1967)
as Corporal Hartmann

The Last Butterfly (1991)
as Antoine Moreau

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Older João Eca

The Chester Mystery Plays (1976)
as Jesus

Quartet (2012)
as Reginald Paget

Redemption (1991)
as Stan Peachey

The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
as Chief Superintendent McManaman

Summerland (2020)
as Mr. Sullivan

The Railway Children Return (2022)
as Uncle Walter

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Newman Noggs

Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Robert Henshaw
Chekhov in Yalta (1988)
as Anton Chekhov

Moscow in Madrid (1965)
as Self

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
as Colin Smith

A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
as Gatiss

The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
as Dave Best Sr.

The First Film (2015)
as Himself

Let Him Have It (1991)
as William Bentley

Last Orders (2001)
as Vic

King Rat (1965)
as Grey

The Dresser (1983)
as Norman

Billy Liar (1963)
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
as Bronislaw Malinowski

Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Baxter Clarke

King and Country (1964)
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

Me and the Girls (1985)
as George

Otley (1969)
as Gerald Arthur Otley

Leonard Part 6 (1987)
as Frayn

The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
as The Navigator

Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
as Grandpa

Cinderella: After Ever After (2019)
as The King

Happy New Year (1987)
as Edward Saunders

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
as Harold Smith

The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as Uncle Tony Cronin

The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
as Daniel Quilp

A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Roy Southgate

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
as Self

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004)
as Joe McGill

Private Potter (1962)
as Pvt. Potter

Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
as Ivan Denisovich

Absent Friends (1985)
as Colin

I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973)
as Mark Brian

The End of an Era (2011)
as Dr Blatella (voice)

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
as Self

Famous Fred (1996)
as Kenneth (voice)





