
Tom Courtenay
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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.
Known for
Credits

The Golden Compass (2007)
as Farder Coram

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

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

The Aeronauts (2019)
as Arthur Glaisher

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

Dad's Army (2016)
as Lance Corporal Jones

King of Thieves (2018)
as Kenny Collins

45 Years (2015)
as Geoff Mercer

Flood (2007)
as Leonard Morrison

Gambit (2012)
as The Major

Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Robert Henshaw

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Older João Eca

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Newman Noggs

Summerland (2020)
as Mr. Sullivan

Quartet (2012)
as Reginald Paget

The Night of the Generals (1967)
as Corporal Hartmann

The Dresser (1983)
as Norman

Last Orders (2001)
as Vic

King Rat (1965)
as Grey

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

The Railway Children Return (2022)
as Uncle Walter

Queen at Sea (2026)
as Martin

Leonard Part 6 (1987)
as Frayn

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

The Last Butterfly (1991)
as Antoine Moreau

King and Country (1964)
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
as Gatiss

Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Baxter Clarke

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

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

Moscow in Madrid (1965)
as Self

Redemption (1991)
as Stan Peachey

Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
as Grandpa

Let Him Have It (1991)
as William Bentley

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

The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as Uncle Tony Cronin

A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Roy Southgate

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

Happy New Year (1987)
as Edward Saunders

Otley (1969)
as Gerald Arthur Otley

Private Potter (1962)
as Pvt. Potter

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

The Chester Mystery Plays (1976)
as Jesus

Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self

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

The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
as Daniel Quilp

Famous Fred (1996)
as Kenneth (voice)

The First Film (2015)
as Himself

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

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

Cinderella: After Ever After (2019)
as The King

Me and the Girls (1985)
as George

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

Absent Friends (1985)
as Colin

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

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

The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
as Dave Best Sr.
Chekhov in Yalta (1988)
as Anton Chekhov





