Tom Courtenay
Acting Born Feb 25, 1937 Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Jesus
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Oswald Alving
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Unforgotten (2015) as Eric Slater
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Stanley Peachey
- The Golden Compass (2007) as Farder Coram
- Little Dorrit (2008) as Mr. Dorrit
- The North Water (2021) as Baxter
- Mandy (2020) as Engineer Woodcock
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) as Eben Ramsey
- Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (2017) as Self
- The Queen's Corgi (2019) as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
- The Aeronauts (2019) as Arthur Glaisher
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993) as Self
- King of Thieves (2018) as Kenny Collins
- Gambit (2012) as The Major
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Newman Noggs
- Theatre Night (1985) as Colin
- 45 Years (2015) as Geoff Mercer
- Flood (2007) as Leonard Morrison
- Dad's Army (2016) as Lance Corporal Jones
- Operation Crossbow (1965) as Robert Henshaw