Tom Courtenay: movies and TV shows
Tom Courtenay has 72 credits in the archive: 58 films and 14 TV series, from 1962 to 2026. Highest rated: Doctor Zhivago (7.6/10).
Career timeline
1962 – 2026 · busiest year: 1965 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Queen at Sea | Martin | Film | — | 89 |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Act | self | Film | 6.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | The Railway Children Return | Uncle Walter | Film | 6.5 | 85 |
| 2021 | The North Water | Baxter | TV | 7.4 | 84 |
| 2020 | Mandy | Engineer Woodcock | TV | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2020 | Summerland | Mr. Sullivan | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2019 | The Aeronauts | Arthur Glaisher | Film | 6.8 | 82 |
| 2019 | The Queen's Corgi | The Duke of Edinburgh (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 82 |
| 2019 | Cinderella: After Ever After | The King | Film | 7.1 | 82 |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Eben Ramsey | Film | 7.4 | 81 |
| 2018 | King of Thieves | Kenny Collins | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 2018 | Grandpa's Great Escape | Grandpa | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 2017 | Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Self | TV | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | Dad's Army | Lance Corporal Jones | Film | 5.0 | 79 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Eric Slater | TV | 7.5 | 78 |
| 2015 | 45 Years | Geoff Mercer | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Chief Superintendent McManaman | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2015 | The First Film | Himself | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Older João Eca | Film | 6.5 | 76 |
| 2012 | Gambit | The Major | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2012 | Quartet | Reginald Paget | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2011 | The End of an Era | Dr Blatella (voice) | Film | — | 74 |
| 2010 | The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa | Self | Film | 8.4 | 73 |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Mr. Dorrit | TV | 7.8 | 71 |
| 2008 | The Royle Family: The New Sofa | Dave Best Sr. | Film | 7.7 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Farder Coram | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2007 | Flood | Leonard Morrison | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2004 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Joe McGill | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Newman Noggs | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Vic | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2000 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Harold Smith | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 1998 | A Rather English Marriage | Roy Southgate | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1996 | The Boy from Mercury | Uncle Tony Cronin | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1996 | Famous Fred | Kenneth (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Bronislaw Malinowski | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1991 | The Last Butterfly | Antoine Moreau | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1991 | Redemption | Stan Peachey | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | William Bentley | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1988 | Chekhov in Yalta | Anton Chekhov | Film | — | 51 |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | Frayn | Film | 2.9 | 50 |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | Edward Saunders | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Stanley Peachey | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Colin | TV | — | 48 |
| 1985 | Me and the Girls | George | Film | 3.0 | 48 |
| 1985 | Absent Friends | Colin | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Norman | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1976 | The Chester Mystery Plays | Jesus | Film | — | 39 |
| 1973 | I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Mark Brian | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 34 |
| 1971 | Stage 2 | Marlow | TV | — | 34 |
| 1971 | Catch Me a Spy | Baxter Clarke | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1970 | Solo | TV | — | 33 | |
| 1970 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Ivan Denisovich | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1969 | Otley | Gerald Arthur Otley | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic | Gatiss | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Corporal Hartmann | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1967 | The Day the Fish Came Out | The Navigator | Film | 4.8 | 30 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Jesus | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Oswald Alving | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov | Film | 7.6 | 28 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Robert Henshaw | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1965 | King Rat | Grey | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1965 | Moscow in Madrid | Self | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1965 | Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self | Film | 8.5 | 28 |
| 1964 | King and Country | Pvt. Arthur Hamp | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1963 | Billy Liar | William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Colin Smith | Film | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1962 | Private Potter | Pvt. Potter | Film | 5.5 | 25 |