Tom Courtenay
Born: 1937-02-25 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Queen at Sea as Martin
2024
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
2022
- The Railway Children Return as Uncle Walter
2021
- The North Water as Baxter
2020
- Mandy as Engineer Woodcock
- Summerland as Mr. Sullivan
2019
- The Aeronauts as Arthur Glaisher
- The Queen's Corgi as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
- Cinderella: After Ever After as The King
2018
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Eben Ramsey
- King of Thieves as Kenny Collins
- Grandpa's Great Escape as Grandpa
2017
- Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule as Self
2016
- Dad's Army as Lance Corporal Jones
2015
- Unforgotten as Eric Slater
- 45 Years as Geoff Mercer
- The Legend of Barney Thomson as Chief Superintendent McManaman
- The First Film as Himself
2013
- Night Train to Lisbon as Older João Eca
2011
- The End of an Era as Dr Blatella (voice)
2010
2008
- Little Dorrit as Mr. Dorrit
- The Royle Family: The New Sofa as Dave Best Sr.
2007
- The Golden Compass as Farder Coram
- Flood as Leonard Morrison
2004
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Joe McGill
2002
- Nicholas Nickleby as Newman Noggs
2001
- Last Orders as Vic
2000
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Harold Smith
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- A Rather English Marriage as Roy Southgate
1996
- Famous Fred as Kenneth (voice)
- The Boy from Mercury as Uncle Tony Cronin
1995
- The Old Curiosity Shop as Daniel Quilp
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye as Bronislaw Malinowski
1993
1991
- Let Him Have It as William Bentley
- The Last Butterfly as Antoine Moreau
- Redemption as Stan Peachey
1987
- Leonard Part 6 as Frayn
- Happy New Year as Edward Saunders
1986
- ScreenPlay as Stanley Peachey
1985
- Theatre Night as Colin
- Me and the Girls as George
- Absent Friends as Colin
1983
- The Dresser as Norman
1976
- The Chester Mystery Plays as Jesus
1973
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name as Mark Brian
1971
- Catch Me a Spy as Baxter Clarke
1970
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as Ivan Denisovich
1969
- Otley as Gerald Arthur Otley
1968
- A Dandy in Aspic as Gatiss
1967
- The Night of the Generals as Corporal Hartmann
- The Day the Fish Came Out as The Navigator
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Jesus
- Doctor Zhivago as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- Operation Crossbow as Robert Henshaw
- King Rat as Grey
- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
- Moscow in Madrid as Self
1964
- King and Country as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
1963
- Billy Liar as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
1962
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Colin Smith
- Private Potter as Pvt. Potter