Tom Courtenay
Biography
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.…
Filmography
The Boy from Mercury
1996 · 8.0
Little Dorrit
2008 · 7.9
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · 7.7
Unforgotten
2015 · 7.6
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · 7.6
Mandy
2020 · 7.5
Summerland
2020 · 7.5
The North Water
2021 · 7.4
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · 7.4
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 · 7.3
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962 · 7.2
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995 · 7.2
Queen at Sea
2026 · 7.2
King Rat
1965 · 7.1
King and Country
1964 · 7.1
Cinderella: After Ever After
2019 · 7.1
Redemption
1991 · 7.0
Absent Friends
1985 · 7.0
A Dandy in Aspic
1968 · 6.9
The Aeronauts
2019 · 6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967 · 6.8
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 · 6.8
Billy Liar
1963 · 6.8
The Dresser
1983 · 6.8
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973 · 6.8
Operation Crossbow
1965 · 6.7
Let Him Have It
1991 · 6.7
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970 · 6.7
45 Years
2015 · 6.6
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 · 6.5
Quartet
2012 · 6.5
The Railway Children Return
2022 · 6.5
Otley
1969 · 6.3
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000 · 6.2
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 · 6.1
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 · 6.1
The Golden Compass
2007 · 6.1
ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0
Last Orders
2001 · 6.0
The Queen's Corgi
2019 · 5.9
The Last Butterfly
1991 · 5.8
Happy New Year
1987 · 5.8
Famous Fred
1996 · 5.8
King of Thieves
2018 · 5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995 · 5.6
Gambit
2012 · 5.5
A Rather English Marriage
1998 · 5.5
Private Potter
1962 · 5.5
Flood
2007 · 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 5.2
Catch Me a Spy
1971 · 5.0
Dad's Army
2016 · 5.0
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967 · 4.8
Leonard Part 6
1987 · 2.8
Solo
1970 · 0.0
Theatre Night
1985 · 0.0
Stage 2
1971 · 0.0
Chekhov in Yalta
1988 · 0.0
The End of an Era
2011 · 0.0