Acting

Tom Courtenay

Born 1937-02-25 · Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Newest first

Queen at Sea
as Martin
2026
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024
The Railway Children Return
as Uncle Walter
2022
The North Water
as Baxter
2021
Mandy
as Engineer Woodcock
2020
Summerland
as Mr. Sullivan
2020
Cinderella: After Ever After
as The King
2019
The Aeronauts
as Arthur Glaisher
2019
The Queen's Corgi
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
2019
King of Thieves
as Kenny Collins
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Eben Ramsey
2018
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Grandpa
2018
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
2017
Dad's Army
as Lance Corporal Jones
2016
Unforgotten
as Eric Slater
2015
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
2015
The First Film
as Himself
2015
45 Years
as Geoff Mercer
2015
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older João Eca
2013
Quartet
as Reginald Paget
2012
Gambit
as The Major
2012
The End of an Era
as Dr Blatella (voice)
2011
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2010
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
as Dave Best Sr.
2008
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Dorrit
2008
The Golden Compass
as Farder Coram
2007
Flood
as Leonard Morrison
2007
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Joe McGill
2004
Nicholas Nickleby
as Newman Noggs
2002
Last Orders
as Vic
2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Harold Smith
2000
A Rather English Marriage
as Roy Southgate
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Famous Fred
as Kenneth (voice)
1996
The Boy from Mercury
as Uncle Tony Cronin
1996
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Daniel Quilp
1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Bronislaw Malinowski
1995
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self
1993
Let Him Have It
as William Bentley
1991
Redemption
as Stan Peachey
1991
The Last Butterfly
as Antoine Moreau
1991
Chekhov in Yalta
as Anton Chekhov
1988
Leonard Part 6
as Frayn
1987
Happy New Year
as Edward Saunders
1987
ScreenPlay
as Stanley Peachey
1986
Me and the Girls
as George
1985
Absent Friends
as Colin
1985
Theatre Night
as Colin
1985
The Dresser
as Norman
1983
The Chester Mystery Plays
as Jesus
1976
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
as Mark Brian
1973
Film '72
as Self
1971
Catch Me a Spy
as Baxter Clarke
1971
Stage 2
as Marlow
1971
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
as Ivan Denisovich
1970
Solo
1970
Otley
as Gerald Arthur Otley
1969
A Dandy in Aspic
as Gatiss
1968
The Day the Fish Came Out
as The Navigator
1967
The Night of the Generals
as Corporal Hartmann
1967
Moscow in Madrid
as Self
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
1965
King Rat
as Grey
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Jesus
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Oswald Alving
1965
Operation Crossbow
as Robert Henshaw
1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
as Self
1965
King and Country
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
1964
Billy Liar
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
1963
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Colin Smith
1962
Private Potter
as Pvt. Potter
1962