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Tom Courtenay

Actor | * 02/25/1937 (87) | Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave. Courtenay received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Silver Bear, and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Emmy Award. He was knighted for his services to cinema and theatre in the 2001 New Year Honours. Courtenay earned the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in the coming-of-age film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)⁠ and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in David Lean's epic Doctor Zhivago (1965). Other notable film roles during this period include Billy Liar (1963), King and Country (1964), King Rat (... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | War

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A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his l ...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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1962 | 3.6/5 | 1h 44min
Drama
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There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discove ...

45 Years

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2015 | 3.3/5 | 1h 35min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, ...

Quartet

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2012 | 3.3/5 | 1h 38min
Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution. ...

Doctor Zhivago

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1965 | 3.8/5 | 3h 20min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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Awards & Nominations for Tom Courtenay

British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor Silver Bear for Best Actor Knight Bachelor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor 2x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2x European Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Tom Courtenay as Actor(51)

as Uncle Walter2022 The Railway Children Return
as Mr. Sullivan2020 Summerland
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)2019 The Queen's Corgi
as The King2019 Cinderella: After Ever After
as Arthur Glaisher2019 The Aeronauts
as Kenny Collins2018 King of Thieves
as Eben Ramsey2018 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Grandpa2018 Grandpa's Great Escape
as Lance Corporal Jones2016 Dad's Army
as Geoff Mercer2015 45 Years
as himself2015 The First Film
as Chief Superintendent McManaman2015 The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Older João Eca2013 Night Train to Lisbon
as The Major2012 Gambit
as Reginald Paget2012 Quartet
as Dr Blatella (voice)2011 The End of an Era
as Dave Best Sr.2008 The New Sofa
as Farder Coram2007 The Golden Compass
as Leonard Morrison2007 Flood
as Newman Noggs2002 Nicholas Nickleby
as Vic2001 Last Orders
as Harold Smith2000 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Self (archive footage)2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Roy Southgate1998 A Rather English Marriage
as Uncle Tony Cronin1996 The Boy from Mercury
as Kenneth (voice)1996 Famous Fred
as Daniel Quilp1995 The Old Curiosity Shop
as Bronislaw Malinowski1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Antoine Moreau1991 The Last Butterfly
as Stan Peachey1991 Redemption
as William Bentley1991 Let Him Have It
as Frayn1987 Leonard Part 6
as Edward Saunders1987 Happy New Year
as Colin1985 Absent Friends
as George1985 Me and the Girls
as Norman1983 The Dresser
as Mark Brian1973 I Heard the Owl Call My Name
as Baxter Clarke1971 Catch Me a Spy
as Ivan Denisovich1970 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
as Gerald Arthur Otley1969 Otley
as Gatiss1968 A Dandy in Aspic
as Corporal Hartmann1967 The Night of the Generals
as The Navigator1967 The Day the Fish Came Out
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov1965 Doctor Zhivago
as himself1965 Moscow in Madrid
as Grey1965 King Rat
as Robert Henshaw1965 Operation Crossbow
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp1964 King and Country
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher1963 Billy Liar
as Colin Smith1962 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Pvt. Potter1962 Private Potter

TV Shows/Series with Tom Courtenay as Actor(7)

as Baxter2021 The North Water
as Eric Slater2015 Unforgotten
as Mr. Dorrit2008 Little Dorrit
as himself2007 Would I Lie to You?
as Bronislaw Malinowski1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as David Best Sr.1998 The Royle Family
as Jesus1965 Play of the Month

Full Name: Tom Courtenay
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 02/25 1937 (February) in Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 87 years + 54 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Sirius Academy West
Spouses (current/former): Cheryl Kennedy
Other names for Tom Courtenay (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay"
"톰 커트니"
Tom Courtenay frequently works together with these people:
Ronald Harwood (8x, Crew)
Caroline Aherne (5x, Actress)
Anthony Hopkins (4x, Actor)
Michael Gambon (4x, Actor)
Ray Winstone (4x, Actor)
Helen Mirren (4x, Actress)
Andrew Haigh (4x, Crew)
David Walliams (4x, Actor)
Dick Clement (4x, Crew)
Mihalis Kakogiannis (4x, Crew)
Bryan Forbes (4x, Crew)
David Wilkinson (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4299, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024