
Tom Courtenay
Known for Acting · 67 credits
- Born
- 1937-02-25 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Thomas Daniel Courtenay · Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (10)

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jesus / Oswald Alving

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Unforgotten
2015
as Eric Slater

ScreenPlay
1986
as Stanley Peachey

Little Dorrit
2008
as Mr. Dorrit

Mandy
2020
as Engineer Woodcock

The North Water
2021
as Baxter

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017
as Self

Theatre Night
1985
as Colin

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Movies (57)

The Golden Compass
2007
as Farder Coram

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Operation Crossbow
1965
as Robert Henshaw

Flood
2007
as Leonard Morrison

Summerland
2020
as Mr. Sullivan

Gambit
2012
as The Major

King of Thieves
2018
as Kenny Collins

Quartet
2012
as Reginald Paget

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Eben Ramsey

The Aeronauts
2019
as Arthur Glaisher

Dad's Army
2016
as Lance Corporal Jones

Nicholas Nickleby
2002
as Newman Noggs

The Queen's Corgi
2019
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

45 Years
2015
as Geoff Mercer

King Rat
1965
as Grey

Night Train to Lisbon
2013
as Older João Eca

The Night of the Generals
1967
as Corporal Hartmann

Queen at Sea
2026
as Martin

The Day the Fish Came Out
1967
as The Navigator

King and Country
1964
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

The Railway Children Return
2022
as Uncle Walter

The Last Butterfly
1991
as Antoine Moreau

Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self

Last Orders
2001
as Vic

The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as Chief Superintendent McManaman

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Colin Smith

Leonard Part 6
1987
as Frayn

The Dresser
1983
as Norman

Let Him Have It
1991
as William Bentley

Redemption
1991
as Stan Peachey

Billy Liar
1963
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995
as Bronislaw Malinowski

Otley
1969
as Gerald Arthur Otley

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Joe McGill

The Old Curiosity Shop
1995
as Daniel Quilp

Grandpa's Great Escape
2018
as Grandpa

Catch Me a Spy
1971
as Baxter Clarke

A Dandy in Aspic
1968
as Gatiss

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Harold Smith

A Rather English Marriage
1998
as Roy Southgate

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)

The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Uncle Tony Cronin

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
as Self

Happy New Year
1987
as Edward Saunders

Cinderella: After Ever After
2019
as The King

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self

Absent Friends
1985
as Colin

The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
as Jesus

Famous Fred
1996
as Kenneth (voice)

The End of an Era
2011
as Dr Blatella (voice)

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self

I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973
as Mark Brian

The First Film
2015
as Himself

Private Potter
1962
as Pvt. Potter

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970
as Ivan Denisovich

The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
as Dave Best Sr.

Me and the Girls
1985
as George
About Tom Courtenay
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… With 67 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Tom Courtenay has appeared in 57 films and 10 TV shows.
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- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Farder Coram
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- Operation Crossbow (1965) — as Robert Henshaw
- Flood (2007) — as Leonard Morrison
- Summerland (2020) — as Mr. Sullivan
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