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

Known For

Unforgotten

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Parkinson

The Golden Compass

ScreenPlay

The North Water

Doctor Zhivago

All Movies (58)

• Queen at Sea2026 · as Martin
• Alec Guinness: A Class Act2024 · as self
• The Railway Children Return2022 · as Uncle Walter
• Summerland2020 · as Mr. Sullivan
• Cinderella: After Ever After2019 · as The King
• The Aeronauts2019 · as Arthur Glaisher
• The Queen's Corgi2019 · as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
• King of Thieves2018 · as Kenny Collins
• The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society2018 · as Eben Ramsey
• Grandpa's Great Escape2018 · as Grandpa
• Dad's Army2016 · as Lance Corporal Jones
• The Legend of Barney Thomson2015 · as Chief Superintendent McManaman
• The First Film2015 · as Himself
• 45 Years2015 · as Geoff Mercer
• Night Train to Lisbon2013 · as Older João Eca
• Quartet2012 · as Reginald Paget
• Gambit2012 · as The Major
• The End of an Era2011 · as Dr Blatella (voice)
• The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa2010 · as Self
• The Royle Family: The New Sofa2008 · as Dave Best Sr.
• The Golden Compass2007 · as Farder Coram
• Flood2007 · as Leonard Morrison
• Ready When You Are, Mr McGill2004 · as Joe McGill
• Nicholas Nickleby2002 · as Newman Noggs
• Last Orders2001 · as Vic
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?2000 · as Harold Smith
• A Rather English Marriage1998 · as Roy Southgate
• Famous Fred1996 · as Kenneth (voice)
• The Boy from Mercury1996 · as Uncle Tony Cronin
• The Old Curiosity Shop1995 · as Daniel Quilp
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye1995 · as Bronislaw Malinowski
• Let Him Have It1991 · as William Bentley
• Redemption1991 · as Stan Peachey
• The Last Butterfly1991 · as Antoine Moreau
• Chekhov in Yalta1988 · as Anton Chekhov
• Leonard Part 61987 · as Frayn
• Happy New Year1987 · as Edward Saunders
• Me and the Girls1985 · as George
• Absent Friends1985 · as Colin
• The Dresser1983 · as Norman
• The Chester Mystery Plays1976 · as Jesus
• I Heard the Owl Call My Name1973 · as Mark Brian
• Catch Me a Spy1971 · as Baxter Clarke
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich1970 · as Ivan Denisovich
• Otley1969 · as Gerald Arthur Otley
• A Dandy in Aspic1968 · as Gatiss
• The Day the Fish Came Out1967 · as The Navigator
• The Night of the Generals1967 · as Corporal Hartmann
• Moscow in Madrid1965 · as Self
• Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
• King Rat1965 · as Grey
• Operation Crossbow1965 · as Robert Henshaw
• Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean1965 · as Self
• King and Country1964 · as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
• Billy Liar1963 · as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner1962 · as Colin Smith
• Private Potter1962 · as Pvt. Potter

All TV Shows (12)

• The North Water2021 · as Baxter
• Mandy2020 · as Engineer Woodcock
• Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule2017 · as Self
• Unforgotten2015 · as Eric Slater
• Little Dorrit2008 · as Mr. Dorrit
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993 · as Self
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Stanley Peachey
• Theatre Night1985 · as Colin
• Solo1970
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Jesus
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Oswald Alving