Tom Courtenay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1937
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Queen at Sea 2026
as Martin
Alec Guinness: A Class Act 2024
as self
The Railway Children Return 2022
as Uncle Walter
Summerland 2020
as Mr. Sullivan
Cinderella: After Ever After 2019
as The King
The Aeronauts 2019
as Arthur Glaisher
The Queen's Corgi 2019
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
King of Thieves 2018
as Kenny Collins
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 2018
as Eben Ramsey
Grandpa's Great Escape 2018
as Grandpa
Dad's Army 2016
as Lance Corporal Jones
The Legend of Barney Thomson 2015
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
The First Film 2015
as Himself
45 Years 2015
as Geoff Mercer
Night Train to Lisbon 2013
as Older João Eca
Quartet 2012
as Reginald Paget
Gambit 2012
as The Major
The End of an Era 2011
as Dr Blatella (voice)
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa 2010
as Self
The Royle Family: The New Sofa 2008
as Dave Best Sr.
The Golden Compass 2007
as Farder Coram
Flood 2007
as Leonard Morrison
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill 2004
as Joe McGill
Nicholas Nickleby 2002
as Newman Noggs
Last Orders 2001
as Vic
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? 2000
as Harold Smith
A Rather English Marriage 1998
as Roy Southgate
Famous Fred 1996
as Kenneth (voice)
The Boy from Mercury 1996
as Uncle Tony Cronin
The Old Curiosity Shop 1995
as Daniel Quilp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye 1995
as Bronislaw Malinowski
Let Him Have It 1991
as William Bentley
Redemption 1991
as Stan Peachey
The Last Butterfly 1991
as Antoine Moreau
- Chekhov in Yalta
Chekhov in Yalta 1988
as Anton Chekhov
Leonard Part 6 1987
as Frayn
Happy New Year 1987
as Edward Saunders
Me and the Girls 1985
as George
Absent Friends 1985
as Colin
The Dresser 1983
as Norman
The Chester Mystery Plays 1976
as Jesus
I Heard the Owl Call My Name 1973
as Mark Brian
Catch Me a Spy 1971
as Baxter Clarke
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 1970
as Ivan Denisovich
Otley 1969
as Gerald Arthur Otley
A Dandy in Aspic 1968
as Gatiss
The Day the Fish Came Out 1967
as The Navigator
The Night of the Generals 1967
as Corporal Hartmann
Moscow in Madrid 1965
as Self
Doctor Zhivago 1965
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
King Rat 1965
as Grey
Operation Crossbow 1965
as Robert Henshaw
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean 1965
as Self
King and Country 1964
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp
Billy Liar 1963
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962
as Colin Smith
Private Potter 1962
as Pvt. Potter
Credits from TMDB.