
Tom Courtenay
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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.
Known for
Credits

The Golden Compass (2007)
as Farder Coram

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

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

King of Thieves (2018)
as Kenny Collins

The Aeronauts (2019)
as Arthur Glaisher

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

Gambit (2012)
as The Major

Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
as Older João Eca

The Night of the Generals (1967)
as Corporal Hartmann

45 Years (2015)
as Geoff Mercer

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
as Newman Noggs

Flood (2007)
as Leonard Morrison

The Railway Children Return (2022)
as Uncle Walter

Queen at Sea (2026)
as Martin

A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
as Gatiss

Dad's Army (2016)
as Lance Corporal Jones

Quartet (2012)
as Reginald Paget

Summerland (2020)
as Mr. Sullivan

Let Him Have It (1991)
as William Bentley

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
as Colin Smith

Operation Crossbow (1965)
as Robert Henshaw

The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
as Chief Superintendent McManaman

The Dresser (1983)
as Norman

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

Last Orders (2001)
as Vic

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
as Harold Smith

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

Catch Me a Spy (1971)
as Baxter Clarke

Billy Liar (1963)
as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

The Last Butterfly (1991)
as Antoine Moreau

King Rat (1965)
as Grey

King and Country (1964)
as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
as Self

Grandpa's Great Escape (2018)
as Grandpa

Redemption (1991)
as Stan Peachey

A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Roy Southgate

The Chester Mystery Plays (1976)
as Jesus

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (2004)
as Joe McGill

Leonard Part 6 (1987)
as Frayn

The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as Uncle Tony Cronin

Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self

Me and the Girls (1985)
as George

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

The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
as Daniel Quilp

Cinderella: After Ever After (2019)
as The King

I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973)
as Mark Brian

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

Happy New Year (1987)
as Edward Saunders

The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)
as The Navigator

The First Film (2015)
as Himself

Moscow in Madrid (1965)
as Self

Otley (1969)
as Gerald Arthur Otley

Famous Fred (1996)
as Kenneth (voice)

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
as Self

Private Potter (1962)
as Pvt. Potter

The End of an Era (2011)
as Dr Blatella (voice)
Chekhov in Yalta (1988)
as Anton Chekhov

Absent Friends (1985)
as Colin





