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