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Tom Courtenay

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay (born 25 February 1937) is 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.


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Born:
Feb 25, 1937 In Hull, England
Movie/TV Credits:
57
First Appeared:
In the movie A Queen at Sea
Latest Project:
Movie The Railway Children Return 2022-07-15
Known For
Poster of The Queen's Corgi
Poster of I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Poster of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Poster of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Filmography
Movie A Queen at Sea 2025
Movie The Railway Children Return Uncle Walter 2022-07-15
Movie Summerland Mr. Sullivan 2020-07-24
Movie The Queen's Corgi The Duke of Edinburgh (voice) 2019-02-13
Movie The Aeronauts Arthur Glaisher 2019-11-04
Movie Cinderella: After Ever After The King 2019-12-24
Movie Grandpa's Great Escape Grandpa 2018-01-01
Movie The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Eben Ramsey 2018-04-19
Movie King of Thieves Kenny Collins 2018-09-04
Movie Dad's Army Lance Corporal Jones 2016-02-05
Movie The First Film Himself 2015-07-03
Movie 45 Years Geoff Mercer 2015-08-04
Series Unforgotten Eric Slater 2015-10-08
Movie The Legend of Barney Thomson Chief Superintendent McManaman 2015-07-24
Movie Night Train to Lisbon Older João Eca 2013-03-07
Movie Quartet Reginald Paget 2012-12-26
Movie Gambit The Major 2012-04-25
Movie The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa Self 2010-11-10
Series Little Dorrit Mr. Dorrit 2008-10-26
Movie The New Sofa Dave Best Sr. 2008-12-25
Movie Flood Leonard Morrison 2007-08-24
Movie The Golden Compass Farder Coram 2007-12-04
Movie Ready When You Are, Mr McGill Joe McGill 2004-09-01
Movie Nicholas Nickleby Newman Noggs 2002-12-27
Movie Last Orders Vic 2001-09-10
Movie Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Harold Smith 2000-03-10
Movie Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Self (archive footage) 2000-08-01
Movie A Rather English Marriage Roy Southgate 1998-12-30
Movie The Boy from Mercury Uncle Tony Cronin 1996-12-06
Movie Famous Fred Kenneth (voice) 1996-12-24
Movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye Bronislaw Malinowski 1995-10-26
Movie The Old Curiosity Shop Daniel Quilp 1995-03-19
Movie The Last Butterfly Antoine Moreau 1991-01-01
Movie Let Him Have It William Bentley 1991-10-04
Movie Redemption Stan Peachey 1991-07-03
Movie Happy New Year Edward Saunders 1987-08-07
Movie Leonard Part 6 Frayn 1987-12-18
Movie Me and the Girls George 1985-12-01
Movie Absent Friends Colin 1985-09-29
Movie The Dresser Norman 1983-12-06
Movie I Heard the Owl Call My Name Mark Brian 1973-12-18
Movie Catch Me a Spy Baxter Clarke 1971-09-06
Movie One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Ivan Denisovich 1970-11-26
Movie Otley Gerald Arthur Otley 1969-03-11
Movie A Dandy in Aspic Gatiss 1968-04-02
Movie The Night of the Generals Corporal Hartmann 1967-01-29
Movie The Day the Fish Came Out The Navigator 1967-09-27
Series BBC Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Movie Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean Self 1965-01-01
Movie Operation Crossbow Robert Henshaw 1965-04-01
Movie King Rat Grey 1965-10-27
Movie Doctor Zhivago Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov 1965-12-22
Movie Moscow in Madrid Self 1965-12-31
Movie King and Country Pvt. Arthur Hamp 1964-09-05
Movie Billy Liar William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher 1963-08-15
Movie The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Colin Smith 1962-09-20
Movie Private Potter Pvt. Potter 1962-01-01