Tom Courtenay

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-02-25 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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

  • Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

    Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Unforgotten

    Unforgotten

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The Golden Compass

    The Golden Compass

  • Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon

  • The Aeronauts

    The Aeronauts

  • The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

    The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • Cinderella: After Ever After

    Cinderella: After Ever After

  • The Boy from Mercury

    The Boy from Mercury

  • The Dresser

    The Dresser

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Flood

    Flood

  • The Queen's Corgi

    The Queen's Corgi

  • Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

  • The North Water

    The North Water

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

  • Operation Crossbow

    Operation Crossbow

  • Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

    Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

  • Private Potter

    Private Potter

  • Famous Fred

    Famous Fred

  • Mandy

    Mandy

  • King of Thieves

    King of Thieves

  • Redemption

    Redemption

  • The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

  • King Rat

    King Rat

  • Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

  • Absent Friends

    Absent Friends

  • The Night of the Generals

    The Night of the Generals

  • The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

  • Otley

    Otley

  • The End of an Era

    The End of an Era

  • 45 Years

    45 Years

  • The Last Butterfly

    The Last Butterfly

  • Billy Liar

    Billy Liar

  • Summerland

    Summerland

  • Gambit

    Gambit

  • Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

    Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

  • The Legend of Barney Thomson

    The Legend of Barney Thomson

  • Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

    Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

  • Grandpa's Great Escape

    Grandpa's Great Escape

  • Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It

  • Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

  • Queen at Sea

    Queen at Sea

  • The Railway Children Return

    The Railway Children Return

  • The Day the Fish Came Out

    The Day the Fish Came Out

  • A Dandy in Aspic

    A Dandy in Aspic

  • King and Country

    King and Country

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • Leonard Part 6

    Leonard Part 6

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • A Rather English Marriage

    A Rather English Marriage

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

  • Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

  • The New Sofa

    The New Sofa

  • Last Orders

    Last Orders

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • The First Film

    The First Film

  • Me and the Girls

    Me and the Girls

  • Inundación

    Inundación

  • I Heard the Owl Call My Name

    I Heard the Owl Call My Name

  • Moscow in Madrid

    Moscow in Madrid