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Laurence Olivier

Highest Rated: 100% Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Lowest Rated: 0% Inchon! (1981)

Birthday: May 22, 1907

Birthplace: Dorking, England, UK

He was by wide consensus the greatest actor of the 20th century. In an age when the "legitimate" theater held firm to primacy over motion pictures, and classical theater over modern, Laurence Olivier crossed seamlessly between both, even bridging the gap between popular culture and the Shakespearean and classic drama canon of which he was master. His legacy as the definitive Heathcliff and Hamlet, his acclaim even a generation later as the vengeful cuckold in "Sleuth" (1972) and a ruthless Nazi doctor in "Marathon Man" (1976), would see him earn 14 Oscar nominations, three statues, five Emmys out of nine nominations, two British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards out of 10 nominations - only a few indicators of his titanic impact on his craft and indeed on Western culture.

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Highest rated movies

100% 77% Pride and Prejudice
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100% 74% Henry V
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100% 62% The War Requiem
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100% 66% Khartoum
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100% 84% That Hamilton Woman
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98% 92% Rebecca
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96% 85% Wuthering Heights
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96% 80% Hamlet
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94% 87% Spartacus
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89% 90% Sleuth
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Laurence Olivier THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier, 1956 THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL, Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier, 1956 ENTERTAINER, Laurence Olivier, 1960 THE FORTY-NINTH PARALLEL, (aka THE INVADERS), Laurence Olivier, 1941 CARRIE, Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, 1952 BRIDGE TOO FAR, A, Liv Ullmann, Laurence Olivier, 1977 BRIDGE TOO FAR, Laurence Olivier, 1977 THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, Laurence Olivier, 1953 CARRIE, Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, 1952 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 71% Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story Self - 2023
63% 63% For No Good Reason Self $67.1K 2012
71% 46% Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Dr. Totenkopf (Character) $37.8M 2004
100% 62% The War Requiem The Old Soldier (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ebony Tower Henry Breasley (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 19% Wild Geese II Rudolf Hess (Character) $31.2K 1985
41% 17% The Jigsaw Man Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Days of Pompeii Gaius (Character) - 1984
74% 73% The Bounty Admiral Hood (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 62% King Lear King Lear (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson Unknown (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Talent for Murder Dr. Anthony "Tony" Wainwright (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Voyage Round My Father Clifford Mortimer (Character) - 1982
63% 70% Clash of the Titans Zeus (Character) - 1981
0% 7% Inchon! Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Character) - 1981
26% 70% The Jazz Singer Cantor Rabinovitch (Character) - 1980
60% 58% Dracula Prof. Abraham Van Helsing (Character) - 1979
72% 84% A Little Romance Julius (Character) - 1979
70% 66% The Boys From Brazil Ezra Lieberman (Character) - 1978
17% 22% The Betsy Loren Hardeman (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daphne Laureola Unknown (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come Back, Little Sheba Doc Delaney (Character) - 1977
59% 85% A Bridge Too Far Doctor Spaander (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 96% Jesus of Nazareth Nicodemus (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 91% Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Daddy (Character) - 1976
76% 68% The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Professor James Moriarty (Character) - 1976
82% 81% Marathon Man Dr. Christian Szell (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gentleman Tramp Narrator - 1975
No Score Yet 83% Love Among the Ruins Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones (Character) - 1974
17% 12% Lady Caroline Lamb Duke of Wellington (Character) - 1972
89% 90% Sleuth Andrew Wyke (Character) - 1972
69% 78% Nicholas and Alexandra Count Witte (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 33% Three Sisters Dr. Ivan Chebutikin (Character),
Director 		- 1970
75% 73% Oh! What a Lovely War Field Marshal Sir John French (Character) - 1969
67% 79% Battle of Britain Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding (Character) - 1969
43% 74% The Shoes of the Fisherman Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dance of Death Edgar (Character) - 1968
100% 66% Khartoum The Mahdi (Character) - 1966
82% 64% Othello Othello (Character) - 1965
86% 77% Bunny Lake Is Missing Superintendent Newhouse (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Uncle Vanya Dr. Astrov (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 85% Term of Trial Graham Weir (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 60% The Power and the Glory Priest (Character) - 1961
79% 74% The Entertainer Archie Rice (Character) - 1960
94% 87% Spartacus Marcus Licinius Crassus (Character) $1.7M 1960
No Score Yet 69% The Devil's Disciple Gen. Burgoyne (Character) - 1959
50% 55% The Prince and the Showgirl The Regent (Character),
Director,
Producer 		- 1957
81% 78% Richard III Richard III (Character),
Director,
Producer 		- 1955
No Score Yet 100% A Queen Is Crowned Narrator - 1953
No Score Yet 60% The Beggar's Opera Captain MacHeath (Character),
Producer 		- 1953
75% 58% Carrie George Hurstwood (Character) - 1952
96% 80% Hamlet Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Executive Producer 		- 1948
100% 74% Henry V King Henry V of England (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Olivier's Shakespeare Unknown (Character),
Director 		- 1944
No Score Yet 60% The Demi-Paradise Ivan Kouznetsoff (Character) - 1943
100% 84% That Hamilton Woman Lord Horatio Nelson (Character) - 1941
88% 76% 49th Parallel Johnnie (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 39% 21 Days Together Larry Durrant (Character) - 1940
100% 77% Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy (Character) - 1940
98% 92% Rebecca George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 70% Clouds Over Europe Tony McVane (Character) - 1939
96% 85% Wuthering Heights Heathcliff (Character) $593.9K 1939
No Score Yet 53% The Divorce of Lady X Everard Logan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 51% Fire Over England Michael Ingolby (Character) - 1937
20% 23% As You Like It Orlando (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 67% Conquest of the Air Vincent Lunardi (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Stand Condemned Captain Ivan Ignatoff (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 0% Perfect Understanding Nicholas (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 20% Westward Passage Nicholas "Nick" Allen (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Friends and Lovers Lieutenant Ned Nichols (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Strange Desire Straker (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Yellow Ticket Julian Rolfe (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Temporary Widow Peter Bille (Character) - 1930

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Talking Pictures Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peter the Great King William III of Orange (Character) 1986
18% No Score Yet The Last Days of Pompeii Unknown (Character) 1984
83% 82% Brideshead Revisited Lord Marchmain (Character) 1981
No Score Yet 100% The World at War Narrator 1973-1974