Laurence Olivier
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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Laurence Olivier
Filmography
Movies
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86% |
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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story | Self | - | 2023 |
63% |
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For No Good Reason | Self | $67.1K | 2012 |
71% |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Dr. Totenkopf (Character) | $37.8M | 2004 |
100% |
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The War Requiem | The Old Soldier (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ebony Tower | Henry Breasley (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Wild Geese II | Rudolf Hess (Character) | $31.2K | 1985 |
41% |
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The Jigsaw Man | Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Days of Pompeii | Gaius (Character) | - | 1984 |
74% |
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The Bounty | Admiral Hood (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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Clash of the Titans | Zeus (Character) | - | 1981 |
0% |
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Inchon! | Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Character) | - | 1981 |
26% |
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The Jazz Singer | Cantor Rabinovitch (Character) | - | 1980 |
60% |
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Dracula | Prof. Abraham Van Helsing (Character) | - | 1979 |
72% |
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A Little Romance | Julius (Character) | - | 1979 |
70% |
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The Boys From Brazil | Ezra Lieberman (Character) | - | 1978 |
17% |
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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% |
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A Bridge Too Far | Doctor Spaander (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus of Nazareth | Nicodemus (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Daddy (Character) | - | 1976 |
76% |
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Professor James Moriarty (Character) | - | 1976 |
82% |
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Marathon Man | Dr. Christian Szell (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gentleman Tramp | Narrator | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Love Among the Ruins | Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones (Character) | - | 1974 |
17% |
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Lady Caroline Lamb | Duke of Wellington (Character) | - | 1972 |
89% |
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Sleuth | Andrew Wyke (Character) | - | 1972 |
69% |
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Nicholas and Alexandra | Count Witte (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Sisters |
Dr. Ivan Chebutikin (Character), Director |
- | 1970 |
75% |
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Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshal Sir John French (Character) | - | 1969 |
67% |
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Battle of Britain | Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding (Character) | - | 1969 |
43% |
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The Shoes of the Fisherman | Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dance of Death | Edgar (Character) | - | 1968 |
100% |
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Khartoum | The Mahdi (Character) | - | 1966 |
82% |
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Othello | Othello (Character) | - | 1965 |
86% |
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Bunny Lake Is Missing | Superintendent Newhouse (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uncle Vanya | Dr. Astrov (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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Term of Trial | Graham Weir (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Power and the Glory | Priest (Character) | - | 1961 |
79% |
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The Entertainer | Archie Rice (Character) | - | 1960 |
94% |
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Spartacus | Marcus Licinius Crassus (Character) | $1.7M | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Devil's Disciple | Gen. Burgoyne (Character) | - | 1959 |
50% |
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The Prince and the Showgirl |
The Regent (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 1957 |
81% |
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Richard III |
Richard III (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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A Queen Is Crowned | Narrator | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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The Beggar's Opera |
Captain MacHeath (Character), Producer |
- | 1953 |
75% |
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Carrie | George Hurstwood (Character) | - | 1952 |
96% |
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Hamlet |
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 1948 |
100% |
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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 |
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The Demi-Paradise | Ivan Kouznetsoff (Character) | - | 1943 |
100% |
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That Hamilton Woman | Lord Horatio Nelson (Character) | - | 1941 |
88% |
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49th Parallel | Johnnie (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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21 Days Together | Larry Durrant (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% |
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Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Darcy (Character) | - | 1940 |
98% |
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Rebecca | George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Clouds Over Europe | Tony McVane (Character) | - | 1939 |
96% |
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Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff (Character) | $593.9K | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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The Divorce of Lady X | Everard Logan (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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Fire Over England | Michael Ingolby (Character) | - | 1937 |
20% |
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As You Like It | Orlando (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Stand Condemned | Captain Ivan Ignatoff (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Conquest of the Air | Vincent Lunardi (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet |
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Perfect Understanding | Nicholas (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet |
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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
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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 |