Tom Courtenay
Highest Rated: 100% The Dresser (1983)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Queen's Corgi (2019)
Birthday: Feb 25, 1937
Birthplace: Hull, Humberside, England, UK
One of British theater's most distinguished and hardest-working actors, Tom Courtenay rose from humble beginnings to garner awards and accolades in nearly every facet of his profession. After studying at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the late 1950s, Courtenay rose to fame amidst the British New Wave, deftly portraying classic angry young men in "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (1962) and "Billy Liar" (1963). Courtenay was poised for international stardom following his Oscar-nominated turn in the epic "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), but instead he made a casual withdrawal from film acting to concentrate on theater. The bold move proved fruitful, especially when he earned a Tony Award nomination for his first Broadway production, "Otherwise Engaged" (1977). But he made a triumphant return to film with perhaps the best performance of his career, playing the assistant to a tyrannical theater group manager in the acclaimed drama, "The Dresser" (1983), an Oscar-nominated performance he reprised from his 1981 Broadway turn. Courtenay spent the ensuing decades ably transitioning from stage to screen and back again, only to emerge with his first Emmy Award nomination for his performance in "Little Dorrit" (PBS, 2009), which only cemented his status as one of Britain's most decorated performers.
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Tom Courtenay
Filmography
Movies
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57% |
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Railway Children | Uncle Walter (Character) | $457.4K | 2022 |
78% |
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Summerland | Mr. Sullivan (Character) | $58.3K | 2020 |
0% |
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The Queen's Corgi | The Duke Of Edinburgh (Character) | - | 2019 |
72% |
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The Aeronauts | Arthur Glaisher (Character) | $30.0K | 2019 |
33% |
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King of Thieves | John Kenny Collins (Character) | - | 2018 |
81% |
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Eben Ramsey (Character) | - | 2018 |
31% |
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Dad's Army | Lance Corporal Jones (Character) | - | 2016 |
92% |
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The First Film | Self | - | 2015 |
62% |
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The Legend of Barney Thomson | Chief Superintendent McManaman (Character) | - | 2015 |
97% |
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45 Years | Geoff Mercer (Character) | $4.3M | 2015 |
43% |
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Night Train to Lisbon | João Eça (Character) | - | 2013 |
17% |
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Gambit | The Major (Character) | - | 2012 |
80% |
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Quartet | Reggie Paget (Character) | $18.4M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Little Dorrit | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Flood | Leonard Morrison (Character) | - | 2007 |
42% |
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The Golden Compass | Farder Coram (Character) | $70.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ready When You Are Mr. McGill | Joe McGill (Character) | - | 2003 |
78% |
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Nicholas Nickleby | Newman Noggs (Character) | $1.3M | 2002 |
79% |
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Last Orders | Vic (Character) | $2.3M | 2001 |
40% |
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Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Harold Smith (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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A Rather English Marriage | Roy Southgate (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Boy From Mercury | Uncle Tony Cronin (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Bronislaw Malinowski (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Quilp (Character) | - | 1995 |
84% |
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Let Him Have It | William Bentley (Character) | $83.3K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Butterfly | Antoine Moreau (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Redemption | Stan Peachey (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Happy New Year | Edward Saunders (Character) | $30.6K | 1987 |
7% |
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Leonard Part 6 | Frayn (Character) | $4.2M | 1987 |
100% |
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The Dresser | Norman (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Father Mark Brian (Character) | - | 1973 |
17% |
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Ivan Denisovich (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Ivan Denisovich (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Otley | Gerald Arthur Otley (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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A Dandy in Aspic | Gatiss (Character) | - | 1968 |
43% |
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The Night of the Generals | Cpl. Hartmann (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Day the Fish Came Out | The Navigator (Character) | - | 1967 |
75% |
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Operation Crossbow | Robert Henshaw (Character) | - | 1965 |
100% |
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King Rat | Lt. Robin Grey (Character) | - | 1965 |
82% |
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Doctor Zhivago |
Pasha Antipova/ |
$87.1K | 1965 |
89% |
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King and Country | Pvt. Arthur Hamp (Character) | - | 1964 |
95% |
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Billy Liar | Billy Fisher (Character) | $35.6K | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Private Potter | Pvt. Potter (Character) | - | 1963 |
74% |
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | Colin Smith (Character) | - | 1962 |
TV
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91% | 82% | Unforgotten | Eric Slater (Character) | 2015 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Would I Lie to You? | Contestant | 2016 |
100% | 100% | Little Dorrit on Masterpiece | William Dorrit (Character) | 2009 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Royle Family | David Best Sr (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1969 |