Tom Courtenay

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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.

Acting

2007

The Golden Compass

as Farder Coram

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1969

Otley

as Gerald Arthur Otley

2007

Flood

as Leonard Morrison

1987

1963

Billy Liar

as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

1965

King Rat

as Grey

1983

The Dresser

as Norman

1965

Operation Crossbow

as Robert Henshaw

1967

The Night of the Generals

as Corporal Hartmann

2001

1967

1991

Let Him Have It

as William Bentley

1995

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Daniel Quilp

1998

1965

1968

1971

Catch Me a Spy

as Baxter Clarke

1964

King and Country

as Pvt. Arthur Hamp

2012

Gambit

as The Major

2012

Quartet

as Reginald Paget

1985

1991

The Last Butterfly

as Antoine Moreau

1987

Happy New Year

as Edward Saunders

2013

Night Train to Lisbon

as Older João Eca

1996

Famous Fred

as Kenneth (voice)

1996

The Boy from Mercury

as Uncle Tony Cronin

2015

The Legend of Barney Thomson

as Chief Superintendent McManaman

2015

45 Years

as Geoff Mercer

1985

2016

Dad's Army

as Lance Corporal Jones

1965

Doctor Zhivago

as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

2002

Nicholas Nickleby

as Newman Noggs

1991

Redemption

as Stan Peachey

2018

King of Thieves

as Kenny Collins

2020

Summerland

as Mr. Sullivan

2019

The Aeronauts

as Arthur Glaisher

2019

The Queen's Corgi

as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

2015

The First Film

as Himself

1962

Private Potter

as Pvt. Potter

2008

The New Sofa

as Dave Best Sr.

2011

The End of an Era

as Dr Blatella (voice)

2022

© All Rights Reserved 2025