Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 25, 1937 (age 89)
Place of Birth
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Thomas Daniel Courtenay
- Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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.
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Known For - Movies
The Golden Compass
as Farder Coram
Doctor Zhivago
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
Night Train to Lisbon
as Older João Eca
The Aeronauts
as Arthur Glaisher
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Eben Ramsey
Nicholas Nickleby
as Newman Noggs
Let Him Have It
as William Bentley
The Legend of Barney Thomson
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
45 Years
as Geoff Mercer
King Rat
as Grey
Known For - TV Shows
BBC Play of the Month
as Jesus
BBC Play of the Month
as Oswald Alving
Unforgotten
as Eric Slater
The North Water
as Baxter
Parkinson
as Self
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Dorrit
Mandy
as Engineer Woodcock
Theatre Night
as Colin
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self