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
Gambit
as The Major
Doctor Zhivago
as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
The Aeronauts
as Arthur Glaisher
The Day the Fish Came Out
as The Navigator
King of Thieves
as Kenny Collins
Flood
as Leonard Morrison
Nicholas Nickleby
as Newman Noggs
The Night of the Generals
as Corporal Hartmann
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Eben Ramsey
Known For - TV Shows
BBC Play of the Month
as Jesus
BBC Play of the Month
as Oswald Alving
Parkinson
as Self
Unforgotten
as Eric Slater
Mandy
as Engineer Woodcock
The North Water
as Baxter
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Dorrit
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
as Self
Theatre Night
as Colin