Tom Courtenay
Date of birth: 1937-02-25
Place of birth: Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay, 톰 커트니, 汤姆·考特尼
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.
Movie Credits
The Golden Compass
2007-12-04
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence r
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000-08-01
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britai
Otley
1969-03-11
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Flood
2007-08-24
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high s
Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurate
Billy Liar
1963-08-15
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertake
King Rat
1965-10-27
When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a
The Dresser
1983-12-06
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brillian
Operation Crossbow
1965-04-01
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and
The Night of the Generals
1967-01-29
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He
Last Orders
2001-09-10
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967-09-27
A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent pan
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962-09-20
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks o
Let Him Have It
1991-10-04
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Cr
The Old Curiosity Shop
1995-03-19
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d
Queen at Sea
A woman moves back to London with her teenage daughter amid concern for her aging mother.
A Rather English Marriage
1998-12-30
A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after
Moscow in Madrid
1965-12-31
When David Lean made his film Doctor Zhivago (1965), he realized that it would be impossible to do l
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000-03-10
It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto p
A Dandy in Aspic
1968-04-02
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them a
Catch Me a Spy
1971-09-06
While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, sh
King and Country
1964-09-05
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The office
Gambit
2012-04-25
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet,
Quartet
2012-12-26
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celeb
Me and the Girls
1985-12-01
Ken Taylor's adaptation of the Noel Coward short story, "Me and the Girls", one of a series called "
The Last Butterfly
1991-01-01
Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Te
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
1970-11-26
Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely ad
Happy New Year
1987-08-07
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Us
Night Train to Lisbon
2013-03-07
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upo
Famous Fred
1996-12-24
Based on the book by Posy Simmonds. Mischievous kitten Fred grows up to be feline singing superstar,
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
1973-12-18
A young priest is sent to an indigenous village in B.C. Canada, there he learns of faith and humanit
The Boy from Mercury
1996-12-06
Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015-07-24
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uni
45 Years
2015-05-29
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party i
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965-01-01
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains w
Absent Friends
1985-09-29
Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.
Dad's Army
2016-02-05
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon de
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004-09-01
Remake of the 1976 TV drama by Jack Rosenthal. An extra in a TV drama is finally given a line to say
Doctor Zhivago
1965-12-22
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a poli
Nicholas Nickleby
2002-12-27
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends
Redemption
1991-07-03
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wan
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018-04-19
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guer
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018-01-01
Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer'
King of Thieves
2018-09-04
London, England, April 2015. Brian Reader, a retired thief, gathers an unlikely gang of burglars to
Summerland
2020-07-24
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be ri
Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995-01-15
The war in Europe ends but a new adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words, "The
The Aeronauts
2019-11-04
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher t
The Queen's Corgi
2019-02-13
Since his arrival at Buckingham palace, Rex lives a life of luxury. Top dog, he has superseded his t
The First Film
2015-07-03
Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson's thirty three year quest to prove that the worlds fil
Private Potter
1962-01-01
A military mission is interrupted when a British soldier claims that God had appeared to him in a tr
The New Sofa
2008-12-25
Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook
Cinderella: After Ever After
2019-12-24
Cinderella weds her Prince Charming, only to find married life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The End of an Era
2011-09-30
Human extinction is almost impossible to imagine, but the notion is never far away in environmental
The Railway Children Return
2022-07-15
Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, whe
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010-11-10
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scen
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024-09-03
The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and