Cast & creator
Tom Courtenay
Best known for BBC Play of the Month, BBC Play of the Month, Film '72
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (born 25 February 1937) is an English actor. A notable figure of the British New Wave, he has received numerous accolades, including three BAFTAs, a Golden Globe, two Silver Bears, and a Volpi Cup, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He was knighted for his services to cinema and theatre in the 2001 New Year Honours. He 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Thomas Daniel Courtenay, Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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film credits
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television credits
72
1962–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
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BBC Play of the Month
Jesus
1965BBC Play of the Month
Oswald Alving
1965Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self
1998
ScreenPlay
Stanley Peachey
1986
Unforgotten
Eric Slater
2015
The Golden Compass
Farder Coram
2007
The North Water
Baxter
2021
The Queen's Corgi
The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
2019
Mandy
Engineer Woodcock
2020
Theatre Night
Colin
1985
Doctor Zhivago
Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
1965
Little Dorrit
Mr. Dorrit
2008
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Self
2017
King of Thieves
Kenny Collins
2018
The Aeronauts
Arthur Glaisher
2019
The Night of the Generals
Corporal Hartmann
1967
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Eben Ramsey
2018
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
Night Train to Lisbon
Older João Eca
2013
Nicholas Nickleby
Newman Noggs
2002Solo
1970
Flood
Leonard Morrison
2007
45 Years
Geoff Mercer
2015
Gambit
The Major
2012
Dad's Army
Lance Corporal Jones
2016
Queen at Sea
Martin
2026
Summerland
Mr. Sullivan
2020
The Railway Children Return
Uncle Walter
2022
Operation Crossbow
Robert Henshaw
1965
Quartet
Reginald Paget
2012
A Dandy in Aspic
Gatiss
1968Stage 2
Marlow
1971
Let Him Have It
William Bentley
1991
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Chief Superintendent McManaman
2015
Last Orders
Vic
2001
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Colin Smith
1962
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Bronislaw Malinowski
1995
The Dresser
Norman
1983
The Boy from Mercury
Uncle Tony Cronin
1996
King and Country
Pvt. Arthur Hamp
1964
The Last Butterfly
Antoine Moreau
1991
Billy Liar
William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher
1963
King Rat
Grey
1965
A Rather English Marriage
Roy Southgate
1998
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Joe McGill
2004
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Harold Smith
2000
Me and the Girls
George
1985
Catch Me a Spy
Baxter Clarke
1971
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Ivan Denisovich
1970
Leonard Part 6
Frayn
1987
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Dave Best Sr.
2008
Grandpa's Great Escape
Grandpa
2018
Redemption
Stan Peachey
1991
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
2000
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Quilp
1995
The Chester Mystery Plays
Jesus
1976
Cinderella: After Ever After
The King
2019
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Happy New Year
Edward Saunders
1987
The First Film
Himself
2015
The Day the Fish Came Out
The Navigator
1967
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Mark Brian
1973
Otley
Gerald Arthur Otley
1969
Famous Fred
Kenneth (voice)
1996
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
1965
Moscow in Madrid
Self
1965
The End of an Era
Dr Blatella (voice)
2011
Private Potter
Pvt. Potter
1962Chekhov in Yalta
Anton Chekhov
1988
Absent Friends
Colin
1985