Tom Courtenay

89, from Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Artwork for The Golden CompassImage of 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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Timeline

2026Aged 89

  • Poster for Queen at Sea

    Martin

2024Aged 87

  • Poster for Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    self

2022Aged 85

  • Poster for The Railway Children Return

    Uncle Walter

2020Aged 83

  • Poster for Summerland

    Mr. Sullivan

2019Aged 82

  • Poster for The Queen's Corgi

    The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)

  • Poster for The Aeronauts

    Arthur Glaisher

  • Poster for Cinderella: After Ever After

    The King

2018Aged 81

  • Poster for Grandpa's Great Escape

    Grandpa

  • Poster for The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    Eben Ramsey

  • Poster for King of Thieves

    Kenny Collins

2016Aged 79

  • Poster for Dad's Army

    Lance Corporal Jones

2015Aged 78

  • Poster for 45 Years

    Geoff Mercer

  • Poster for The First Film

    Himself

  • Poster for The Legend of Barney Thomson

    Chief Superintendent McManaman

2013Aged 76

  • Poster for Night Train to Lisbon

    Older João Eca

2012Aged 75

  • Poster for Gambit

    The Major

  • Poster for Quartet

    Reginald Paget

2011Aged 74

  • Poster for The End of an Era

    Dr Blatella (voice)

2010Aged 73

  • Poster for The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

    Self

2008Aged 71

  • Poster for The Royle Family: The New Sofa

    Dave Best Sr.

2007Aged 70

  • Poster for Flood

    Leonard Morrison

  • Poster for The Golden Compass

    Farder Coram

2004Aged 67

  • Poster for Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

    Joe McGill

2002Aged 65

  • Poster for Nicholas Nickleby

    Newman Noggs

2001Aged 64

  • Poster for Last Orders

    Vic

2000Aged 63

  • Poster for Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

    Harold Smith

  • Poster for Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Self (archive footage)

1998Aged 61

  • Poster for A Rather English Marriage

    Roy Southgate

1996Aged 59

  • Poster for The Boy from Mercury

    Uncle Tony Cronin

  • Poster for Famous Fred

    Kenneth (voice)

1995Aged 58

  • Poster for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

    Bronislaw Malinowski

  • Poster for The Old Curiosity Shop

    Daniel Quilp

1991Aged 54

  • Poster for The Last Butterfly

    Antoine Moreau

  • Poster for Redemption

    Stan Peachey

  • Poster for Let Him Have It

    William Bentley

1988Aged 51

1987Aged 50

  • Poster for Happy New Year

    Edward Saunders

  • Poster for Leonard Part 6

    Frayn

1985Aged 48

  • Poster for Absent Friends

    Colin

  • Poster for Me and the Girls

    George

1983Aged 46

  • Poster for The Dresser

    Norman

1976Aged 39

  • Poster for The Chester Mystery Plays

    Jesus

1973Aged 36

  • Poster for I Heard the Owl Call My Name

    Mark Brian

1971Aged 34

  • Poster for Catch Me a Spy

    Baxter Clarke

1970Aged 33

  • Poster for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    Ivan Denisovich

1969Aged 32

  • Poster for Otley

    Gerald Arthur Otley

1968Aged 31

  • Poster for A Dandy in Aspic

    Gatiss

1967Aged 30

  • Poster for The Night of the Generals

    Corporal Hartmann

  • Poster for The Day the Fish Came Out

    The Navigator

1965Aged 28

  • Poster for Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

    Self

  • Poster for Operation Crossbow

    Robert Henshaw

  • Poster for King Rat

    Grey

  • Poster for Doctor Zhivago

    Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

  • Poster for Moscow in Madrid

    Self

1964Aged 27

  • Poster for King and Country

    Pvt. Arthur Hamp

1963Aged 26

  • Poster for Billy Liar

    William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

1962Aged 25

  • Poster for Private Potter

    Pvt. Potter

  • Poster for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    Colin Smith