Acting credits
40
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Paul Scofield
Acting
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Movies: 35Series: 5
TMDB ID: 13324
IMDb ID: nm0006890
Known for: Acting
Born: January 21, 1922
Died: March 19, 2008
Age: 86
Place of birth: Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2011
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.56
Wikidata: Q223988
Biography
David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a seven-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seven-year span, the fastest of any performer to accomplish the feat. Scofield received Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 1962 Tony Awards for portraying Sir Thomas More in the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons. Four years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor when he reprised the role in the 1966 film adaptation, making him one of nine to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. His Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie was achieved for the 1969 television film Male of the Species. Preferring the stage to the screen and putting his family before his career, Scofield nonetheless established a reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. Among other accolades, his performance as Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the BAFTA Awards for portraying Thomas Danforth in The Crucible (1996). Scofield declined the honour of a knighthood, but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Scofield.
7.0
Discovering Hamlet
as The Ghost (archive footage)
2011 Movie
6.7
Kurosawa
as Kurosawa (voice)
2000 Movie
5.7
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
1999 Movie
7.0
Robinson in Space
as Narrator (voice)
1997 Movie
6.6
The Crucible
as Judge Thomas Danforth
1996 Movie
6.1
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
as Narrator (voice)
1994 Movie
7.3
Quiz Show
as Mark Van Doren
1994 Movie
6.6
London
as Narrator (voice)
1994 Movie
5.4
Utz
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
1992 Movie
6.6
Hamlet
as The Ghost
1990 Movie
7.1
Henry V
as French King
1989 Movie
6.3
When the Whales Came
as The Birdman
1989 Movie
6.5
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Otto Frank
1988 Movie
5.0
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Mr. Corbett
1987 Movie
1.0
Nineteen Nineteen
as Alexander Scherbatov
1985 Movie
5.4
Anna Karenina
as Karenin
1985 Movie
6.0
A Kind of Alaska
as Dr. Hornby
1984 Movie
7.0
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Narrator (voice)
1984 Movie
7.0
A Song At Twilight
as Hugo Latymer
1982 Movie
Come Into The Garden Maud
as Verner Conklin
1982 Movie
The Potting Shed
as James Califer
1981 Movie
4.3
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Narrator (voice)
1980 Movie
The Ambassadors
as Lewis Lambert Strether
1977 Movie
6.1
A Delicate Balance
as Tobias
1973 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Scofield.
8.5
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit • 6 eps
1994 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Verner Conklin • 1 eps
1974 Series
1.0
Male of the Species
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C. • 1 eps
1969 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Lewis Lambert Strether • 1 eps
1965 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1951 Series