Acting credits
67
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tom Courtenay
Acting
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Movies: 57Series: 10
TMDB ID: 14011
IMDb ID: nm0183822
Known for: Acting
Born: February 25, 1937
Age: 89
Place of birth: Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2026
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q329798
Also known as
Thomas Daniel Courtenay • Sir Thomas Daniel 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tom Courtenay.
Oct 1
as Martin
Queen at Sea
2026 • Movie
as self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 • Movie
as Uncle Walter
The Railway Children Return
2022 • Movie
as Mr. Sullivan
Summerland
2020 • Movie
as The King
Cinderella: After Ever After
2019 • Movie
as Arthur Glaisher
The Aeronauts
2019 • Movie
as The Duke of Edinburgh (voice)
The Queen's Corgi
2019 • Movie
as Kenny Collins
King of Thieves
2018 • Movie
as Eben Ramsey
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 • Movie
as Grandpa
Grandpa's Great Escape
2018 • Movie
as Lance Corporal Jones
Dad's Army
2016 • Movie
as Chief Superintendent McManaman
The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 • Movie
as Himself
The First Film
2015 • Movie
as Geoff Mercer
45 Years
2015 • Movie
as Older João Eca
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 • Movie
as Reginald Paget
Quartet
2012 • Movie
as The Major
Gambit
2012 • Movie
as Dr Blatella (voice)
The End of an Era
2011 • Movie
as Self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 • Movie
as Dave Best Sr.
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 • Movie
as Farder Coram
The Golden Compass
2007 • Movie
as Leonard Morrison
Flood
2007 • Movie
as Joe McGill
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 • Movie
as Newman Noggs
Nicholas Nickleby
2002 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Courtenay.
as Baxter • 1 eps
The North Water
2021 • Series
as Engineer Woodcock • 1 eps
Mandy
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 • Series
as Eric Slater • 6 eps
Unforgotten
2015 • Series
as Mr. Dorrit • 14 eps
Little Dorrit
2008 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Parkinson
1998 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 • Series
as Stanley Peachey • 1 eps
ScreenPlay
1986 • Series
as Colin • 1 eps
Theatre Night
1985 • Series
as Jesus • 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1965 • Series