Tom Conti

Tom Conti, 2007

Thomas Antonio "Tom" Conti (born November 22, 1941 in Paisley , Scotland ) is a British actor .

Life

Tom Conti's work as a stage actor is far better known than that as a film actor. In 1979 he received the Tony Award for his appearance in Whose Life Is It Anyway? excellent. Conti played in numerous movies (including Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and Deadly Formula ) and television series. He was nominated for an Oscar for best male leading actor in 1984 for portraying the poet Gowan McGland in the film Ruben, Ruben (Poets You Don't Kiss) .

Conti's daughter is the actress and comedian Nina Conti .

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: Bertolt Brecht's Galileo (Galileo)
• 1976: Julia's Eerie Return (Full Circle)
• 1977: The Duellists (The Duellists)
• 1980: Blade on the Feather
• 1983: Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
• 1983: Ruben, Ruben (Reuben, Reuben)
• 1984: American Dreamer
• 1985: Ain't That Man Heavenly Pursuits
• 1986: A True Disciple of His Master (Saving Grace)
• 1986: Miracles - An Unbelievable Adventure (Miracles)
• 1986: Persecuted and hunted (Nazi Hunter. The Beate Klarsfeld Story)
• 1987: Therapy is futile (Beyond Therapy)
• 1987: Basements
• 1987: He came from the sun (also: The path of violence) (The Quick and the Dead)
• 1987: Roman Holiday
• 1988: The Angel of Death (Fatal Judgment)
• 1989: Shirley Valentine - Goodbye, my dear husband (Shirley Valentine)
• 1990: Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
• 1995: Paradise, Brooklyn (Someone Else's America)
• 1997: The Inheritance of Lady Adelon
• 1997: Sub Down - Lost in the Deep (Sub Down)
• 1998: Final Escape (Out of Control)
• 1999: A Dreamlike Misunderstanding (Dont Go Breaking My Heart)
• 2001: Deadly Formula (The Enemy)
• 2005: Derailed (Derailed)
• 2007: Dangerous Parking
• 2008: Rosamunde Pilcher - The Four Seasons ( Four Seasons , four-part miniseries)
• 2010: A Closed Book
• 2010: The Tempest - Der Sturm (The Tempest)
• 2012: StreetDance 2
• 2012: The Dark Knight Rises
• 2012: Parents (TV series, ten episodes)
• 2012: City Slacker

Awards

• National Board of Review for Best Actor (Reuben, Reuben and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
• Academy Award nomination for best actor (Reuben, Reuben)
• Golden Globe nomination for best actor Reuben, Reuben and Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story
• Tony Award for Best Actor (Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play (Whose Life is it Anyway?)
• Variety Club Award for Best Actor (Whose Life is it Anyway?)

Web links

• Tom Conti in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Official website