Tom Courtenay
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay (born February 25, 1937 in Kingston upon Hull , Humberside , England ) is a British actor .
biography
With his first major role in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), based on a short story by Alan Sillitoe , Courtenay caught the attention of both cineastes and film producers. His next two films Geliebter Spinner (1963) and King and Country - For King and Fatherland (1964) were each nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . With these films he became one of the great protagonists of the British New Wave .
He has been known to the general public at least since his role in the spy thriller Crossbow (1965) with Sophia Loren and George Peppard , but his best-known appearance was as Pasha in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . For this he received an Oscar nomination for best male supporting actor. He then withdrew completely from the film business and concentrated on his career as a character actor in the theater.
He had an amazing comeback in 1983 with Albert Finney in An Unequal Couple , for which he received his second Oscar nomination (this time for best male leading actor). In 2001 he starred in the film The Last Round with Michael Caine , and in 2002 in the drama Nicholas Nickleby . In 2001 he was selected by Queen Elizabeth II. The Knights defeated. In 2009 he received his first Emmy nomination for the supporting role of Mr. Dorrit in the series Little Dorrit . Courtenay received a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2015 Berlinale for his role in 45 Years (director: Andrew Haigh ) .
Courtenay was married to fellow actress Cheryl Kennedy from 1973 until their divorce in 1982. He has been married to theater manager Isabel Crossley since 1988.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner)
- 1963: Beloved Spinner (Billy Liar)
- 1964: King and Country - For King and Fatherland (King & Country)
- 1965: Operation Crossbow (Operation Crossbow)
- 1965: They called him King (King Rat)
- 1965: Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago)
- 1966: The Night of the Generals (The Night of the Generals)
- 1967: The day on which the fish came (The Day the Fish Came Out)
- 1967: Death Dance of a Killer (A Dandy in Aspic)
- 1968: Unlucky named Otley (Otley)
- 1970: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- 1983: An Unequal Couple (The Dresser)
- 1987: Happy New Year
- 1987: Bill Cosby - The Super Cannon (Leonard Part 6)
- 1991: A Murderer Returns (Redemption)
- 1991: The last butterfly (Poslení motýl)
- 1991: Give it to him, Chris! (Let Him Have It)
- 1998: A Rather English Marriage
- 1999: What Happened to Harold Smith? (Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?)
- 2001: Last Round (Last Orders)
- 2002: Nicholas Nickleby
- 2007: The Flood - When the Sea Devours the Cities (Flood)
- 2007: The Golden Compass (The Golden Compass)
- 2008: Little Dorrit (TV series, 14 episodes)
- 2012: Gambit - The Master Plan (Gambit)
- 2012: Quartett (Quartet)
- 2013: Night Train to Lisbon (Night Train to Lisbon)
- 2015: 45 years
- 2015: The Legend of Barney Thomson (The Legend of Barney Thomson)
- 2018: Your Juliet (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)
- 2018: One Last Job (King of Thieves)
- 2019: The Aeronauts
- 2019: Royal Corgi - The Queen's Corgi
- 2020: Summerland
Web links
- Tom Courtenay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Courtenay, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Courtenay, Sir Thomas Daniel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston upon Hull , Humberside , England |