Tom Courtenay

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 25, 1937 (88 years old)

Tom Courtenay

Known For

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
1h 30m
Movie 2024

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

The story of one of Britain's most celebrated actors of the 20th century, told by those who knew and admired him.

The Railway Children Return
1h 35m
Movie 2022

The Railway Children Return

Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.

Summerland
1h 40m
Movie 2020

Summerland

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Courtenay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.