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Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay is an English actor who has appeared in numerous stage, television, and film productions since the 1960s. He has been nominated for numerous awards for his performances, including an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Dresser".

Titles credited to Tom Courtenay

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Series Age rating: 10 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed...

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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.9

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

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The New Sofa

The New Sofa

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Festive special edition of the hit family sitcom. Inspired by Nigella Lawson, Denise decides to cook Christmas dinner for the family. Jim provides the yuletide log and, much to his dismay, Dave's mum...

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his l...

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King Rat

King Rat

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.5

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a whee...

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The Dresser

The Dresser

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.5

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company...

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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed...

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Billy Liar

Billy Liar

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life...

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Let Him Have It

Let Him Have It

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1991 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to t...

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The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adol...

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