Thomas Daniel Courtenay
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born | Feb 25, 1937 Hull, Humberside |
| Age | 89 |
Tom Courtenay | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1962-present |
| Top Roles | William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher, Pasha, The Navigator, Robert Henshaw, Colin Smith |
| Top Genres | Drama, War, Comedy, Thriller/Suspense, Action, Crime |
| Top Topics | Period Piece, World War II, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Leonard Rossiter, Geoffrey Bayldon, Omar Sharif, Carlo Ponti (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Zeppo Marx, George Harrison, Jim Backus see more.. |
Tom Courtenay Overview:
Actor, Tom Courtenay, was born Thomas Daniel Courtenay on Feb 25, 1937 in Hull, Humberside. As of December 2025, Tom Courtenay was 88 years old.
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Courtenay was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1965 | Best Supporting Actor | Doctor Zhivago (1965) | Pasha Antipov/Strelnikoff | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Actor | The Dresser (1983) | Norman | Nominated |
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Tom Courtenay Quotes:
Brown, House Master:
Just describe the action to me in your own words, put me in the picture.
Colin Smith: Got over the wall of this baker's yard, broke into his office.
Brown, House Master: Hmm, I think you can do a bit better than this, Smith, um, surely your nerves were on edge weren't they, you felt afraid?
Colin Smith: If I felt afraid I wouldn't have broken in, would I?
Colin Smith: It's not that I don't like work. It's just that I don't like the idea of slaving me guts out so the bosses can get all the profits. Seems all wrong to me.
Brown, House Master: Now when you broke into this, um, what was it...
Colin Smith: Bakery
Brown, House Master: Bakery, yup... what were you thinking about at the time?
Colin Smith: I wasn't thinking about anything, I was too busy breaking in.
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Colin Smith: Got over the wall of this baker's yard, broke into his office.
Brown, House Master: Hmm, I think you can do a bit better than this, Smith, um, surely your nerves were on edge weren't they, you felt afraid?
Colin Smith: If I felt afraid I wouldn't have broken in, would I?
Colin Smith: It's not that I don't like work. It's just that I don't like the idea of slaving me guts out so the bosses can get all the profits. Seems all wrong to me.
Brown, House Master: Now when you broke into this, um, what was it...
Colin Smith: Bakery
Brown, House Master: Bakery, yup... what were you thinking about at the time?
Colin Smith: I wasn't thinking about anything, I was too busy breaking in.
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