Tom Courtenay | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1962-present |
Top Roles | Cpl. Hartmann, Pasha, Colin Smith, The Navigator, Robert Henshaw |
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 2024, Tom Courtenay was 87 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:
So, uh, how do you come to be here?
Colin Smith: [puzzled] I got sent, didn't I?
Brown, House Master: [chuckles] Yes, I know you got sent, but why?
Colin Smith: I got caught. Didn't run fast enough!
Stacy, Drake House Leader: And always remember, they've got the whip hand.
Colin Smith: Do you know what I'd do if I had the whip hand? I'd get all the coppers, governers, posh whores, army officers and members of parliament and I'd stick them up against this wall and let them have it 'cause that's what they'd like to do to blokes like us.
Stacy, Drake House Leader: You'll learn.
Colin Smith: We'll see.
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.
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Colin Smith: [puzzled] I got sent, didn't I?
Brown, House Master: [chuckles] Yes, I know you got sent, but why?
Colin Smith: I got caught. Didn't run fast enough!
Stacy, Drake House Leader: And always remember, they've got the whip hand.
Colin Smith: Do you know what I'd do if I had the whip hand? I'd get all the coppers, governers, posh whores, army officers and members of parliament and I'd stick them up against this wall and let them have it 'cause that's what they'd like to do to blokes like us.
Stacy, Drake House Leader: You'll learn.
Colin Smith: We'll see.
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.
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