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:

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Although Courtenay was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1965Best Supporting ActorDoctor Zhivago (1965)Pasha Antipov/StrelnikoffNominated
1983Best ActorThe Dresser (1983)NormanNominated
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Tom Courtenay Quotes:

Colin Smith: Running's always been a big thing in our family, especially running away from the police.


Mike: Where d'you learn to drive like this?
Colin Smith: Me cousin had a milk round.


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.


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An Associate Member of RADA.

Subject of the song "Tom Courtenay" by Yo La Tengo.

Was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Play): in 1977 for "Otherwise Engaged," and in 1982 for "The Dresser," a part recreated in his Oscar-nominated performance in the film of the same name, The Dresser (1983).

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