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Birth Place: Hull, Yorkshire, ENGLAND

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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky

[West End]
Original London Production, 1982
Performer

[Broadway]
1981
Norman

[Broadway]
1977
Simon


Movies

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
[ 1962 ] Colin Smith
Private Potter
[ 1962 ] Pvt. Potter
Billy Liar
[ 1963 ] Billy Fisher
King & Country
[ 1964 ] Private Arthur James Hamp
King Rat
[ 1965 ] Grey
Operation Crossbow
[ 1965 ] Robert Henshaw
The Night of the Generals
[ 1967 ] Corporal Hartmann
The Day the Fish Came Out
[ 1967 ] The Navigator
A Dandy in Aspic
[ 1968 ] Gatiss
Otley
[ 1969 ] Gerald Arthur Otley
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
[ 1970 ] Ivan Denisovich
Catch Me a Spy
[ 1971 ] Baxter Clarke
The Dresser
[ 1983 ] Norman
Happy New Year
[ 1987 ] Edward Saunders
Leonard Part 6
[ 1987 ] Frayn
The Last Butterfly
[ 1991 ] Antoine Moreau
Let Him Have It
[ 1991 ] William Bentley
The Boy from Mercury
[ 1996 ] Uncle Tony Cronin
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
[ 1999 ] Harold Smith
Last Orders
[ 2001 ] Vic
Nicholas Nickleby
[ 2002 ] Newman Noggs
The Golden Compass
[ 2007 ] Farder Coram
Flood
[ 2007 ] Leonard Morrison
Quartet
[ 2012 ] Reggie Paget
Gambit
[ 2012 ] The Major
Night Train to Lisbon
[ 2013 ] Older João Eça
Barney Thomson
[ 2015 ] Chief Superintendent McManaman
45 Years
[ 2015 ] Geoff Mercer
Dad's Army
[ 2016 ] Jones
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
[ 2018 ] Eben Ramsey
King of Thieves
[ 2018 ] Kenny Collins
The Aeronauts
[ 2019 ] Arthur Glaisher
The Queen's Corgi
[ 2019 ] The Duke Of Edinburgh
Summerland
[ 2020 ] Mr Sullivan
Railway Children
[ 2022 ] Uncle Walter

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 1982 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tom Courtenay , The Dresser


winner
Evening Standard Awards - 1980 - Best Actor

Tom CourtenayThe Dresser

Olivier Awards - 1980 - Actor of the Year in a New Play

Tom CourtenayThe Dresser


winner
Drama League Awards - 1977 - Distinguished Performance Award

Tom Courtenay

Tony Awards - 1977 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tom Courtenay, Otherwise Engaged

News


Previews: CINEMA ON ICE at Palm Springs Cultural Center

Deserted Films returns to the Historic Camelot Theatre (at the Palm Springs Cultural Center) Jan 21 - Feb 25 for a fun, winter-themed film series on the big screen culminating in a special screening of Dr. Zhivago (1965)… the first film to screen at the Camelot when it opened!  
Robert Bathurst Returns to JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL at the Coach and Horses Pub

Laughter, Legends, Lock-in! Robert Bathurst returns to star in the immersive production of 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' at the Coach and Horses pub in Soho. Don't miss this critically acclaimed show!
BWW Review: THE DRESSER, Theatre Royal Bath

Theatre Royal Bath is the ideal venue for Olivier Award-winning Sir Ronald Harwood’s play about a touring rep company set in “a theatre in the English provinces”, according to the programme notes. You can’t get more English than Bath, with its honey-tinged Georgian terraces and nods to Jane Austen’s bonneted Regency times.
THE DRESSER Will Be Performed at Melville Theatre in July

Directed by Jacob Turner, The Dresser is set in England against the backdrop of World War II as a group of Shakespearean actors tour a seaside town and perform in a shabby provincial theatre. 
QUARTET Comes to Limelight Theatre This September

Written by Ronald Harwood and directed by Gwen Browning at Limelight Theatre, Quartet is set in an aged care home with Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred ready to celebrate Verdi's birthday with an annual concert. 
QUARTET Comes to Limelight Theatre

Get ready to laugh, sigh and cry a little as four retired opera singers take you into the bittersweet world of facing up to age and mortality.
BWW Blog: Wendy Gadian on the Importance of Touring with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Wendy Gadian is a musical director and musical arranger. She has been Principal Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre Course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London since 2008.
Noel Coward's ME AND THE GIRLS Will Make UK Stage Premiere

George Banks has been touring Europe since the end of World War Two, always with his troupe of girls. It's the 1960s now, and he's running out of steam - and fashion. But in his mind, he's still up there with the best: George Banks and His Six Bombshells!
Colin Farrell Joins Andrew Haigh's BBC Two Series THE NORTH WATER

Golden Globe-winner Colin Farrell has boarded the BBC Two four-part thriller The North Water, being adapted and directed by multi award-winning Andrew Haigh (Lean On Pete, Looking, Weekend).
Lily James and Armie Hammer to Star in Ben Wheatley's REBECCA

Acclaimed British director Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise) has signed on to direct a new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's classic, romantic, gothic thriller penned by screenwriter Jane Goldman (Kingsman series, X-Men: First Class). It tells the story of a newly-married young woman who, on arriving at her husband's imposing family estate on a bleak English coast, finds herself battling the shadow of his dead first wife, the mysterious Rebecca, whose legacy continues to haunt the house.
Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Opens South Coast Repertory's 55th Season

Southern California audiences will be able to get lost in Jane Austen's elegant, Regency era romantic classic, Sense and Sensibility, next month. The production opens South Coast Repertory's 55th season. British playwright Jessica Swale adapted Austen's story and the show is directed by Casey Stangl on the Segerstrom Stage, Sept. 1-29.
Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Opens South Coast Repertory's 55th Season

Southern California audiences will be able to get lost in Jane Austen's elegant, Regency era romantic classic, Sense and Sensibility, next month. The production opens South Coast Repertory's 55th season. British playwright Jessica Swale adapted Austen's story and the show is directed by Casey Stangl on the Segerstrom Stage, Sept. 1-29.
Stage Adaptation of David Walliams's GANSTA GRANNY Returns To The West End

Birmingham Stage Company today announces the return of their smash-hit adaptation of David Walliams's bestselling book, Gangsta Granny, to the West End. The Olivier Award and UK Theatre Award nominated production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited two week run, opening on 16 August, with previews from 14 August, and running until 26 August. Tickets go on sale today via ATG pre-sale and general on-sale on 3 May.
TV Exclusive: Neil Sean Meets the Star of 42ND STREET, Lulu!

Lulu returns to the West End after 30 years to join the cast of 42nd Street, the dazzling and romantic homage to the world of musical theatre in the iconic role of 'Dorothy Brock' in this five star production. In this exclusive interview, she reveals why she took the role, acting lessons and the dramatic part she wants to take on next!
BWW Review: QUARTET, Theatre Royal Brighton

What happens to musicians when they are old and grey? Where do famous singers retire when their voices are an echo of what they once were? Ronald Harwood's Quartet follows the antics of four elderly former opera stars as they live out their days in a specialist musician's retirement home in an expansive country residence in Kent.
THE STONE WITCH to Begin Performances Off-Broadway on Monday 3/12

Producers Darlene Kaplan, Laura Janik Cronin and Scott Newsome, in association with Alec Seymour, present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Stone Witch, a play by Shem Bitterman (A Death in Colombia, Influence).  Performances begin Monday, March 12, 2018 for an open-ended engagement atThe Westside Theatre - Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues).  Opening Night is Sunday evening, March 25, 2018 at 6:30PM.
Official: Lulu To Join Cast Of 42ND STREET as Dorothy Brock

Lulu returns to the West End after 30 years to join the cast of 42nd Street, the dazzling and romantic homage to the world of musical theatre in the iconic role of 'Dorothy Brock' in this five star production.
Dan Lauria to Lead the Off-Broadway Cast of THE STONE WITCH

Producers Darlene Kaplan, Laura Janik Cronin and Scott J. Newsome, have announced, today, the cast and creative team for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Stone Witch, a play by Shem Bitterman (A Death in Colombia, Influence). Performances begin Monday, March 12, 2018 for an open-ended engagement at The Westside Theatre - Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Opening Night is set for Sunday evening, March 25, 2018 at 6:30PM.
Art and Politics Will Collide in Rubicon's TAKING SIDES

Rubicon Theatre Company (RTC) opens the company's 2017-2018 20th Anniversary Season with a provocative and gripping drama based on the story of German conductor and composer Wilhelm Furtw ngler, who remained in Germany after Hitler's rise to power and was later accused of being a Nazi sympathizer.
The International Shakespeare Center Santa Fe Announces 'A Year of Lear'

The International Shakespeare Center Santa Fe, which produced so much programming last year for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare in Santa Fe, has announced a year-long exploration and celebration of Shakespeare's penetrating exposition of politics, family dynamics, and rationality, The Tragedy of King Lear.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Tom Courtenay been in?

Tom Courtenay has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Tom Courtenay been in?

Tom Courtenay has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was Tom Courtenay's first West End show?

Tom Courtenay's first West End show was Andy Capp which opened in 1982

What awards has Tom Courtenay been nominated for?

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Dresser, Best Actor (Evening Standard Awards) for The Dresser, Actor of the Year in a New Play (Olivier Awards) for The Dresser, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Otherwise Engaged.

What awards has Tom Courtenay won?

Tom Courtenay has won several prestigious awards, including the Best Actor award at the Evening Standard Awards for his performance in The Dresser and the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards.

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