Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay (/ˈkɔːrtni/; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s, he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre, although he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film adaptation of The Dresser (1983), which he had performed on the West End and on Broadway. He received a knighthood in February 2001 for his service to cinema and theatre.
Courtenay made his stage debut in 1960 with the Old Vic theatre company at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, before taking over from Albert Finney in the title role of Billy Liar at the Cambridge Theatre in 1961. In 1963, he played that same title role in the film version, directed by John Schlesinger. He said of Albert Finney, "We both have the same problem, overcoming the flat harsh speech of the North."
Yo La Tengo - "Tom Courtenay" (Official Music Video)
The 25th Anniversary of Yo La Tengo's 'Electr-o-pura' (1995) pressed for the first time on 2xLP. Stream / purchase: https://ylt.ffm.to/electr-o-pura
Watch Yo La Tengo and director, Phil Morrison discuss the making-of the music video: https://youtu.be/YmPhJ1vQ3co
Directed by Phil Morrison
Cameo by Marshall Crenshaw
Special thanks to the cast:
Marshall Crenshaw
David Kleiler
Maurice Maneres
Aiyana Elliott Partland
Alan Licht
Andrea Reusing
Anne Clark
Annie Hayden, John King & Joe Weston of Spent
Chris Buck
Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky & Rachael McNally of Sleepyhead
Cindy Greene
Colin Dodd
Dan Cuddy
Dawn Sutter Madell
Esther Oliver Cartwright
Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor
Jeff Cashvan & Steve Thornton of Salmon Skin
Jim McKay
Jim Romeo
Josh Madell
Kelly Reichardt
Rich Sigmeister
Terry T...
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) - a day out (with commentary)
A scene from the DVD of Tony Richardson's 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' with commentary from film historian Robert Murphy and Tom Courtenay; featured in the clip are Courtenay, James Bolam, Topsy Jane and Julia Foster.
published: 29 Jan 2017
Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
published: 13 Mar 2015
Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on the human side of King of Thieves
Actors Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on being reunited for King of Thieves, their favourite movies of all time and Michael Caine's thoughts on the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake.
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Watch next: "Irish Cinema Tribute | "Our Window on the World" "
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published: 14 Sep 2018
Robert Duvall & Tom Courtenay Win Best Actor Motion Picture Drama - Golden Globes 1984
Anne Baxter presents the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama to Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies and Tom Courtenay for The Dresser. Duvall thanks the cast and crew, North Central, and Chris Christopherson. Courtenay is not present at the awards but he would like to thank Albert Finney and Ronald Harwood.
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Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay
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Doctor Zhivago Q&A with Sir Tom Courtenay | BFI
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David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 1965. Actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham recall the film’s painstaking production, Lean’s working methods, and their co-stars Sir Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif.
Q&A hosted by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.
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The 25th Anniversary of Yo La Tengo's 'Electr-o-pura' (1995) pressed for the first time on 2xLP. Stream / purchase: https://ylt.ffm.to/electr-o-pura
Watch Yo ...
The 25th Anniversary of Yo La Tengo's 'Electr-o-pura' (1995) pressed for the first time on 2xLP. Stream / purchase: https://ylt.ffm.to/electr-o-pura
Watch Yo La Tengo and director, Phil Morrison discuss the making-of the music video: https://youtu.be/YmPhJ1vQ3co
Directed by Phil Morrison
Cameo by Marshall Crenshaw
Special thanks to the cast:
Marshall Crenshaw
David Kleiler
Maurice Maneres
Aiyana Elliott Partland
Alan Licht
Andrea Reusing
Anne Clark
Annie Hayden, John King & Joe Weston of Spent
Chris Buck
Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky & Rachael McNally of Sleepyhead
Cindy Greene
Colin Dodd
Dan Cuddy
Dawn Sutter Madell
Esther Oliver Cartwright
Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor
Jeff Cashvan & Steve Thornton of Salmon Skin
Jim McKay
Jim Romeo
Josh Madell
Kelly Reichardt
Rich Sigmeister
Terry T of WFMU
Tim Harris
Tom Scharpling
& others we may have missed
The 25th Anniversary of Yo La Tengo's 'Electr-o-pura' (1995) pressed for the first time on 2xLP. Stream / purchase: https://ylt.ffm.to/electr-o-pura
Watch Yo La Tengo and director, Phil Morrison discuss the making-of the music video: https://youtu.be/YmPhJ1vQ3co
Directed by Phil Morrison
Cameo by Marshall Crenshaw
Special thanks to the cast:
Marshall Crenshaw
David Kleiler
Maurice Maneres
Aiyana Elliott Partland
Alan Licht
Andrea Reusing
Anne Clark
Annie Hayden, John King & Joe Weston of Spent
Chris Buck
Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky & Rachael McNally of Sleepyhead
Cindy Greene
Colin Dodd
Dan Cuddy
Dawn Sutter Madell
Esther Oliver Cartwright
Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor
Jeff Cashvan & Steve Thornton of Salmon Skin
Jim McKay
Jim Romeo
Josh Madell
Kelly Reichardt
Rich Sigmeister
Terry T of WFMU
Tim Harris
Tom Scharpling
& others we may have missed
A scene from the DVD of Tony Richardson's 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' with commentary from film historian Robert Murphy and Tom Courtenay; feat...
A scene from the DVD of Tony Richardson's 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' with commentary from film historian Robert Murphy and Tom Courtenay; featured in the clip are Courtenay, James Bolam, Topsy Jane and Julia Foster.
A scene from the DVD of Tony Richardson's 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' with commentary from film historian Robert Murphy and Tom Courtenay; featured in the clip are Courtenay, James Bolam, Topsy Jane and Julia Foster.
Actors Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on being reunited for King of Thieves, their favourite movies of all time and Michael Caine's thoughts on the...
Actors Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on being reunited for King of Thieves, their favourite movies of all time and Michael Caine's thoughts on the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake.
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Watch next: "Irish Cinema Tribute | "Our Window on the World" "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMVkU6XsVM
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Actors Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on being reunited for King of Thieves, their favourite movies of all time and Michael Caine's thoughts on the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake.
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Watch next: "Irish Cinema Tribute | "Our Window on the World" "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMVkU6XsVM
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Anne Baxter presents the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama to Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies and Tom Courtenay for The Dresser. Duvall thanks the...
Anne Baxter presents the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama to Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies and Tom Courtenay for The Dresser. Duvall thanks the cast and crew, North Central, and Chris Christopherson. Courtenay is not present at the awards but he would like to thank Albert Finney and Ronald Harwood.
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Anne Baxter presents the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama to Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies and Tom Courtenay for The Dresser. Duvall thanks the cast and crew, North Central, and Chris Christopherson. Courtenay is not present at the awards but he would like to thank Albert Finney and Ronald Harwood.
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David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 196...
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David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 1965. Actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham recall the film’s painstaking production, Lean’s working methods, and their co-stars Sir Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif.
Q&A hosted by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.
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David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 1965. Actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham recall the film’s painstaking production, Lean’s working methods, and their co-stars Sir Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif.
Q&A hosted by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.
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The 25th Anniversary of Yo La Tengo's 'Electr-o-pura' (1995) pressed for the first time on 2xLP. Stream / purchase: https://ylt.ffm.to/electr-o-pura
Watch Yo La Tengo and director, Phil Morrison discuss the making-of the music video: https://youtu.be/YmPhJ1vQ3co
Directed by Phil Morrison
Cameo by Marshall Crenshaw
Special thanks to the cast:
Marshall Crenshaw
David Kleiler
Maurice Maneres
Aiyana Elliott Partland
Alan Licht
Andrea Reusing
Anne Clark
Annie Hayden, John King & Joe Weston of Spent
Chris Buck
Chris O'Rourke, Michael Galinsky & Rachael McNally of Sleepyhead
Cindy Greene
Colin Dodd
Dan Cuddy
Dawn Sutter Madell
Esther Oliver Cartwright
Gail O'Hara of Chickfactor
Jeff Cashvan & Steve Thornton of Salmon Skin
Jim McKay
Jim Romeo
Josh Madell
Kelly Reichardt
Rich Sigmeister
Terry T of WFMU
Tim Harris
Tom Scharpling
& others we may have missed
A scene from the DVD of Tony Richardson's 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner' with commentary from film historian Robert Murphy and Tom Courtenay; featured in the clip are Courtenay, James Bolam, Topsy Jane and Julia Foster.
Actors Michael Caine, Ray Winstone & Tom Courtenay on being reunited for King of Thieves, their favourite movies of all time and Michael Caine's thoughts on the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake.
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Watch next: "Irish Cinema Tribute | "Our Window on the World" "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMVkU6XsVM
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Anne Baxter presents the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama to Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies and Tom Courtenay for The Dresser. Duvall thanks the cast and crew, North Central, and Chris Christopherson. Courtenay is not present at the awards but he would like to thank Albert Finney and Ronald Harwood.
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David Lean’s epic love story set during the Russian Revolution won five Academy Awards following its release in 1965. Actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Rita Tushingham recall the film’s painstaking production, Lean’s working methods, and their co-stars Sir Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif.
Q&A hosted by writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet.
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Sir Thomas Daniel "Tom" Courtenay (/ˈkɔːrtni/; born 25 February 1937) is an English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s, he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre, although he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film adaptation of The Dresser (1983), which he had performed on the West End and on Broadway. He received a knighthood in February 2001 for his service to cinema and theatre.
Courtenay made his stage debut in 1960 with the Old Vic theatre company at the Lyceum, Edinburgh, before taking over from Albert Finney in the title role of Billy Liar at the Cambridge Theatre in 1961. In 1963, he played that same title role in the film version, directed by John Schlesinger. He said of Albert Finney, "We both have the same problem, overcoming the flat harsh speech of the North."
Julie Christie, the rumors are true As the pages turn, my eyes are glued To the movie star and his sordid life Mr. X and his old-suffering wife I spent so much time dreaming about Eleanor Bron In my room with the curtains drawn See her in the arms of Paul Say it, I can say no more As the music swells somehow stronger from adversity Our hero finds his inner peace So now I'm looking for a lucky charm With a needle hanging out of its arm As time goes by I know it's gonna happen I know it's going away Gonna take its toll, gonna take its toll Gonna take my time And I'm thinking about the way things are And I'm thinking about the way things were Thinking about Eleanor Bron And I'm thinking about a lucky charm And I'm thinking about the needle Oh, I'm thinking about the needle