Tom Courtenay
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay ( born February 25, 1937 in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England ) is a British actor.
Biography
Coinciding with his first major role in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 ) on a short story by Alan Sillitoe excited Courtenay attention both filmmakers as well as film producer. His next two films Billy Liar (1963) and King and Country - For King and Country (1964 ) were each nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. With these films, he became one of the great protagonists of the British New Wave.
The general public, he is, at least since his role in the spy thriller Operation Crossbow (1965 ) known with Sophia Loren and George Peppard, but he had his much more famous appearance as Pasha in David Lean Doctor Zhivago. For this he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Male Supporting Actor. Then he withdrew completely from the first film business and focused on his career as a character actor in the theater. He had an astonishing comeback in 1983 on the side of Albert Finney in The In-Laws, for which he (this time as best male lead ) received his second Oscar nomination. In 2001, he starred in the movie The last round together with Michael Caine in the 2002 film drama Nicholas Nickleby. In 2001, he was defeated by Queen Elizabeth II knighted. In 2009 he received for the secondary role of Mr. Dorrit Little Dorrit in the series its first Emmy nomination.