Acting · 1922 to 2008

Paul Scofield

Best rated: The Train (7.8)

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.09
Peak run: 1958’73
Oscar wins: 1 of 2

Films: 15
Avg rating: 7.09
Peak run: 1958’73
Oscar wins: 1 of 2

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The career

Paul Scofield, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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195815 films1997

Current formLast 5: 6.78 vs career 7.09 (−0.31)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Paul by the numbers

Average

7.09

9 rated films

Vote weighted

7.12

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±0.52

rating spread

Career

40y

1958 to 1997

Total votes

224K

across every film

Best

7.8

The Train

Worst

6.4

Scorpio

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

1997	Robinson in Space	Narrator	·	418
1996	The Crucible	Judge Danforth	6.8	43,170
1994	Genesis: The Creation and the Flood	Narrator	·	938
1994	London	Narrator	·	843
1994	Quiz Show	Mark Van Doren	7.5	78,534
1992	Utz	Doctor Vaclav Orlik	·	272
1990	Hamlet	The Ghost	6.7	25,273
1989	When the Whales Came	The Birdman	·	489
1973	A Delicate Balance	Tobias	6.5	1,079
1973	Scorpio	Sergei Zharkov	6.4	6,248
1971	King Lear	King Lear	7.2	1,045
1970	Bartleby	The Accountant	·	504
1966	A Man for All Seasons	Sir Thomas More	7.7	40,876
1964	The Train	Von Waldheim	7.8	22,307
1958	Carve Her Name with Pride	Tony Fraser	7.2	2,114

Better together?

Paul Scofield's regulars

Patrick KeillerDirector and actor · 2 films

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Paul Scofield

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1995
Paul Scofield
Nominated
Best Actor · Academy Awards 1967
Paul Scofield
Won

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