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Acting · age 89

Tom Courtenay

Best rated: Doctor Zhivago (7.9)

Films
31
Avg rating
6.58
Peak run
1962’65
Oscar noms
2
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Tom Courtenay, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1962 to 1965, 7.522345678197019801990200020102020Doctor Zhivago 7.9Leonard Part 6 2.2Career avg 6.58

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Tom Courtenay's career barcodecoolhot
196231 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.74 vs career 6.58 (+0.16)
  1. W45 Years2015 · 7.1+0.5
  2. WThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society2018 · 7.3+0.7
  3. LKing of Thieves2018 · 5.6−1.0
  4. WThe Aeronauts2019 · 6.60.0
  5. WSummerland2020 · 7.1+0.5
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Tom by the numbers

Average
6.58
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±1.18
rating spread
Career
65y
1962 to 2026
Total votes
621K
across every film
Best
7.9
Doctor Zhivago
Worst
2.2
Leonard Part 6
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026Queen at Sea posterQueen at SeaMartin·430
2020Summerland posterSummerlandMr Sullivan7.110,924
2019The Aeronauts posterThe AeronautsArthur Glaisher6.640,591
2018The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society posterThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyEben Ramsey7.358,710
2018King of Thieves posterKing of ThievesKenny Collins5.618,008
2015Barney ThomsonChief Superintendent McManaman6.37,031
201545 Years poster45 YearsGeoff Mercer7.136,919
2013Night Train to Lisbon posterNight Train to LisbonOlder João Eça6.822,067
2012Gambit posterGambitThe Major5.727,043
2012Quartet posterQuartetReggie Paget6.822,391
2007The Golden Compass posterThe Golden CompassFarder Coram6.1205K
2007FloodLeonard Morrison4.87,508
2001Last OrdersVic6.97,251
1999Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Harold Smith6.41,305
1991The Last ButterflyAntoine Moreau·356
1991Let Him Have ItWilliam Bentley7.14,067
1987Happy New YearEdward Saunders·818
1987Leonard Part 6Frayn2.28,894
1983The DresserNorman7.46,456
1971Catch Me a SpyBaxter Clarke·485
Better together?

Tom Courtenay's regulars

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

Takes

On Tom Courtenay

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1984
    Tom Courtenay
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1966
    Tom Courtenay
    Nominated

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