Paul Scofield
39 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 21, 1922
- Died
- Mar 19, 2008 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Biography
David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a seven-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, Emmy, and Tony for his work. He won the three awards in a seven-year span, the fastest of any performer to accomplish the feat.
Scofield received Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play at the 1962 Tony Awards for portraying Sir Thomas More in the Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons. Four years later, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor when he reprised the role in the 1966 film adaptation, making him one of nine to receive a Tony and Academy Award for the same role. His Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie was achieved for the 1969 television film Male of the Species.
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Preferring the stage to the screen and putting his family before his career, Scofield nonetheless established a reputation as one of the greatest Shakespearean performers. Among other accolades, his performance as Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show (1994) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the BAFTA Awards for portraying Thomas Danforth in The Crucible (1996). Scofield declined the honour of a knighthood, but was appointed CBE in 1956 and became a Companion of Honour in 2001.
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Known for
Paul Scofield: movies and TV shows
Acting (46)
- 2011 Discovering Hamlet
as The Ghost (archive footage)
- 2000 Kurosawa
as Kurosawa (voice)
- 1999 Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
- 1999 Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 Robinson in Space
as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 The Crucible
as Judge Thomas Danforth
- 1996 The Little Riders
as Grandpa Roden
- 1994
- 1994 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 Quiz Show
as Mark Van Doren
- 1994 London
as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 Utz
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
- 1990 Hamlet
as The Ghost
- 1989 Henry V
as French King
- 1989 When the Whales Came
as The Birdman
- 1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Otto Frank
- 1987 Mister Corbett's Ghost
as Mr. Corbett
- 1985 Nineteen Nineteen
as Alexander Scherbatov
- 1985 Summer Lightning
as Old Robert Clarke
- 1985 Anna Karenina
as Karenin
- 1984 A Kind of Alaska
as Dr. Hornby
- 1984 The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 A Song At Twilight
as Hugo Latymer
- 1982 Come Into The Garden Maud
as Verner Conklin
- 1981 The Potting Shed
as James Califer
- 1981
- 1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 The Ambassadors
as Lewis Lambert Strether
- 1974
- 1973 A Delicate Balance
as Tobias
- 1973 Scorpio
as Sergei Zharkov
- 1971 Surrender To Everest
as Narrator
- 1971
- 1970 Bartleby
as The Accountant
- 1970 King Lear
as King Lear
- 1969 The Red Tent
as Main Judge (uncredited)
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Male of the Species
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
- 1968
- 1966 A Man for All Seasons
as Thomas More
- 1965
- 1964 The Train
as von Waldheim
- 1958 Carve Her Name with Pride
as Tony Fraser
- 1955 That Lady
as King Philip II of Spain
- 1951