Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Tom Courtenay
 
				
				
						 Caption: Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Tom Courtenay
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack
						Born: February 25, 1937
						Star sign: Pisces
						Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
						Known for: Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Golden Compass (2007), Quartet (2012), Billy Liar (1963)
						Source: IMDB
						Acting chameleon Sir Tom Courtenay, along with Sirs Alan Bates and Albert Finney, became front-runners in an up-and-coming company of rebel upstarts who created quite a stir in British "kitchen sink" cinema during the early 60s. An undying love for the theatre, however, had Courtenay channeling a different course than the afore-mentioned greats ...