Paul Scofield
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-01-21
Day of Death
2008-03-19 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Paul Scofield
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.
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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Acting
(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)
Quiz Show
as Mark Van Doren
(1994)
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
London
as Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Utz
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
(1991)
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
as The Ghost (archive footage)
(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)
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
as Mr. Corbett
(1985)
Anna Karenina
as Karenin
(1985)
Nineteen Nineteen
as Alexander Scherbatov
(1985)
Summer Lightning
as Old Robert Clarke
(1984)
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
A Kind of Alaska
as Dr. Hornby
(1982)
Come Into The Garden Maud
as Verner Conklin
(1982)
A Song At Twilight
as Hugo Latymer
(1980)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Narrator (voice)
(1977)
The Ambassadors
as Lewis Lambert Strether
(1973)
Scorpio
as Sergei Zharkov
(1973)
A Delicate Balance
as Tobias
(1971)
(1970)
King Lear
as King Lear
(1970)
Bartleby
as The Accountant
(1969)
The Red Tent
as Main Judge (uncredited)
(1969)
Male of the Species
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
(1968)
(1966)
A Man for All Seasons
as Thomas More
(1964)
The Train
as von Waldheim
(1958)
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Tony Fraser
(1955)
That Lady
as King Philip II of Spain