Paul Scofield
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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Acted in
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as The Ghost (archive footage)
Kurosawa
2000
as Kurosawa (voice)
Animal Farm
1999
as Boxer (voice)
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Robinson in Space
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Crucible
1996
as Judge Thomas Danforth
The Little Riders
1996
as Grandpa Roden
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Old Martin Chuzzlewit
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Quiz Show
1994
as Mark Van Doren
London
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Utz
1992
as Dr. Vaclav Orlik
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991
as The Ghost (archive footage)
Hamlet
1990
as The Ghost
Henry V
1989
as French King
When the Whales Came
1989
as The Birdman
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Otto Frank
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987
as Mr. Corbett
Nineteen Nineteen
1985
as Alexander Scherbatov
Summer Lightning
1985
as Old Robert Clarke
Anna Karenina
1985
as Karenin
A Kind of Alaska
1984
as Dr. Hornby
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1983
as Narrator (voice)
A Song At Twilight
1982
as Hugo Latymer
Come Into The Garden Maud
1982
as Verner Conklin
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980
as Narrator (voice)
The Ambassadors
1977
as Lewis Lambert Strether
A Delicate Balance
1973
as Tobias
Scorpio
1973
as Sergei Zharkov
King Lear
1971
as King Lear
The Hotel in Amsterdam
1971
Bartleby
1970
as The Accountant
The Red Tent
1969
as Main Judge (uncredited)
Male of the Species
1969
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
Male of the Species
1969
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.
Tell Me Lies
1968
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as Thomas More
The Train
1964
as von Waldheim
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Tony Fraser
That Lady
1955
as King Philip II of Spain
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Narrator (voice)