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Acting

Paul Scofield

Career: Active from 1955 to 2000, busiest in 1994 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 28
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Quiz Show
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actor
1997 · Won
The Crucible
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1969 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
1969 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Leading Role
1967 · Won · 39th Academy Awards
A Man for All Seasons
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Leading Actor
1967 · Won
A Man for All Seasons
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1967 · Won
A Man for All Seasons
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
1956 · Won
That Lady
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role
1995 · Nominated · 67th Academy Awards
Quiz Show
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Scofield Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.5, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 6
Political Intrigue 5
Historical Setting 3
World War II 2
French Resistance 2
Espionage 2
Psychological Tension 2
British Cinema 2
Classic Adaptation 2
Social Satire 2
Character Study 2
Biographical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Discovering Hamlet

as The Ghost (archive footage)

2000s

1 title · average score 74

Kurosawa

74

as Kurosawa (voice)

1990s

11 titles · average score 69

Animal Farm

55

as Boxer (voice)

Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages

as Narrator (voice)

Robinson in Space

70

as Narrator (voice)

The Crucible

70

as Judge Thomas Danforth

The Little Riders

as Grandpa Roden

Martin Chuzzlewit

82

TV show · as Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit

Quiz Show

86

as Mark Van Doren

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

59

as Narrator (voice)

London

70

as Narrator (voice)

Utz

61

as Dr. Vaclav Orlik

Hamlet

69

as The Ghost

1980s

14 titles · average score 65

Henry V

82

as French King

When the Whales Came

64

as The Birdman

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

69

as Otto Frank

Mister Corbett's Ghost

as Mr. Corbett

Anna Karenina

64

as Karenin

Nineteen Nineteen

as Alexander Scherbatov

Summer Lightning

as Old Robert Clarke

A Kind of Alaska

as Dr. Hornby

A Song At Twilight

as Hugo Latymer

Come Into The Garden Maud

as Verner Conklin

The Potting Shed

as James Califer

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

48

as Narrator (voice)

1970s

7 titles · average score 63

The Ambassadors

as Lewis Lambert Strether

Playhouse

TV show · as Verner Conklin / Sir Hugo Latymer

Scorpio

51

as Sergei Zharkov

A Delicate Balance

65

as Tobias

Surrender To Everest

as Narrator

King Lear

69

as King Lear

Bartleby

65

as The Accountant

1960s

7 titles · average score 72

Male of the Species

as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C.

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Laurie / Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.

The Red Tent

64

as Main Judge (uncredited)

Male of the Species

TV show · as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.

A Man for All Seasons

79

as Thomas More

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Lewis Lambert Strether

The Train

83

as von Waldheim

1950s

3 titles · average score 65

Carve Her Name with Pride

52

as Tony Fraser

That Lady

59

as King Philip II of Spain

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Narrator (voice)