Acting
Laurence Olivier
- Titles
- 136movies23TV shows
- Career
Active from 1930 to 2004, with a break from 1990 to 2003, busiest in 1976 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 67top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The World at War91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.4
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 14
- Historical Drama 9
- Character-Driven 8
- Historical Setting 6
- Classic Hollywood 6
- Character Study 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Class Conflict 4
- Epic Scale 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Historical Romance 3
- Witty Dialogue 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Joan PlowrightActorUncle Vanya, The Entertainer, Daphne Laureola, The Merchant of Venice, Three Sisters, +1 more
Vivien LeighActorThat Hamilton Woman, 21 Days, Fire Over England, Private Lives, Rebecca, +1 more
Felix AylmerActorHamlet, Henry V, The Demi-Paradise, As You Like It, The Temporary Widow
Ralph RichardsonActorRichard III, Khartoum, Wagner, The Divorce of Lady X, Q Planes
William WaltonComposerRichard III, Hamlet, Henry V, As You Like It, Three Sisters
Alan BatesActorThe Entertainer, A Voyage Round My Father, The Collection, Three Sisters
Vanessa RedgraveActorPeter the Great, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Wagner, Oh! What a Lovely War
Oswald MorrisCinematographerSleuth, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Term of Trial, The Entertainer
Michael CaineActorBattle of Britain, Sleuth, The Jigsaw Man
John GielgudActorRichard III, Wagner, The Shoes of the Fisherman
Marilyn MonroeActorThe Prince and the Showgirl, The Body of Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe
Robert LangActorOthello, Uncle Vanya, The Dance of Death
Movies and TV shows
1052020s
1 title
2010s
1 title
as Hamlet (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles · average score 73
as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
as archive footage
as Richard III (archive footage)
1990s
1 title
as Superintendent Newhouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
19 titles · average score 60
as The Old Soldier
TV show · as Harry Burrard
TV show · as King William III of Orange
as Clifford Mortimer
as Henry Breasley
TV show · as Gaius
as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
as King Lear
as Dr. Anthony Wainwright
as Joe Halpern
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
as Cantor Rabinovitch
1970s
26 titles · average score 64
as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
as Julius
as Ezra Lieberman
as Loren Hardeman
as Dr. Christian Szell
as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
as Big Daddy
as Professor James Moriarty
TV show · as Narrator
as Shylock
as Andrew Wyke
as Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
1960s
17 titles · average score 69
as Field Marshal Sir John French
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
as Edgar
as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
as Mahdi
as Newhouse
as Othello
as Dr. Astrov
as Priest
as Graham Weir
as Marcus Licinius Crassus
as Archie Rice
1950s
10 titles · average score 68
as Gen. Burgoyne
as Charles Strickland
as The Regent
as Richard III
as MacHeath
as Narrator
as Narrator
as George Hurstwood
as Police Constable 94-B
as Maxim de winter
1940s
12 titles · average score 75
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
as King Henry
as Narrator (voice)
as Ivan Kouznetsoff
as Narrator
as Johnnie, the Trapper
as Lord Horatio Nelson
as Narrator (voice)
as Maxim de Winter
as Mr. Darcy
as Larry Durrant
as Elyot Chase
1930s
15 titles · average score 55
as Heathcliff
as Tony McVane
as Everard Logan
as Michael Ingolby
as Orlando
as Captain Ivan Ignatoff
as Nicholas Randall
as Clive Dering
as Nicholas 'Nick' Allen
as Julian Rolfe
as Lieutenant Ned Nichols
as Vincent Lunardi