Paul Scofield
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-01-21 in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
Died
2008-03-19
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Scofield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
BBC Play of the Month
as Lewis Lambert Strether
Playhouse
as Verner Conklin
Playhouse
as Sir Hugo Latymer
Quiz Show
as Mark Van Doren
King Lear
as King Lear
Kurosawa
as Kurosawa (voice)
Male of the Species
as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q.C.
A Man for All Seasons
as Thomas More
The Train
as von Waldheim
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Old Martin Chuzzlewit / Anthony Chuzzlewit
Henry V
as French King
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Narrator (voice)
The Crucible
as Judge Thomas Danforth
Bartleby
as The Accountant
Hamlet
as The Ghost
Animal Farm
as Boxer (voice)
Scorpio
as Sergei Zharkov
The Red Tent
as Main Judge (uncredited)
A Delicate Balance
as Tobias
Carve Her Name with Pride
as Tony Fraser