December 15, 2020 Tom Hulce Career Summary: Occupational Inheritance: Social Class: Middle; father worked for Ford Motor Company Race/Ethnicity/Religion Sex Orientation: Gay Family: Education: Training: Teacher/Inspirational Figure: Radio Debut: TV Debut: Stage Debut: Broadway Debut: Film Debut: Breakthrough Role: Oscar Role: Amadeus; aged  31 Other Noms: Other Awards: Frequent Collaborator: Screen Image: character actor Last […]

Waterston has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy Film Award, and Emmy awards, having starred in over 80 film and television productions during his 50-year career.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Courtenay achieved prominence in the 1960s with a series of acclaimed film roles, including The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1962)⁠, for which he received BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles⁠, and Doctor Zhivago (1965), for which he received the Best Supporting Actor nomination.

He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1979 for his performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway? and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1983 film Reuben, Reuben.

His solo career as comedy actor was heightened by the success of Hollywood films, particularly Foul Play (1978), 10 (1979) and Arthur (1981), for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.