1922-01-21 ( 103 years old ) in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
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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Movies
Discovering Hamlet
2011-11-01
Kurosawa
2000-12-24
Animal Farm
1999-10-03
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
1999-01-01
Robinson in Space
1997-01-10
The Crucible
1996-11-27
The Little Riders
1996-03-23
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
1994-09-16
Quiz Show
1994-08-25
London
1994-06-03
Utz
1992-03-15
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
1991-01-01
Hamlet
1990-12-19
Henry V
1989-10-05
When the Whales Came
1989-03-28
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988-04-17
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
1987-12-31
Nineteen Nineteen
1985-11-14
Summer Lightning
1985-05-30
Anna Karenina
1985-01-01
A Kind of Alaska
1984-12-16
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984-02-11
A Song At Twilight
1982-07-09
Come Into The Garden Maud
1982-07-07
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980-05-08
The Ambassadors
1977-03-13
A Delicate Balance
1973-11-12
Scorpio
1973-04-11
The Hotel in Amsterdam
1971-01-02
Bartleby
1970-10-30
King Lear
1970-07-10
The Red Tent
1969-12-23
Male of the Species
1969-01-03
Tell Me Lies
1968-02-02
A Man for All Seasons
1966-12-13
The Train
1964-09-24
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958-02-18
That Lady
1955-03-05
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