Laurence Olivier

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1907 age 0

   Born

2. 1937 age 30

   CreditFire Over England

3. 1939 age 32

   CreditWuthering Heights

4. 1940 age 33

   Credit21 Days

   CreditPride and Prejudice

   CreditRebecca

5. 1941 age 34

   Credit49th Parallel

   CreditThat Hamilton Woman

6. 1944 age 37

   CreditHenry V

   CreditHenry Vdirector

   CreditHenry Vproducer

   CreditHenry Vscreenwriter

   CreditThe Volunteer

7. 1948 age 41

   CreditHamlet

   CreditHamletdirector

   CreditHamletproducer

   CreditHamletscreenwriter

8. 1952 age 45

   CreditCarrie

9. 1955 age 48

   CreditRichard III

   CreditRichard IIIdirector

   CreditRichard IIIproducer

   CreditRichard IIIscreenwriter

10. 1957 age 50

    CreditThe Prince and the Showgirl

    CreditThe Prince and the Showgirldirector

11. 1959 age 52

    CreditThe Moon and Sixpence

12. 1960 age 53

    CreditSpartacus

    CreditThe Entertainer

13. 1965 age 58

    CreditBunny Lake Is Missing

    CreditOthello

14. 1966 age 59

    CreditKhartoum

15. 1968 age 61

    CreditRomeo and Juliet

    CreditThe Shoes of the Fisherman

16. 1969 age 62

    CreditBattle of Britain

    CreditOh! What a Lovely War

17. 1971 age 64

    CreditNicholas and Alexandra

18. 1972 age 65

    CreditSleuth

19. 1975 age 68

    CreditLove Among the Ruins

20. 1976 age 69

    CreditMarathon Man

    CreditThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution

21. 1977 age 70

    CreditA Bridge Too Far

    CreditJesus of Nazareth

22. 1978 age 71

    CreditThe Boys from Brazil

23. 1979 age 72

    CreditA Little Romance

    CreditDracula

24. 1980 age 73

    CreditThe Jazz Singer

25. 1981 age 74

    CreditBrideshead Revisited

    CreditClash of the Titans

    CreditInchon

26. 1983 age 76

    CreditKing Lear

    CreditWagner

27. 1984 age 77

    CreditA Talent for Murder

    CreditThe Bounty

    CreditThe Last Days of Pompeii

28. 1985 age 78

    CreditWild Geese II

29. 1989 age 82

    Died

30. 2000 age 82

    CreditThe Filth and the Fury

31. 2004 age 82

    CreditSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

32. 2015 age 82

    CreditTrumbo

• RRRalph Richardson7 titles
• EFEdward Fox5 titles
• JGJohn Gielgud5 titles
• AKAlexander Korda4 titles
• VRVanessa Redgrave4 titles
• JAJohn Addison4 titles
• EKEsmond Knight4 titles
• NMNiall MacGinnis4 titles
• RFRoger Furse4 titles
• MCMichael Caine3 titles

• Spouse

  • VLVivien Leigh
  • JPJoan Plowright

• Studied under

  • CRClaude Rains

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Taught.

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  Photo:Allan warrenCC BY-SA 3.0

• Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is — and not so much a matter of being real. I mean, I would probably shock Lee Strasberg.

  Laurence Olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0

• If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life — it's an exhalation of life and I think you probably need a little touch of madness.

  Laurence Olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Never. The shot is too big for the cannon.

  Laurence Olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I think that bloody old National nearly killed me.

  Laurence Olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Like coming for a living.

  Laurence Olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0