Paul Scofield
Highest Rated: 100% Henry V (1989)
Lowest Rated: 40% Animal Farm (1999)
Birthday: Jan 21, 1922
Birthplace: Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England, UK
This commanding English stage actor began appearing in films in 1954 in "That Lady." Scofield has spent the majority of his career on stage since his debut in the 1930s. He spent the 40s and most of the 50s in various repertory companies honing his skills and appearing mostly in the classics.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 86% | Kurosawa | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2001 |
| 40% | 38% | Animal Farm | Boxer (Voice) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Robinson in Space | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 68% | 66% | The Crucible | Judge Thomas Danforth (Character) | $7.3M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Little Riders | Grandpa Roden (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 96% | 87% | Quiz Show | Mark Van Doren (Character) | $24.8M | 1994 |
| 76% | 59% | Hamlet | The Ghost (Character) | $18.2M | 1990 |
| 60% | 86% | When the Whales Came | The Birdman (Character) | $37K | 1989 |
| 100% | 89% | Henry V | French King (Character) | $10.2M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Otto Frank (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Anna Karenina | Karenin (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1919 | Alexander Scherbatov (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ambassadors | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Potting Shed | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 67% | 59% | A Delicate Balance | Tobias (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 67% | 41% | Scorpio | Zharkov (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 67% | 86% | King Lear | King Lear (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Bartleby | The Accountant (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 83% | 87% | A Man for All Seasons | Sir Thomas More (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 93% | 89% | The Train | Colonel von Waldheim (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Carve Her Name With Pride | Capt. Tony Fraser (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Lady | King Philip II of Spain (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summer Lightning | Old Robert Clarke (Character) | - | 0 |
QUOTES FROM Paul Scofield CHARACTERS
Thomas More says: I do none harm, I say none harm, I think none harm. And if this be not enough to keep a man alive, in good faith I long not to live.
Thomas More says: When Statesmen speak their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties they lead their country by a short route to chaos.
Thomas More says: When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.