Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)
86.1 TOPICAL actor score · #56 of 1,977 actors
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) has a TOPICAL actor score of 86.1 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 6 acting honours from 8 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1939-1948. Best films: Rebecca (1940), Spartacus (1960), Hamlet (1948).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours98
Prime95
Their movies85
Credits84
Career standing94
- Acting honours6 wins, 8 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Honorary Award; BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Prime1939-1948
- Credits87 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 23 scored films (19 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 94 languages
“He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Laurence Olivier's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Rebecca | 1940 | 1 |
| 93 | Spartacus | 1960 | 2 |
| 593 | Wuthering Heights | 1939 | 2 |
| 663 | Hamlet | 1948 | 1 |
| 1,118 | Sleuth | 1972 | 1 |
| 1,307 | Marathon Man | 1976 | 2 |
| 1,419 | Henry V | 1944 | 1 |
| 2,082 | The Boys from Brazil | 1978 | 2 |
| 2,142 | 49th Parallel | 1941 | 2 |
| 2,237 | Richard III | 1955 | 1 |
| 2,272 | Pride and Prejudice | 1940 | 2 |
| 2,599 | That Hamilton Woman | 1941 | 2 |
| 2,663 | Khartoum | 1966 | 2 |
| 2,954 | Othello | 1965 | 2 |
| 3,256 | A Little Romance | 1979 | 1 |
| 3,432 | Battle of Britain | 1969 | 7 |
| 3,503 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | 5 |
| 3,614 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1968 | 5 |
| 3,976 | Carrie | 1952 | 1 |
| 4,121 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | 2004 | 8 |
| 4,460 | The Entertainer | 1960 | 1 |
| 4,645 | The Prince and the Showgirl | 1957 | 2 |
| 5,835 | A Queen Is Crowned | 1953 | 1 |