Laurence Olivier Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Laurence Olivier been in? This complete Laurence Olivier filmography lists 54 credited roles (47 films, 7 TV series), in chronological order from 1937 to 2021, with links to our full guides where available.

Laurence Olivier movies in order

• Fire Over England (1937) as Michael Ingolby
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938) as Everard Logan
• Q Planes (1939) as Tony McVane
• Wuthering Heights (1939) as Heathcliff
• 21 Days (1940) as Larry Durrant
• Rebecca (1940) as Maxim de Winter
• Pride and Prejudice (1940) as Mr. Darcy
• That Hamilton Woman (1941) as Lord Horatio Nelson
• 49th Parallel (1941) as Johnnie, the Trapper
• This Happy Breed (1944) as Narrator (voice)
• Henry V (1944) as King Henry
• Hamlet (1948) as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
• The Magic Box (1952) as Police Constable 94-B
• Carrie (1952) as George Hurstwood
• Richard III (1955) as Richard III
• The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) as The Regent
• The Devil's Disciple (1959) as Gen. Burgoyne
• The Entertainer (1960) as Archie Rice
• Spartacus (1960) as Marcus Licinius Crassus
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) as Newhouse
• Othello (1965) as Othello
• Khartoum (1966) as Mahdi
• Romeo and Juliet (1968) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as Field Marshal Sir John French
• Battle of Britain (1969) as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Count Witte
• Sleuth (1972) as Andrew Wyke
• Marathon Man (1976) as Dr. Christian Szell
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) as Professor James Moriarty
• A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Dr. Jan Spaander
• The Betsy (1978) as Loren Hardeman
• The Boys from Brazil (1978) as Ezra Lieberman
• A Little Romance (1979) as Julius
• Dracula (1979) as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
• The Jazz Singer (1980) as Cantor Rabinovitch
• Clash of the Titans (1981) as Zeus
• The Jigsaw Man (1983) as Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
• The Bounty (1984) as Admiral Hood
• Wild Geese II (1985) as Rudolf Hess
• War Requiem (1989) as The Old Soldier
• The Filth and the Fury (2000) as Richard III (archive footage)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Self (archive footage)
• Nothing Like a Dame (2018) as Self (archive footage)
• Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) as Self (archive footage)
• Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) as Self (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show (1967) as Self - Audience Member
• Great Performances (1971) as Harry
• Great Performances (1971) as Self
• The World at War (1973) as Narrator
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Nicodemus
• Brideshead Revisited (1981) as Alexander Flyte

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