Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, to an Italian father and a Scottish-Irish mother, Tom Conti trained at Hamilton Park St Aloysius’ College before honing his craft at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and joining the Dundee Repertory in 1959. His stage work earned him both a Tony for Best Actor in a Play and a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway?, while a…
