Tom Wilkinson
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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023) was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making his West End debut portraying Horatio in Hamlet (1980) for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He returned to the West End playing Dr. Stockmann in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People (1988) receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival nomination. Wilkinson received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Full Monty (1997) as well as two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actor for In the Bedroom (2001) and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clayton (2007). He became known as a character actor, acting in numerous films such as In the Name of the Father (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Patriot (2000), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Valkyrie (2008), The Ghost Writer (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Belle (2013), Selma (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Denial (2016). In 2009 he won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for playing Benjamin Franklin in the HBO limited series John Adams (2008). His other Emmy-nominated roles were as Roy/Ruth Applewood in the HBO film Normal (2003), James Baker in the HBO film Recount (2008), and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in the limited series The Kennedys (2011).
Known for
Credits
Batman Begins (2005)
as Carmine Falcone
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
as Author
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
as Dr. Mierzwiak
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
Rush Hour (1998)
as Griffin
The Patriot (2000)
as Gen. Cornwallis
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Mr. Dashwood
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Cole
The Green Hornet (2011)
as James Reid
Black Knight (2001)
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Father Moore
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Fromm
The Ghost Writer (2010)
as Paul Emmett
In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Appeal Prosecutor
Snowden (2016)
as Ewen MacAskill
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Hugh Fennyman
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
as William Lewis
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Fox (voice)
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Arthur Edens
The Choice (2016)
as Dr. Shep
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Graham Dashwood
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter Van Ruijven
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
as Sir Robert Beaumont
The Full Monty (1997)
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Ride with the Devil (1999)
as Orton Brown
Duplicity (2009)
as Howard Tully
The Titan (2018)
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
Good People (2014)
as DI John Halden
RocknRolla (2008)
as Lenny Cole
Unfinished Business (2015)
as Timothy McWinters
The Conspirator (2011)
as Reverdy Johnson
Jenny's Wedding (2015)
as Eddie
Little Boy (2015)
as Fr. Oliver
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
as Howard
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Matt Fowler
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
as Paul Scherrer
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as The Fox (voice)
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Alfie Stevenson
If Only (2004)
as Taxi Driver
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
as Leslie
The Debt (2010)
as Stefan Gold
Selma (2014)
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
Wilde (1997)
as Marquess of Queensberry
The Last Kiss (2006)
as Stephen
Burke & Hare (2010)
as Dr. Knox
A Good Woman (2004)
as Tuppy
The Happy Prince (2018)
as Father Dunne
Belle (2013)
as Lord Mansfield
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
as Prof. Loyen
Separate Lies (2005)
as James Manning
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
as Dr. Chasuble
The Samaritan (2012)
as Xavier
Stage Beauty (2004)
as Betterton
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Sir Robert Vansittart
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Hugh Stratton
Priest (1995)
as Father Matthew Thomas
Denial (2016)
as Richard Rampton
Ripley Under Ground (2007)
as John Webster
44 Inch Chest (2009)
as Archie
An Angel for May (2002)
as Sam Wheeler
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
Essex Boys (2000)
as John Dyke
Chain of Fools (2001)
as Bollingsworth
The Woman He Loved (1988)
as Ernest Simpson
Recount (2008)
as James Baker
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as Brother Dutton
Prince of Jutland (1994)
as Hardvendel
A Very Open Prison (1995)
as David Hanratty
The Governess (1998)
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
A Business Affair (1994)
as Bob
Normal (2003)
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
as Max Hagan
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Bingley Crocker
Felony (2014)
as Detective Carl Summer
The Man Who Saved Paris (—)
as Lester
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Goebbels (voice)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994)
as Father McAteer
Bone in the Throat (2015)
as Charlie
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Silberbauer
Burden (2018)
as Tom Griffin
Cold Enough for Snow (1997)
as Hugh Lloyd
Paper Mask (1990)
as Dr. Thorn
Squaring the Circle (1984)
as Rulewski
Dedication (2007)
as Rudy Holt
Crossing the Floor (1996)
as David Hanratty
Measure for Measure (1994)
as Duke Vincentio
Wetherby (1985)
as Roger Braithwaite
Eskimo Day (1996)
as Hugh
Sharma and Beyond (1984)
as Vivian Archer
First and Last (1989)
as Stephen
Sometime in August (1990)
as Dr. Middleton
King Richard III (1994)
as Buckingham (voice)
Letting the Birds Go Free (1983)
as Eddie
Another Life (2001)
as Mr. Carlton
Sakharov (1984)
Actor
Before You Go (2002)
as Frank
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
as DI Charlie Resnick
The Liar (—)
as Trefusis
Parker (1985)
as Tom
Space Junk 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992)
as DI Charlie Resnick
WWII in 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
A Number (2008)
as Salter
The Shadow-Line (1976)
as Ransome
Jilting Joe (1998)
as Wyatt
Sylvia (1986)
as Keith