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
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
as Dr. Mierzwiak
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
as Author
Rush Hour (1998)
as Griffin
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Patriot (2000)
as Gen. Cornwallis
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Mr. Dashwood
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Cole
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Father Moore
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Fromm
Snowden (2016)
as Ewen MacAskill
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Hugh Fennyman
The Choice (2016)
as Dr. Shep
RocknRolla (2008)
as Lenny Cole
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
as William Lewis
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter Van Ruijven
Black Knight (2001)
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
The Green Hornet (2011)
as James Reid
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
as Sir Robert Beaumont
Unfinished Business (2015)
as Timothy McWinters
The Titan (2018)
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Appeal Prosecutor
The Ghost Writer (2010)
as Paul Emmett
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Arthur Edens
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Graham Dashwood
Duplicity (2009)
as Howard Tully
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Matt Fowler
The Full Monty (1997)
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Fox (voice)
If Only (2004)
as Taxi Driver
Belle (2013)
as Lord Mansfield
Wilde (1997)
as Marquess of Queensberry
The Debt (2010)
as Stefan Gold
Selma (2014)
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
as Paul Scherrer
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as The Fox (voice)
Burke & Hare (2010)
as Dr. Knox
Good People (2014)
as DI John Halden
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
as Dr. Chasuble
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
as Howard
Ride with the Devil (1999)
as Orton Brown
Priest (1995)
as Father Matthew Thomas
Normal (2003)
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Sir Robert Vansittart
Little Boy (2015)
as Fr. Oliver
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
as Prof. Loyen
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Hugh Stratton
The Last Kiss (2006)
as Stephen
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Goebbels (voice)
A Good Woman (2004)
as Tuppy
The Samaritan (2012)
as Xavier
Essex Boys (2000)
as John Dyke
The Woman He Loved (1988)
as Ernest Simpson
Denial (2016)
as Richard Rampton
The Happy Prince (2018)
as Father Dunne
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
as John Webster
The Conspirator (2011)
as Reverdy Johnson
Prince of Jutland (1994)
as Hardvendel
Recount (2008)
as James Baker
Stage Beauty (2004)
as Betterton
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Alfie Stevenson
Separate Lies (2005)
as James Manning
44 Inch Chest (2009)
as Archie
WWII in 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
A Business Affair (1994)
as Bob
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
as DI Charlie Resnick
Space Junk 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Jenny's Wedding (2015)
as Eddie
The Governess (1998)
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
Felony (2014)
as Detective Carl Summer
Chain of Fools (2001)
as Bollingsworth
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as Brother Dutton
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
as Leslie
The Man Who Saved Paris (—)
as Lester
Sharma and Beyond (1984)
as Vivian Archer
An Angel for May (2002)
as Sam Wheeler
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Bingley Crocker
Sometime in August (1990)
as Dr. Middleton
Wetherby (1985)
as Roger Braithwaite
Crossing the Floor (1996)
as David Hanratty
Burden (2018)
as Tom Griffin
Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992)
as DI Charlie Resnick
Another Life (2001)
as Mr. Carlton
Cold Enough for Snow (1997)
as Hugh Lloyd
Measure for Measure (1994)
as Duke Vincentio
Paper Mask (1990)
as Dr. Thorn
Dedication (2007)
as Rudy Holt
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
as Max Hagan
The Shadow-Line (1976)
as Ransome
Before You Go (2002)
as Frank
Bone in the Throat (2015)
as Charlie
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Silberbauer
A Number (2008)
as Salter
A Very Open Prison (1995)
as David Hanratty
First and Last (1989)
as Stephen
Squaring the Circle (1984)
as Rulewski
The Liar (—)
as Trefusis
Parker (1985)
as Tom
Jilting Joe (1998)
as Wyatt
Eskimo Day (1996)
as Hugh
Letting the Birds Go Free (1983)
as Eddie
Sakharov (1984)
Actor
Sylvia (1986)
as Keith
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994)
as Father McAteer