Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 05, 1948
Died
Dec 30, 2023
Place of Birth
Leeds, England, UK
Credits
135 titles
Tom Wilkinson
Biography
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
Filmography
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
SAS: Red Notice
William Lewis
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Dr. Bird (Voice)
Belgravia
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Watership Down
Threarah (voice)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Leslie
Burden
Tom Griffin
The Catcher Was a Spy
Paul Scherrer
The Happy Prince
Father Dunne
The Titan
Prof. Martin Collingwood
This Beautiful Fantastic
Alfie Stevenson
Denial
Richard Rampton
Snowden
Ewen MacAskill
The Choice
Dr. Shep
Jenny's Wedding
Eddie
Little Boy
Fr. Oliver
Bone in the Throat
Charlie
Unfinished Business
Timothy McWinters
Selma
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Felony
Detective Carl Summer
Good People
DI John Halden
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Author
The Lone Ranger
Cole
Belle
Lord Mansfield
The Samaritan
Xavier
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Graham Dashwood
WWII in 3D
Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D
Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo's Child
The Fox (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Conspirator
Reverdy Johnson
The Kennedys
Joe Kennedy Sr.
The Green Hornet
James Reid
Burke & Hare
Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall
Goebbels (voice)
The Debt
Stefan Gold
The Ghost Writer
Paul Emmett
The Gruffalo
Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
Archie
Duplicity
Howard Tully
Valkyrie
Friedrich Fromm
A Number
Salter
RocknRolla
Lenny Cole
Recount
James Baker
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Cassandra's Dream
Howard
Michael Clayton
Arthur Edens
Dedication
Rudy Holt
The Last Kiss
Stephen
The Night of the White Pants
Max Hagan