Tom Wilkinson
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 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
Batman Begins
Carmine Falcone
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dr. Mierzwiak
Prime Suspect
Peter Rawlins
Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Dashwood
Rush Hour
Griffin
Inspector Morse
Jake Normington
The Patriot
Gen. Cornwallis
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
The Governess
Mr. Charles Cavendish
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Author
The Ghost Writer
Paul Emmett
The Ghost and the Darkness
Sir Robert Beaumont
Another Life
Mr. Carlton
Paper Mask
Dr. Thorn
Burke & Hare
Dr. Knox
The Titan
Prof. Martin Collingwood
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Pieter Van Ruijven
Black Knight
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Michael Clayton
Arthur Edens
Performance
Duke Vincentio
Prince of Jutland
Hardvendel
Valkyrie
Friedrich Fromm
The Lone Ranger
Cole
Counterstrike
Cassandra's Dream
Howard
Shakespeare in Love
Hugh Fennyman
Felony
Detective Carl Summer
The Green Hornet
James Reid
Ride with the Devil
Orton Brown
A Good Woman
Tuppy
Separate Lies
James Manning
Jackboots on Whitehall
Goebbels (voice)
Lovejoy
Ashley Wilkes
Snowden
Ewen MacAskill
Wilde
Marquess of Queensberry
The Gruffalo
Fox (voice)
RocknRolla
Lenny Cole
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Unfinished Business
Timothy McWinters
Bone in the Throat
Charlie
A Number
Salter
The Kennedys
Joe Kennedy Sr.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Father Moore
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Robert Hathall
The Shadow-Line
Ransome
The Happy Prince
Father Dunne
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Prof. Loyen
A Very Open Prison
David Hanratty
Little Boy
Fr. Oliver
SAS: Red Notice
William Lewis
Screen Two
Dr. Middleton
Screen Two
Father McAteer
Screen Two
Home Secretary
Screen Two
David Hanratty
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
The Samaritan
Xavier
A Business Affair
Bob
An Angel for May
Sam Wheeler
The Gathering Storm
Sir Robert Vansittart
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DI Charlie Resnick
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Leslie
The Last Kiss
Stephen
First and Last
Stephen
The Catcher Was a Spy
Paul Scherrer
Oscar and Lucinda
Hugh Stratton
Normal
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
The Woman He Loved
Ernest Simpson
The Liar
Trefusis
In the Bedroom
Matt Fowler
David Copperfield
Narrator (voice)
If Only
Taxi Driver
Sometime in August
Dr. Middleton
Watership Down
Threarah (voice)
Eskimo Day
Hugh
The Choice
Dr. Shep
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Detective Inspector Neele
Duplicity
Howard Tully
The Night of the White Pants
Max Hagan
Selma
President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Debt
Stefan Gold
Stage Beauty
Betterton
Belgravia
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Graham Dashwood
Dedication
Rudy Holt
The Conspirator
Reverdy Johnson
In the Name of the Father
Appeal Prosecutor
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Sakharov
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Buckingham (voice)
Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
The Gruffalo's Child
The Fox (voice)
Belle
Lord Mansfield
Priest
Father Matthew Thomas
Sharma and Beyond
Vivian Archer
Letting the Birds Go Free
Eddie
Burden
Tom Griffin
Squaring the Circle
Rulewski
Denial
Richard Rampton
Jenny's Wedding
Eddie
Wetherby
Roger Braithwaite
WWII in 3D
Narrator (voice)
Recount
James Baker
44 Inch Chest
Archie
Good People
DI John Halden
Essex Boys
John Dyke
Piccadilly Jim
Bingley Crocker
Crossing the Floor
David Hanratty
Ripley Under Ground
John Webster
Crime and Punishment
Cadet
Chain of Fools
Bollingsworth
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Gerald Lacklander
The Importance of Being Earnest
Dr. Chasuble
Stay Lucky
Allon
This Beautiful Fantastic
Alfie Stevenson
Martin Chuzzlewit
Seth Pecksniff
Happy Families
Jack
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Dr. Bird (Voice)
An Angel For May
TECX
Hugo Gillon
First Among Equals
Raymond Gould
Space Junk 3D
Narrator (voice)
Parker
Tom
Spyship
Martin Taylor
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Brother Dutton
Before You Go
Frank
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Silberbauer
Cold Enough for Snow
Hugh Lloyd
The Man Who Saved Paris
Lester
Strangers and Brothers
George Passant
Jilting Joe
Wyatt
Resnick: Rough Treatment
DI Charlie Resnick
An Exchange of Fire
President Slajek
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Father McAteer
Sylvia
Keith