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