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