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