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