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