Tom Wilkinson
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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
Credits
Batman Begins (2005)
as Carmine Falcone
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
as Dr. Mierzwiak
Rush Hour (1998)
as Griffin
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
as Author
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Patriot (2000)
as Gen. Cornwallis
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Mr. Dashwood
The Lone Ranger (2013)
as Cole
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
as Father Moore
Valkyrie (2008)
as Friedrich Fromm
The Choice (2016)
as Dr. Shep
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
as Sir Robert Beaumont
Black Knight (2001)
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
The Green Hornet (2011)
as James Reid
Snowden (2016)
as Ewen MacAskill
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Hugh Fennyman
RocknRolla (2008)
as Lenny Cole
Priest (1995)
as Father Matthew Thomas
In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Appeal Prosecutor
SAS: Red Notice (2021)
as William Lewis
The Titan (2018)
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
Michael Clayton (2007)
as Arthur Edens
If Only (2004)
as Taxi Driver
In the Bedroom (2001)
as Matt Fowler
The Full Monty (1997)
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Selma (2014)
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
as Pieter Van Ruijven
The Debt (2010)
as Stefan Gold
The Gruffalo (2009)
as Fox (voice)
Unfinished Business (2015)
as Timothy McWinters
Belle (2013)
as Lord Mansfield
Good People (2014)
as DI John Halden
Little Boy (2015)
as Fr. Oliver
Duplicity (2009)
as Howard Tully
Burke & Hare (2010)
as Dr. Knox
Wilde (1997)
as Marquess of Queensberry
The Ghost Writer (2010)
as Paul Emmett
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Graham Dashwood
The Conspirator (2011)
as Reverdy Johnson
The Last Kiss (2006)
as Stephen
A Good Woman (2004)
as Tuppy
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
as Paul Scherrer
Ride with the Devil (1999)
as Orton Brown
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
as Howard
Denial (2016)
as Richard Rampton
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
as Dr. Chasuble
The Samaritan (2012)
as Xavier
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
as Prof. Loyen
44 Inch Chest (2009)
as Archie
Stage Beauty (2004)
as Betterton
The Gathering Storm (2002)
as Sir Robert Vansittart
Essex Boys (2000)
as John Dyke
Recount (2008)
as James Baker
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
as Alfie Stevenson
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
as Leslie
The Governess (1998)
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
Separate Lies (2005)
as James Manning
The Happy Prince (2018)
as Father Dunne
Burden (2018)
as Tom Griffin
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Hugh Stratton
Normal (2003)
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
Chain of Fools (2001)
as Bollingsworth
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
as The Fox (voice)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Goebbels (voice)
Before You Go (2002)
as Frank
Wetherby (1985)
as Roger Braithwaite
Jenny's Wedding (2015)
as Eddie
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as Brother Dutton
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Bingley Crocker
Felony (2014)
as Detective Carl Summer
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
as Silberbauer
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
as John Webster
Prince of Jutland (1994)
as Hardvendel
Eskimo Day (1996)
as Hugh
Another Life (2001)
as Mr. Carlton
Paper Mask (1990)
as Dr. Thorn
The Liar (—)
as Trefusis
A Number (2008)
as Salter
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
Dedication (2007)
as Rudy Holt
The Woman He Loved (1988)
as Ernest Simpson
A Business Affair (1994)
as Bob
The Shadow-Line (1976)
as Ransome
Bone in the Throat (2015)
as Charlie
Crossing the Floor (1996)
as David Hanratty
WWII in 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994)
as Father McAteer
An Angel for May (2002)
as Sam Wheeler
First and Last (1989)
as Stephen
Cold Enough for Snow (1997)
as Hugh Lloyd
Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992)
as DI Charlie Resnick
The Man Who Saved Paris (—)
as Lester
Jilting Joe (1998)
as Wyatt
Sakharov (1984)
Actor
Sylvia (1986)
as Keith
Measure for Measure (1994)
as Duke Vincentio
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
as Max Hagan
A Very Open Prison (1995)
as David Hanratty
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
as DI Charlie Resnick
Squaring the Circle (1984)
as Rulewski
Parker (1985)
as Tom
Sharma and Beyond (1984)
as Vivian Archer
Letting the Birds Go Free (1983)
as Eddie
Sometime in August (1990)
as Dr. Middleton