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