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Tom Wilkinson
Actor
Born February 5, 1948Died December 30, 2023 (75 years)
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).
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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Tom Wilkinson Filmography
| 2023 | The Full Monty (TV Series) · as Gerald Arthur Cooper |
| 2021 | SAS: Rise of the Black Swan · as William Lewis |
| 2021 | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets · as Dr. Bird (voice) |
| 2020 | Belgravia (TV Series) · as Peregrine, Earl Of Brockenhurst |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as Threarah (voice) |
| 2018 | Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back · as Leslie |
| 2018 | Burden · as Tom Griffin |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy · as Paul Scherrer |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince · as Father Dunne |
| 2018 | The Titan · as Prof. Martin Collingwood |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | This Beautiful Fantastic · as Alfie Stevenson |
| 2016 | Snowden · as Ewen Macaskill |
| 2016 | The Choice · as Dr. Shep |
| 2015 | Jenny's Wedding · as Eddie |
| 2015 | Little Boy · as Fr. Oliver |
| 2015 | Bone in the Throat · as Charlie |
| 2015 | Unfinished Business · as Timothy Mcwinters |
| 2014 | Selma · as President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2014 | Good People · as Di John Halden |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel · as Author |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger · as Cole |
| 2013 | Belle · as Lord Mansfield |
| 2012 | The Samaritan · as Xavier |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Behind the Story: Lights, Colours and Smiles · as Graham Dashwood |
| 2011 | The Gruffalo's Child · as The Fox (voice) |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol · as Imf Secretary (uncredited) |
| 2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Graham Dashwood |
| 2011 | The Kennedys (TV Series) · as Joe Kennedy Sr. |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet · as James Reid |
| 2011 | WWII in · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Burke and Hare · as Dr. Knox |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall · as Goebbels (voice) |
| 2010 | The Debt · as Stefan Gold |
| 2010 | The Conspirator · as Reverdy Johnson |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer · as Paul Emmett |
| 2009 | The Gruffalo · as Fox (voice) |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest · as Archie |
| 2009 | Duplicity · as Howard Tully |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Friedrich Fromm |
| 2008 | A Number · as Salter |
| 2008 | RocknRolla · as Lenny Cole |
| 2008 | Recount · as James Baker |
| 2008 | John Adams (TV Series) · as Benjamin Franklin |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream · as Howard |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton · as Arthur Edens |
| 2007 | Dedication · as Rudy Holt |
| 2006 | The Last Kiss · as Stephen |
| 2006 | The Night of the White Pants · as Max Hagan |
| 2005 | Separate Lies · as James Manning |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground · as John Webster |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose · as Father Moore |
| 2005 | Batman Begins · as Carmine Falcone |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim · as Bingley Crocker |
| 2004 | A Good Woman · as Tuppy |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty · as Betterton |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Dr. Mierzwiak |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring · as Pieter Van Ruijven |
| 2003 | Normal · as Roy 'ruth' Applewood |
| 2002 | An Angel for May · as Sam Wheeler |
| 2002 | Before You Go · as Frank |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Dr. Chasuble |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm · as Sir Robert Vansittart |
| 2002 | An Angel For May (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Day I Died · as Narrator |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom · as Matt Fowler |
| 2001 | Black Knight · as Sir Knolte Of Marlborough |
| 2001 | Another Life · as Mr. Carlton |
| 2000 | Chain of Fools · as Bollingsworth |
| 2000 | Essex Boys · as John Dyke |
| 2000 | The Patriot · as Gen. Cornwallis |
| 1999 | David Copperfield (1999) (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil · as Orton Brown |
| 1999 | Molokai · as Brother Dutton |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love · as Hugh Fennyman |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe · as Wyatt |
| 1998 | Rush Hour · as Griffin |
| 1998 | The Governess · as Mr. Charles Cavendish |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda · as Hugh Stratton |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow · as Hugh Lloyd |
| 1997 | Wilde · as Marquess Of Queensberry |
| 1997 | The Full Monty · as Gerald Arthur Cooper |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow · as Prof. Loyen |
| 1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness · as Sir Robert Beaumont |
| 1996 | Interview Day · as Hugh |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Mr. Dashwood |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit (TV Series) · as Seth Pecksniff |
| 1994 | A Business Affair · as Bob |
| 1994 | Royal Deceit · as Hardvendel |
| 1994 | Priest · as Father Matthew Thomas |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father · as Appeal Prosecutor |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Buckingham (voice) |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Duke Vincentio |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect (TV Series) · as Peter Rawlins |
| 1990 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) · as Gerald Lacklander |
| 1990 | Paper Mask · as Dr. Thorn |
| 1990 | Counterstrike (TV Series) |
| 1989 | First and Last · as Stephen |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky (TV Series) · as Allon |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank · as Silberbauer |
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved · as Ernest Simpson |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Robert Hathall |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Jake Normington |
| 1986 | First Among Equals (TV Series) · as Raymond Gould |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Ashley Wilkes |
| 1985 | Happy Families (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | Sylvia · as Keith |
| 1985 | Bones · as Tom |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (TV Series) · as Detective Inspector Neele |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as David Hanratty |
| 1984 | Miss Marple (TV Series) · as Detective Inspector Neele |
| 1984 | Travelling Man (TV Series) · as 'granny' Jackson |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle · as Rulewski |
| 1984 | Sharma and Beyond · as Vivian Archer |
| 1984 | Strangers and Brothers (TV Series) · as George Passant |
| 1983 | Spyship (TV Series) · as Martin Taylor |
| 1979 | Crime and Punishment (1979) (TV Series) · as Cadet |
| 1976 | The Shadow Line · as Ransome |
| 1953 | Panorama (TV Series) · as Czuma |
| 2017 | 2017 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | Belle: The Story · as Self |
| 2014 | Belle: The History Behind the Painting · as Self |
| 2011 | Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |