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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 5, 1948
Place of Birth:
Leeds, England, UK
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Tom Wilkinson
Biography
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson OBE (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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | Dr. Bird (Voice) |
| 2021 | SAS: Red Notice | William Lewis |
| 2020 | Burden | Tom Griffin |
| 2018 | Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) | Leslie |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince | Father Dunne |
| 2018 | The Titan | Prof. Martin Collingwood |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Paul Scherrer |
| 2016 | Snowden | Ewen MacAskill |
| 2016 | The Choice | Dr. Shep |
| 2016 | This Beautiful Fantastic | Alfie Stevenson |
| 2016 | Denial | Richard Rampton |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Fr. Oliver |
| 2015 | Unfinished Business | Timothy McWinters |
| 2015 | Bone in the Throat | Charlie |
| 2015 | Jenny's Wedding | Eddie |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Author |
| 2014 | Felony | Detective Carl Summer |
| 2014 | Good People | DI John Halden |
| 2014 | Selma | President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Cole |
| 2013 | Belle | Lord Mansfield |
| 2013 | The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Graham Dashwood |
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Xavier |
| 2012 | Space Junk 3D | Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | WWII in 3D | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | James Reid |
| 2011 | The Conspirator | Reverdy Johnson |
| 2011 | The Gruffalo's Child | The Fox (voice) |
| 2011 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | IMF Secretary (uncredited) |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Paul Emmett |
| 2010 | The Debt | Stefan Gold |
| 2010 | Burke & Hare | Dr. Knox |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Goebbels (voice) |
| 2009 | The Gruffalo | Fox (voice) |
| 2009 | 44 Inch Chest | Archie |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Howard Tully |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Friedrich Fromm |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | Lenny Cole |
| 2008 | Recount | James Baker |
| 2008 | A Number | Salter |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Arthur Edens |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Howard |
| 2007 | Dedication | Rudy Holt |
| 2006 | The Last Kiss | Stephen |
| 2006 | The Night of the White Pants | Max Hagan |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Carmine Falcone |
| 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Father Moore |
| 2005 | Separate Lies | James Manning |
| 2005 | Ripley Under Ground | John Webster |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Dr. Mierzwiak |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty | Betterton |
| 2004 | A Good Woman | Tuppy |
| 2004 | If Only | Taxi Driver |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Bingley Crocker |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Pieter Van Ruijven |
| 2003 | Normal | Roy 'Ruth' Applewood |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Dr. Chasuble |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Sir Robert Vansittart |
| 2002 | An Angel for May | Sam Wheeler |
| 2002 | Before You Go | Frank |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Matt Fowler |
| 2001 | Chain of Fools | Bollingsworth |
| 2001 | Black Knight | Sir Knolte of Marlborough |
| 2001 | Another Life | Mr. Carlton |
| 2000 | The Patriot | Gen. Cornwallis |
| 2000 | Essex Boys | John Dyke |
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil | Orton Brown |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Brother Dutton |
| 1998 | Rush Hour | Griffin |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Hugh Fennyman |
| 1998 | The Governess | Mr. Charles Cavendish |
| 1998 | Jilting Joe | Wyatt |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Gerald Arthur Cooper |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Hugh Stratton |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow | Hugh Lloyd |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Prof. Loyen |
| 1997 | Wilde | Marquess of Queensberry |
| 1996 | The Ghost and the Darkness | Sir Robert Beaumont |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | Hugh |
| 1996 | Crossing the Floor | David Hanratty |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Mr. Dashwood |
| 1995 | Priest | Father Matthew Thomas |
| 1995 | A Very Open Prison | David Hanratty |
| 1994 | All Things Bright and Beautiful | Father McAteer |
| 1994 | Measure for Measure | Duke Vincentio |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Bob |
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Hardvendel |
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Appeal Prosecutor |
| 1993 | Resnick: Rough Treatment | DI Charlie Resnick |
| 1993 | An Exchange of Fire | President Slajek |
| 1992 | Resnick: Lonely Hearts | DI Charlie Resnick |
| 1990 | Sometime in August | Dr. Middleton |
| 1990 | Paper Mask | Dr. Thorn |
| 1989 | First and Last | Stephen |
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved | Ernest Simpson |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank | Silberbauer |
| 1986 | Sylvia | Keith |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Roger Braithwaite |
| 1985 | Parker | Tom |
| 1984 | Sakharov | |
| 1984 | Squaring the Circle | Rulewski |
| 1983 | Letting the Birds Go Free | Eddie |
| 1976 | The Shadow-Line | Ransome |
| The Man Who Saved Paris | Lester | |
| The Liar | Trefusis |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Full Monty | Gerald Arthur Cooper |
| 2020 | Belgravia | Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst |
| 2018 | Watership Down | Threarah (voice) |
| 2011 | The Kennedys | Joe Kennedy Sr. |
| 2008 | John Adams | Benjamin Franklin |
| 2002 | An Angel For May | |
| 1999 | David Copperfield | Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Seth Pecksniff |
| 1993 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | Gerald Lacklander |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Buckingham (voice) |
| 1991 | Performance | Duke Vincentio |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Peter Rawlins |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | |
| 1990 | TECX | Hugo Gillon |
| 1989 | Happy Families | Jack |
| 1989 | Stay Lucky | Allon |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Jake Normington |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Robert Hathall |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Ashley Wilkes |
| 1986 | First Among Equals | Raymond Gould |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Jack |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye | Detective Inspector Neele |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Dr. Middleton |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Father McAteer |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Home Secretary |
| 1985 | Screen Two | David Hanratty |
| 1984 | Strangers and Brothers | George Passant |
| 1983 | Spyship | Martin Taylor |
| 1979 | Crime and Punishment | Cadet |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |