Tom Wilkinson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-02-05
Day of Death
2023-12-30 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Leeds, England, UK
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
Acting
The Liar
as Trefusis
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
(2021)
SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis
(2021)
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
(2020)
Burden
as Tom Griffin
(2018)
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Paul Scherrer
(2018)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie
(2018)
The Happy Prince
as Father Dunne
(2016)
Snowden
as Ewen MacAskill
(2016)
The Choice
as Dr. Shep
(2016)
Denial
as Richard Rampton
(2016)
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson
(2015)
Unfinished Business
as Timothy McWinters
(2015)
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver
(2015)
Jenny's Wedding
as Eddie
(2015)
Bone in the Throat
as Charlie
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Author
(2014)
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
(2014)
Good People
as DI John Halden
(2014)
Felony
as Detective Carl Summer
(2013)
The Lone Ranger
as Cole
(2013)
Belle
as Lord Mansfield
(2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Graham Dashwood
(2012)
The Samaritan
as Xavier
(2012)
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
(2011)
The Green Hornet
as James Reid
(2011)
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson
(2011)
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice)
(2010)
The Ghost Writer
as Paul Emmett
(2010)
The Debt
as Stefan Gold
(2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice)
(2010)
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox
(2009)
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice)
(2009)
Duplicity
as Howard Tully
(2009)
44 Inch Chest
as Archie
(2008)
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Fromm
(2008)
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole
(2008)
Recount
as James Baker
(2008)
A Number
as Salter
(2007)
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens
(2007)
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard
(2007)
Dedication
as Rudy Holt
(2006)
The Last Kiss
as Stephen
(2006)
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan
(2005)
Batman Begins
as Carmine Falcone
(2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Father Moore
(2005)
Separate Lies
as James Manning
(2005)
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster
(2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Dr. Mierzwiak
(2004)
If Only
as Taxi Driver
(2004)
A Good Woman
as Tuppy
(2004)
Piccadilly Jim
as Bingley Crocker
(2004)
Stage Beauty
as Betterton
(2003)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven
(2003)
Normal
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
(2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart
(2002)
Before You Go
as Frank
(2002)
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler
(2001)
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
(2001)
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler
(2001)
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth
(2001)
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton
(2000)
The Patriot
as Gen. Cornwallis
(2000)
Essex Boys
as John Dyke
(1999)
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown
(1999)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton
(1998)
Rush Hour
as Griffin
(1998)
Shakespeare in Love
as Hugh Fennyman
(1998)
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
(1998)
Jilting Joe
as Wyatt
(1997)
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
(1997)
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen
(1997)
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton
(1997)
Cold Enough for Snow
as Hugh Lloyd
(1996)
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont
(1996)
Eskimo Day
as Hugh
(1996)
Crossing the Floor
as David Hanratty
(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Dashwood
(1995)
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas
(1995)
A Very Open Prison
as David Hanratty
(1994)
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel
(1994)
A Business Affair
as Bob
(1994)
Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio
(1994)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer
(1993)
In the Name of the Father
as Appeal Prosecutor
(1993)
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DI Charlie Resnick
(1993)
An Exchange of Fire
as President Slajek
(1992)
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DI Charlie Resnick
(1990)
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn
(1990)
Sometime in August
as Dr. Middleton
(1989)
First and Last
as Stephen
(1988)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer
(1988)
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson
(1986)
Sylvia
as Keith
(1985)
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite
(1985)
Parker
as Tom
(1984)
(1984)
Squaring the Circle
as Rulewski
(1983)
Letting the Birds Go Free
as Eddie
(1976)
The Shadow-Line
as Ransome