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