
Tom Wilkinson
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Wilkinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Full Monty as Gerald Arthur Cooper
- 2021 · SAS: Red Notice as William Lewis
- 2021 · Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Dr. Bird (Voice)
- 2020 · Belgravia as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
- 2020 · Burden as Tom Griffin
- 2018 · Watership Down as Threarah (voice)
- 2018 · Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Leslie
- 2018 · The Catcher Was a Spy as Paul Scherrer
- 2018 · The Happy Prince as Father Dunne
- 2018 · The Titan as Prof. Martin Collingwood
- 2016 · This Beautiful Fantastic as Alfie Stevenson
- 2016 · Denial as Richard Rampton
- 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 · Felony as Detective Carl Summer
- 2014 · Good People as DI John Halden
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as Author
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Lone Ranger as Cole
- 2013 · Belle as Lord Mansfield
- 2012 · The Samaritan as Xavier
- 2012 · The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Graham Dashwood
- 2012 · WWII in 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Space Junk 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Gruffalo's Child as The Fox (voice)
- 2011 · Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
- 2011 · The Conspirator as Reverdy Johnson
- 2011 · The Kennedys as Joe Kennedy Sr.
- 2011 · The Green Hornet as James Reid
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as Dr. Knox
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Goebbels (voice)
- 2010 · The Debt as Stefan Gold
- 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 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 · Ripley Under Ground as John Webster
- 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 · A Good Woman as Tuppy
- 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
- 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 as
- 2001 · In the Bedroom as Matt Fowler
- 2001 · Black Knight as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
- 2001 · Another Life as Mr. Carlton
- 2001 · Chain of Fools as Bollingsworth
- 2000 · Essex Boys as John Dyke
- 2000 · The Patriot as Gen. Cornwallis
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Ride with the Devil as Orton Brown
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 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 · Crossing the Floor as David Hanratty
- 1996 · Eskimo Day as Hugh
- 1995 · Sense and Sensibility as Mr. Dashwood
- 1995 · A Very Open Prison as David Hanratty
- 1995 · Priest as Father Matthew Thomas
- 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 · 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
- 1993 · The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries as Gerald Lacklander
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Buckingham (voice)
- 1992 · Resnick: Lonely Hearts as DI Charlie Resnick
- 1991 · Prime Suspect as Peter Rawlins
- 1991 · Performance as Duke Vincentio
- 1990 · Paper Mask as Dr. Thorn
- 1990 · Counterstrike as
- 1990 · TECX as Hugo Gillon
- 1990 · Sometime in August as Dr. Middleton
- 1989 · First and Last as Stephen
- 1989 · Stay Lucky as Allon
- 1989 · Happy Families as Jack
- 1988 · The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Silberbauer
- 1988 · The Woman He Loved as Ernest Simpson
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Robert Hathall
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Jake Normington
- 1986 · First Among Equals as Raymond Gould
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Ashley Wilkes
- 1986 · Sylvia as Keith
- 1985 · Happy Families as Jack
- 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
- 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
- Future · The Liar as Trefusis
- 1983 · Letting the Birds Go Free as Eddie
- 1976 · The Shadow-Line as Ransome
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · The Man Who Saved Paris as Lester