Tom Wilkinson
Actor

Tom Wilkinson

15 Movies
15 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 15
Birthday February 5, 1948 (78 years old)
Place of Birth Leeds, England, UK
Also Known As Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
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Biography

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (February 5, 1948 – December 30, 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).

Filmography (134)

The Full Monty 2023
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets 2021
SAS: Red Notice 2021
Belgravia 2020
Burden 2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) 2018
The Happy Prince 2018
The Titan 2018
The Catcher Was a Spy 2018
Watership Down 2018
Snowden 2016
The Choice 2016
This Beautiful Fantastic 2016
Denial 2016
Little Boy 2015
Unfinished Business 2015
Bone in the Throat 2015
Jenny's Wedding 2015
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
Felony 2014
Good People 2014
Selma 2014
The Lone Ranger 2013
Belle 2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012
The Samaritan 2012
Space Junk 3D 2012
WWII in 3D 2012
The Green Hornet 2011
The Conspirator 2011
The Gruffalo's Child 2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011
The Kennedys 2011
The Ghost Writer 2010
The Debt 2010
Burke & Hare 2010
Jackboots on Whitehall 2010
The Gruffalo 2009
44 Inch Chest 2009
Duplicity 2009
Valkyrie 2008
RocknRolla 2008
Recount 2008
A Number 2008
John Adams 2008
Michael Clayton 2007
Cassandra's Dream 2007
Dedication 2007
The Last Kiss 2006
The Night of the White Pants 2006
Batman Begins 2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005
Separate Lies 2005
Ripley Under Ground 2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
Stage Beauty 2004
A Good Woman 2004
If Only 2004
Piccadilly Jim 2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003
Normal 2003
The Importance of Being Earnest 2002
The Gathering Storm 2002
An Angel for May 2002
Before You Go 2002
An Angel For May 2002
In the Bedroom 2001
Chain of Fools 2001
Black Knight 2001
Another Life 2001
The Patriot 2000
Essex Boys 2000
Ride with the Devil 1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 1999
David Copperfield 1999
Rush Hour 1998 Shakespeare in Love 1998
The Governess 1998
Jilting Joe 1998
The Full Monty 1997
Oscar and Lucinda 1997
Cold Enough for Snow 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow 1997
Wilde 1997
The Ghost and the Darkness 1996
Eskimo Day 1996
Crossing the Floor 1996
Sense and Sensibility 1995 Priest 1995
A Very Open Prison 1995
All Things Bright and Beautiful 1994
Measure for Measure 1994
A Business Affair 1994
Prince of Jutland 1994
Martin Chuzzlewit 1994
In the Name of the Father 1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment 1993
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries 1993
An Exchange of Fire 1993
Resnick: Lonely Hearts 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 1992
Performance 1991
Prime Suspect 1991
Sometime in August 1990
Paper Mask 1990
Counterstrike 1990
TECX 1990
First and Last 1989
Stay Lucky 1989
The Woman He Loved 1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank 1988
Inspector Morse 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987
Sylvia 1986
Lovejoy 1986
First Among Equals 1986
Wetherby 1985
Parker 1985
Happy Families 1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye 1985
Screen Two 1985
Sakharov 1984
Squaring the Circle 1984
Sharma and Beyond 1984
Strangers and Brothers 1984
Travelling Man 1984
Letting the Birds Go Free 1983
Spyship 1983
All for Love 1982
The Shadow-Line 1976
The Oscars 1953
Golden Globe Awards 1944
The Man Who Saved Paris
The Liar