Tom Wilkinson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 5, 1948
- Died
- Dec 30, 2023 (aged 75)
- Place of birth
- Leeds, England, UK
- Credits
- 136
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).
Known for
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Carmine Falcone
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004Movie
Dr. Mierzwiak
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Movie
Author
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011Movie
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
2013Movie
Cole
Rush Hour
1998Movie
Griffin
Filmography
The Full Monty
2023TV
Gerald Arthur Cooper
SAS: Red Notice
2021Movie
William Lewis
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021Movie
Dr. Bird (Voice)
Belgravia
2020TV
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Watership Down
2018TV
Threarah (voice)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018Movie
Leslie
Burden
2018Movie
Tom Griffin
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018Movie
Paul Scherrer
The Happy Prince
2018Movie
Father Dunne
The Titan
2018Movie
Prof. Martin Collingwood
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016Movie
Alfie Stevenson
Denial
2016Movie
Richard Rampton
Snowden
2016Movie
Ewen MacAskill
The Choice
2016Movie
Dr. Shep
Jenny's Wedding
2015Movie
Eddie
Little Boy
2015Movie
Fr. Oliver
Bone in the Throat
2015Movie
Charlie
Unfinished Business
2015Movie
Timothy McWinters
Selma
2014Movie
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Felony
2014Movie
Detective Carl Summer
Good People
2014Movie
DI John Halden
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Movie
Author
The Lone Ranger
2013Movie
Cole
Belle
2013Movie
Lord Mansfield
The Samaritan
2012Movie
Xavier
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012Movie
Graham Dashwood
WWII in 3D
2012Movie
Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D
2012Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo's Child
2011Movie
The Fox (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011Movie
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Conspirator
2011Movie
Reverdy Johnson
The Kennedys
2011TV
Joe Kennedy Sr.
The Green Hornet
2011Movie
James Reid
Burke & Hare
2010Movie
Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010Movie
Goebbels (voice)
The Debt
2010Movie
Stefan Gold
The Ghost Writer
2010Movie
Paul Emmett
The Gruffalo
2009Movie
Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
2009Movie
Archie
Duplicity
2009Movie
Howard Tully
Valkyrie
2008Movie
Friedrich Fromm
A Number
2008Movie
Salter
RocknRolla
2008Movie
Lenny Cole
Recount
2008Movie
James Baker
John Adams
2008TV
Benjamin Franklin
Cassandra's Dream
2007Movie
Howard
Ripley Under Ground
2007Movie
John Webster
Michael Clayton
2007Movie
Arthur Edens
Dedication
2007Movie
Rudy Holt
The Last Kiss
2006Movie
Stephen
The Night of the White Pants
2006Movie
Max Hagan
Separate Lies
2005Movie
James Manning
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005Movie
Father Moore
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Carmine Falcone
Piccadilly Jim
2004Movie
Bingley Crocker
A Good Woman
2004Movie
Tuppy
Stage Beauty
2004Movie
Betterton
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004Movie
Dr. Mierzwiak
If Only
2004Movie
Taxi Driver
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003Movie
Pieter Van Ruijven
Normal
2003Movie
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
An Angel for May
2002Movie
Sam Wheeler
Before You Go
2002Movie
Frank
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002Movie
Dr. Chasuble
The Gathering Storm
2002Movie
Sir Robert Vansittart
An Angel For May
2002TV
In the Bedroom
2001Movie
Matt Fowler
Black Knight
2001Movie
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Another Life
2001Movie
Mr. Carlton
Chain of Fools
2001Movie
Bollingsworth
Essex Boys
2000Movie
John Dyke
The Patriot
2000Movie
Gen. Cornwallis
David Copperfield
1999TV
Narrator (voice)
Ride with the Devil
1999Movie
Orton Brown
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999Movie
Brother Dutton
Shakespeare in Love
1998Movie
Hugh Fennyman
Jilting Joe
1998Movie
Wyatt
Rush Hour
1998Movie
Griffin
The Governess
1998Movie
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Oscar and Lucinda
1997Movie
Hugh Stratton
Cold Enough for Snow
1997Movie
Hugh Lloyd
Wilde
1997Movie
Marquess of Queensberry
The Full Monty
1997Movie
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997Movie
Prof. Loyen
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996Movie
Sir Robert Beaumont
Crossing the Floor
1996Movie
David Hanratty
Eskimo Day
1996Movie
Hugh
Sense and Sensibility
1995Movie
Mr. Dashwood
A Very Open Prison
1995Movie
David Hanratty
Priest
1995Movie
Father Matthew Thomas
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994TV
Seth Pecksniff
Measure for Measure
1994Movie
Duke Vincentio
King Richard III
1994Movie
Buckingham (voice)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994Movie
Father McAteer
A Business Affair
1994Movie
Bob
Prince of Jutland
1994Movie
Hardvendel
In the Name of the Father
1993Movie
Appeal Prosecutor
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993Movie
DI Charlie Resnick
An Exchange of Fire
1993TV
President Slajek
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993TV
Gerald Lacklander
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992TV
Buckingham (voice)
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992Movie
DI Charlie Resnick
Underbelly
1992TV
Paul Manning
Performance
1991TV
Duke Vincentio
Prime Suspect
1991TV
Peter Rawlins
Paper Mask
1990Movie
Dr. Thorn
Counterstrike
1990TV
TECX
1990TV
Sometime in August
1990Movie
Dr. Middleton
First and Last
1989Movie
Stephen
Stay Lucky
1989TV
Allon
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988Movie
Silberbauer
The Woman He Loved
1988Movie
Ernest Simpson
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987TV
Robert Hathall
Inspector Morse
1987TV
Jake Normington
First Among Equals
1986TV
Raymond Gould
Lovejoy
1986TV
Ashley Wilkes
Sylvia
1986Movie
Keith
Happy Families
1985TV
Jack
Wetherby
1985Movie
Roger Braithwaite
Parker
1985Movie
Tom
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985TV
Detective Inspector Neele
Screen Two
1985TV
Dr. Middleton, Father McAteer, Home Secretary, David Hanratty, Father Matthew Thomas
Travelling Man
1984TV
'Granny' Jackson
Sakharov
1984Movie
Sharma and Beyond
1984Movie
Vivian Archer
Squaring the Circle
1984Movie
Rulewski
Strangers and Brothers
1984TV
George Passant
Spyship
1983TV
Martin Taylor
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983Movie
Eddie
All for Love
1982TV
Eddie
The Shadow-Line
1976Movie
Ransome
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
The Man Who Saved Paris
Movie
Lester
The Liar
Movie
Trefusis