Tom Wilkinson
Acting
Biography
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (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).
Born: February 5, 1948
Place of Birth: Leeds, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
as William Lewis
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
as Threarah (voice)
as Leslie
as Tom Griffin
as Paul Scherrer
as Father Dunne
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
as Alfie Stevenson
as Richard Rampton
as Ewen MacAskill
as Dr. Shep
as Eddie
as Fr. Oliver
as Charlie
as Timothy McWinters
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
as Detective Carl Summer
as DI John Halden
as Author
as Cole
as Lord Mansfield
as Xavier
as Graham Dashwood
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as The Fox (voice)
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
as Reverdy Johnson
as Joe Kennedy Sr.
as James Reid
as Dr. Knox
as Goebbels (voice)
as Stefan Gold
as Paul Emmett
as Fox (voice)
as Archie
as Howard Tully
as Friedrich Fromm
as Salter
as Lenny Cole
as James Baker
as Benjamin Franklin
as Howard
as Arthur Edens
as Rudy Holt
as Stephen
as Max Hagan
as John Webster
as James Manning
as Father Moore
as Carmine Falcone
as Bingley Crocker
as Tuppy
as Betterton
as Dr. Mierzwiak
as Taxi Driver
as Pieter Van Ruijven
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
as Sam Wheeler
as Frank
as Dr. Chasuble
as Sir Robert Vansittart
as Matt Fowler
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
as Mr. Carlton
as Bollingsworth
as John Dyke
as Gen. Cornwallis
as Narrator (voice)
as Orton Brown
as Brother Dutton
as Hugh Fennyman
as Griffin
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
as Hugh Lloyd
as Hugh Stratton
as Marquess of Queensberry
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
as Prof. Loyen
as Sir Robert Beaumont
as David Hanratty
as Hugh
as Mr. Dashwood
as David Hanratty
as Father Matthew Thomas
as Seth Pecksniff
as Duke Vincentio
as Father McAteer
as Bob
as Hardvendel
as Appeal Prosecutor
as Gerald Lacklander
as Buckingham (voice)
as Duke Vincentio
as Peter Rawlins
as Dr. Thorn
as Dr. Middleton
as Stephen
as Allon
as Silberbauer
as Ernest Simpson
as Robert Hathall
as Jake Normington
as Raymond Gould
as Ashley Wilkes
as Jack
as Roger Braithwaite
as Tom
as Detective Inspector Neele
as Dr. Middleton
as Father McAteer
as Home Secretary
as David Hanratty
as Rulewski
as George Passant
as Martin Taylor
as Eddie
as Cadet
as Ransome
as Self
as Self - Nominee
as Trefusis