Tom Wilkinson

Biography

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

Dr. Mierzwiak

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Carmine Falcone

Batman Begins

Griffin

Rush Hour

Friedrich Fromm

Valkyrie

Sir Robert Beaumont

The Ghost and the Darkness

Hugh Fennyman

Shakespeare in Love

Matt Fowler

In the Bedroom

Gen. Cornwallis

The Patriot

Pieter Van Ruijven

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Arthur Edens

Michael Clayton

Mr. Dashwood

Sense and Sensibility

Howard

Cassandra's Dream

Bollingsworth

Chain of Fools

Orton Brown

Ride with the Devil

Paul Emmett

The Ghost Writer

Stephen

The Last Kiss

Sir Knolte of Marlborough

Black Knight

Father Moore

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Gerald Arthur Cooper

The Full Monty

Dr. Chasuble

The Importance of Being Earnest

Betterton

Stage Beauty

Sakharov

Fox (voice)

The Gruffalo

Father Matthew Thomas

Priest

Lenny Cole

RocknRolla

James Reid

The Green Hornet

Rudy Holt

Dedication

Archie

44 Inch Chest

James Baker

Recount

Sir Robert Vansittart

The Gathering Storm

Reverdy Johnson

The Conspirator

Tuppy

A Good Woman

Father McAteer

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Dr. Middleton

Sometime in August

James Manning

Separate Lies

Howard Tully

Duplicity

John Webster

Ripley Under Ground

Hugh Stratton

Oscar and Lucinda

Stefan Gold

The Debt

John Dyke

Essex Boys

Roy 'Ruth' Applewood

Normal

Dr. Knox

Burke & Hare

The Fox (voice)

The Gruffalo's Child

Mr. Carlton

Another Life

Eddie

Letting the Birds Go Free

Graham Dashwood

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

IMF Secretary (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Dr. Thorn

Paper Mask

Cole

The Lone Ranger

Goebbels (voice)

Jackboots on Whitehall

Mr. Charles Cavendish

The Governess

Lester

The Man Who Saved Paris

Hugh Lloyd

Cold Enough for Snow

Xavier

The Samaritan

Author

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Salter

A Number

Sam Wheeler

An Angel for May

Roger Braithwaite

Wetherby

Lord Mansfield

Belle

Detective Carl Summer

Felony

Hugh

Eskimo Day

Duke Vincentio

Measure for Measure

Narrator (voice)

Space Junk 3D

Fr. Oliver

Little Boy

DI John Halden

Good People

Ransome

Smuga cienia

Ernest Simpson

The Woman He Loved

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Selma

Prof. Loyen

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Timothy McWinters

Unfinished Business

Bob

A Business Affair

Stephen

First and Last

Charlie

Bone in the Throat

Ewen MacAskill

Snowden

Dr. Shep

The Choice

Taxi Driver

If Only

Eddie

Jenny's Wedding

Max Hagan

The Night of the White Pants

Keith

Sylvia

Alfie Stevenson

This Beautiful Fantastic

Silberbauer

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

Appeal Prosecutor

In the Name of the Father

Wyatt

Jilting Joe

Rulewski

Squaring the Circle

Frank

Before You Go

Richard Rampton

Denial

DI Charlie Resnick

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

DI Charlie Resnick

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Tom Griffin

Burden

Marquess of Queensberry

Wilde

Hardvendel

Prince of Jutland

Leslie

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

Father Dunne

The Happy Prince

Tom

Parker

Prof. Martin Collingwood

The Titan

Bingley Crocker

Piccadilly Jim

David Hanratty

Crossing the Floor

Brother Dutton

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

David Hanratty

A Very Open Prison

President Slajek

An Exchange of Fire

Dr. Bird (Voice)

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Self (archive footage)

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Narrator (voice)

WWII in 3D

William Lewis

SAS: Red Notice

Trefusis

The Liar

Paul Scherrer

The Catcher Was a Spy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-02-05

Place of Birth

Leeds, England, UK

Also Known As

汤姆·威尔金森