Tom Wilkinson
Acting
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).
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Tom Wilkinson
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Filmography of
Tom Wilkinson
William Lewis
... 2021
Dr. Bird (Voice)
... 2021
... 2018
Tom Griffin
... 2018
Paul Scherrer
... 2018
Father Dunne
... 2018
Prof. Martin Collingwood
... 2018
Alfie Stevenson
... 2016
Richard Rampton
... 2016
Ewen MacAskill
... 2016
Dr. Shep
... 2016
Eddie
... 2015
Fr. Oliver
... 2015
Charlie
... 2015
Timothy McWinters
... 2015
President Lyndon B. Johnson
... 2014
Detective Carl Summer
... 2014
DI John Halden
... 2014
Author
... 2014
Cole
... 2013
Lord Mansfield
... 2013
Xavier
... 2012
Graham Dashwood
... 2012
Narrator (voice)
... 2012
Narrator (voice)
... 2012
The Fox (voice)
... 2011
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
... 2011
Reverdy Johnson
... 2011
James Reid
... 2011
Dr. Knox
... 2010
Goebbels (voice)
... 2010
Stefan Gold
... 2010
Paul Emmett
... 2010
Fox (voice)
... 2009
Archie
... 2009
Howard Tully
... 2009
Friedrich Fromm
... 2008
Salter
... 2008
Lenny Cole
... 2008
James Baker
... 2008
Howard
... 2007
Arthur Edens
... 2007
Rudy Holt
... 2007
Stephen
... 2006
Max Hagan
... 2006
John Webster
... 2005
James Manning
... 2005
Father Moore
... 2005
Carmine Falcone
... 2005
Bingley Crocker
... 2004
Tuppy
... 2004
Betterton
... 2004
Dr. Mierzwiak
... 2004
Taxi Driver
... 2004
Pieter Van Ruijven
... 2003
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
... 2003
Sam Wheeler
... 2002
Frank
... 2002
Dr. Chasuble
... 2002
Sir Robert Vansittart
... 2002
Matt Fowler
... 2001
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
... 2001
Mr. Carlton
... 2001
Bollingsworth
... 2001
John Dyke
... 2000
Gen. Cornwallis
... 2000
Orton Brown
... 1999
Brother Dutton
... 1999
Hugh Fennyman
... 1998
Wyatt
... 1998
Griffin
... 1998
Mr. Charles Cavendish
... 1998
Hugh Stratton
... 1997
Hugh Lloyd
... 1997
Marquess of Queensberry
... 1997
Gerald Arthur Cooper
... 1997
Prof. Loyen
... 1997
Sir Robert Beaumont
... 1996
David Hanratty
... 1996
Hugh
... 1996
Mr. Dashwood
... 1995
David Hanratty
... 1995
Father Matthew Thomas
... 1995
Duke Vincentio
... 1994
Father McAteer
... 1994
... 1994
Hardvendel
... 1994
Appeal Prosecutor
... 1993
DI Charlie Resnick
... 1993
DI Charlie Resnick
... 1992
Dr. Thorn
... 1990
Dr. Middleton
... 1990
Stephen
... 1989
Silberbauer
... 1988
Ernest Simpson
... 1988
Keith
... 1986
Roger Braithwaite
... 1985
Tom
... 1985
... 1984
Rulewski
... 1984
... 1983
Ransome
... 1976
Lester
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