Tom Wilkinson
Acting
Born: February 5, 1948 · Leeds, England, UK
Died: December 30, 2023 (aged 75)
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Batman Begins
2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
The Lone Ranger
2013
Rush Hour
1998
Snowden
2016
The Patriot
2000
Valkyrie
2008
The Green Hornet
2011
RocknRolla
2008
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Photos (6)
Movies (100)
Batman Begins
Carmine Falcone
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Author
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dr. Mierzwiak
Rush Hour
Griffin
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Patriot
Gen. Cornwallis
Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Dashwood
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Father Moore
Valkyrie
Friedrich Fromm
The Lone Ranger
Cole
In the Name of the Father
Appeal Prosecutor
The Ghost and the Darkness
Sir Robert Beaumont
Snowden
Ewen MacAskill
The Green Hornet
James Reid
SAS: Red Notice
William Lewis
Black Knight
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
The Ghost Writer
Paul Emmett
RocknRolla
Lenny Cole
Shakespeare in Love
Hugh Fennyman
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Pieter Van Ruijven
Michael Clayton
Arthur Edens
The Catcher Was a Spy
Paul Scherrer
The Titan
Prof. Martin Collingwood
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Unfinished Business
Timothy McWinters
The Choice
Dr. Shep
Duplicity
Howard Tully
The Gruffalo
Fox (voice)
The Debt
Stefan Gold
Burke & Hare
Dr. Knox
Good People
DI John Halden
Priest
Father Matthew Thomas
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Graham Dashwood
If Only
Taxi Driver
Selma
President Lyndon B. Johnson
In the Bedroom
Matt Fowler
Cassandra's Dream
Howard
The Samaritan
Xavier
Wilde
Marquess of Queensberry
The Conspirator
Reverdy Johnson
A Good Woman
Tuppy
Ripley Under Ground
John Webster
Ride with the Devil
Orton Brown
This Beautiful Fantastic
Alfie Stevenson
Belle
Lord Mansfield
Little Boy
Fr. Oliver
Denial
Richard Rampton
Essex Boys
John Dyke
The Last Kiss
Stephen
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Prof. Loyen
The Gruffalo's Child
The Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
Archie
Felony
Detective Carl Summer
The Happy Prince
Father Dunne
Jenny's Wedding
Eddie
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Leslie
The Importance of Being Earnest
Dr. Chasuble
The Gathering Storm
Sir Robert Vansittart
Chain of Fools
Bollingsworth
Stage Beauty
Betterton
Recount
James Baker
Oscar and Lucinda
Hugh Stratton
Jackboots on Whitehall
Goebbels (voice)
Normal
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
Separate Lies
James Manning
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Dr. Bird (Voice)
Prince of Jutland
Hardvendel
The Woman He Loved
Ernest Simpson
Piccadilly Jim
Bingley Crocker
Burden
Tom Griffin
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Brother Dutton
Dedication
Rudy Holt
Crossing the Floor
David Hanratty
A Business Affair
Bob
Bone in the Throat
Charlie
Before You Go
Frank
Another Life
Mr. Carlton
Wetherby
Roger Braithwaite
An Angel for May
Sam Wheeler
Sometime in August
Dr. Middleton
The Governess
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Eskimo Day
Hugh
Space Junk 3D
Narrator (voice)
A Number
Salter
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Silberbauer
Parker
Tom
Sharma and Beyond
Vivian Archer
The Night of the White Pants
Max Hagan
Paper Mask
Dr. Thorn
WWII in 3D
Narrator (voice)
First and Last
Stephen
Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
Sakharov
1984
The Shadow-Line
Ransome
Squaring the Circle
Rulewski
Cold Enough for Snow
Hugh Lloyd
A Very Open Prison
David Hanratty
Sylvia
Keith
Letting the Birds Go Free
Eddie
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Father McAteer
TV Shows (29)
Screen Two
Dr. Middleton · 1 eps
Screen Two
Father McAteer · 1 eps
Screen Two
Home Secretary · 1 eps
Screen Two
David Hanratty · 1 eps
Screen Two
Father Matthew Thomas · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Jake Normington · 1 eps
Performance
Duke Vincentio · 1 eps
Prime Suspect
Peter Rawlins · 2 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Robert Hathall · 3 eps
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin · 7 eps
Lovejoy
Ashley Wilkes · 1 eps
Counterstrike
1 eps
Travelling Man
'Granny' Jackson · 1 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Buckingham (voice) · 1 eps
The Kennedys
Joe Kennedy Sr. · 8 eps
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper · 8 eps
Watership Down
Threarah (voice) · 2 eps
Belgravia
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst · 6 eps
David Copperfield
Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Stay Lucky
Allon · 1 eps
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Detective Inspector Neele · 2 eps
Happy Families
Jack · 1 eps
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Gerald Lacklander · 8 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
Seth Pecksniff · 6 eps
First Among Equals
Raymond Gould · 10 eps
Strangers and Brothers
George Passant · 2 eps
An Angel For May
4 eps
Underbelly
Paul Manning · 4 eps
Spyship
Martin Taylor · 6 eps
