Tom Wilkinson
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).
Acting (98 movies)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Batman Begins
2005
Rush Hour
1998
Valkyrie
2008
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Shakespeare in Love
1998
In the Bedroom
2001
The Patriot
2000
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Michael Clayton
2007
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Cassandra's Dream
2007
Chain of Fools
2001
Ride with the Devil
1999
The Ghost Writer
2010
The Last Kiss
2006
Black Knight
2001
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
The Full Monty
1997
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
Stage Beauty
2004
Sakharov
1984
The Gruffalo
2009
Priest
1995
RocknRolla
2008
The Green Hornet
2011
Dedication
2007
44 Inch Chest
2009
Recount
2008
The Gathering Storm
2002
The Conspirator
2011
A Good Woman
2004
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
Sometime in August
1990
Separate Lies
2005
Duplicity
2009
Ripley Under Ground
2005
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
The Debt
2010
Essex Boys
2000
Normal
2003
Burke & Hare
2010
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
Another Life
2001
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
Paper Mask
1990
The Lone Ranger
2013
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
The Governess
1998
Cold Enough for Snow
1997
The Samaritan
2012
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
A Number
2008
An Angel for May
2002
Wetherby
1985
Belle
2013
Felony
2014
Eskimo Day
1996
Measure for Measure
1994
Space Junk 3D
2012
Little Boy
2015
Good People
2014
The Shadow-Line
1976
The Woman He Loved
1988
Selma
2014
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Unfinished Business
2015
A Business Affair
1994
First and Last
1989
Bone in the Throat
2015
Snowden
2016
The Choice
2016
If Only
2004
Jenny's Wedding
2015
The Night of the White Pants
2006
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
In the Name of the Father
1993
Squaring the Circle
1984
Before You Go
2002
Denial
2016
Burden
2018
Wilde
1997
Prince of Jutland
1994
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
The Happy Prince
2018
Parker
1985
The Titan
2018
Piccadilly Jim
2004
Crossing the Floor
1996
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
A Very Open Prison
1995
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
WWII in 3D
2012
SAS: Red Notice
2021
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
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