Tom Wilkinson
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).
133 acting credits
Acting · 133
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Inspector Morse
1987
The Oscars
1953
Screen Two
1985
Batman Begins
2005
Prime Suspect
1991
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Rush Hour
1998
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Lovejoy
1986
Performance
1991
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
John Adams
2008
Counterstrike
1990
The Patriot
2000
Black Knight
2001
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
The Kennedys
2011
Watership Down
2018
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Valkyrie
2008
The Lone Ranger
2013
Belgravia
2020
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
The Green Hornet
2011
Snowden
2016
Shakespeare in Love
1998
If Only
2004
David Copperfield
1999
The Full Monty
2023
In the Name of the Father
1993
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
RocknRolla
2008
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
Stay Lucky
1989
Michael Clayton
2007
Wilde
1997
Travelling Man
1984
The Choice
2016
SAS: Red Notice
2021
The Ghost Writer
2010
In the Bedroom
2001
Happy Families
1985
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
The Titan
2018
Selma
2014
The Full Monty
1997
First Among Equals
1986
The Debt
2010
The Gruffalo
2009
A Good Woman
2004
Unfinished Business
2015
Duplicity
2009
Denial
2016
Priest
1995
The Conspirator
2011
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
The Last Kiss
2006
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
Ride with the Devil
1999
Spyship
1983
Good People
2014
Little Boy
2015
The Gathering Storm
2002
Burke & Hare
2010
Belle
2013
TECX
1990
Cassandra's Dream
2007
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
Recount
2008
The Happy Prince
2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
Stage Beauty
2004
The Samaritan
2012
Strangers and Brothers
1984
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Prince of Jutland
1994
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Felony
2014
Jenny's Wedding
2015
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
Normal
2003
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Chain of Fools
2001
The Governess
1998
Burden
2018
Separate Lies
2005
Dedication
2007
Before You Go
2002
Ripley Under Ground
2005
Paper Mask
1990
Wetherby
1985
Another Life
2001
Crossing the Floor
1996
44 Inch Chest
2009
Piccadilly Jim
2004
Bone in the Throat
2015
An Angel For May
2002
The Woman He Loved
1988
The Shadow-Line
1976
An Exchange of Fire
1993
Essex Boys
2000
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
Squaring the Circle
1984
The Man Who Saved Paris
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Space Junk 3D
2012
A Business Affair
1994
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
The Liar
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Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
Jilting Joe
1998
First and Last
1989
Eskimo Day
1996
Sakharov
1984
Cold Enough for Snow
1997
Sylvia
1986
Parker
1985
The Night of the White Pants
2006
A Very Open Prison
1995
An Angel for May
2002
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
Sharma and Beyond
1984
WWII in 3D
2012
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983
Measure for Measure
1994
A Number
2008
Sometime in August
1990