Tom Wilkinson
Acting • Born 1948-02-05 – Died 2023-12-30
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).
Filmography
135 credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
Dr. Mierzwiak
Batman Begins
Movie • 2005
Carmine Falcone
Rush Hour
Movie • 1998
Griffin
Valkyrie
Movie • 2008
Friedrich Fromm
The Ghost and the Darkness
Movie • 1996
Sir Robert Beaumont
Shakespeare in Love
Movie • 1998
Hugh Fennyman
In the Bedroom
Movie • 2001
Matt Fowler
The Patriot
Movie • 2000
Gen. Cornwallis
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Movie • 2003
Pieter Van Ruijven
Michael Clayton
Movie • 2007
Arthur Edens
Sense and Sensibility
Movie • 1995
Mr. Dashwood
Cassandra's Dream
Movie • 2007
Howard
Chain of Fools
Movie • 2001
Bollingsworth
Ride with the Devil
Movie • 1999
Orton Brown
The Ghost Writer
Movie • 2010
Paul Emmett
The Last Kiss
Movie • 2006
Stephen
Black Knight
Movie • 2001
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Movie • 2005
Father Moore
The Full Monty
Movie • 1997
Gerald Arthur Cooper
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 2002
Dr. Chasuble
Stage Beauty
Movie • 2004
Betterton
Sakharov
Movie • 1984
The Gruffalo
Movie • 2009
Fox (voice)
Priest
Movie • 1995
Father Matthew Thomas
RocknRolla
Movie • 2008
Lenny Cole
The Green Hornet
Movie • 2011
James Reid
Dedication
Movie • 2007
Rudy Holt
44 Inch Chest
Movie • 2009
Archie
Recount
Movie • 2008
James Baker
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 2002
Sir Robert Vansittart
The Conspirator
Movie • 2011
Reverdy Johnson
A Good Woman
Movie • 2004
Tuppy
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Movie • 1994
Father McAteer
Sometime in August
Movie • 1990
Dr. Middleton
Separate Lies
Movie • 2005
James Manning
Duplicity
Movie • 2009
Howard Tully
Ripley Under Ground
Movie • 2005
John Webster
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie • 1997
Hugh Stratton
The Debt
Movie • 2010
Stefan Gold
Essex Boys
Movie • 2000
John Dyke
Normal
Movie • 2003
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
Burke & Hare
Movie • 2010
Dr. Knox
The Gruffalo's Child
Movie • 2011
The Fox (voice)
Another Life
Movie • 2001
Mr. Carlton
Letting the Birds Go Free
Movie • 1983
Eddie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2012
Graham Dashwood
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Movie • 2011
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
Paper Mask
Movie • 1990
Dr. Thorn
The Lone Ranger
Movie • 2013
Cole
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie • 2010
Goebbels (voice)
The Governess
Movie • 1998
Mr. Charles Cavendish
The Man Who Saved Paris
Movie
Lester
Cold Enough for Snow
Movie • 1997
Hugh Lloyd
The Samaritan
Movie • 2012
Xavier
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie • 2014
Author
A Number
Movie • 2008
Salter
An Angel for May
Movie • 2002
Sam Wheeler
Wetherby
Movie • 1985
Roger Braithwaite
Belle
Movie • 2013
Lord Mansfield
Felony
Movie • 2014
Detective Carl Summer
Eskimo Day
Movie • 1996
Hugh
Measure for Measure
Movie • 1994
Duke Vincentio
Space Junk 3D
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
Little Boy
Movie • 2015
Fr. Oliver
Good People
Movie • 2014
DI John Halden
The Shadow-Line
Movie • 1976
Ransome
The Woman He Loved
Movie • 1988
Ernest Simpson
Selma
Movie • 2014
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Movie • 1997
Prof. Loyen
Unfinished Business
Movie • 2015
Timothy McWinters
A Business Affair
Movie • 1994
Bob
First and Last
Movie • 1989
Stephen
Bone in the Throat
Movie • 2015
Charlie
Snowden
Movie • 2016
Ewen MacAskill
The Choice
Movie • 2016
Dr. Shep
If Only
Movie • 2004
Taxi Driver
Jenny's Wedding
Movie • 2015
Eddie
The Night of the White Pants
Movie • 2006
Max Hagan
Sylvia
Movie • 1986
Keith
This Beautiful Fantastic
Movie • 2016
Alfie Stevenson
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Movie • 1988
Silberbauer
In the Name of the Father
Movie • 1993
Appeal Prosecutor
Jilting Joe
Movie • 1998
Wyatt
Squaring the Circle
Movie • 1984
Rulewski
Before You Go
Movie • 2002
Frank
Denial
Movie • 2016
Richard Rampton
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
Movie • 1992
DI Charlie Resnick
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Movie • 1993
DI Charlie Resnick
Burden
Movie • 2018
Tom Griffin
Wilde
Movie • 1997
Marquess of Queensberry
Prince of Jutland
Movie • 1994
Hardvendel
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Movie • 2018
Leslie
The Happy Prince
Movie • 2018
Father Dunne
Parker
Movie • 1985
Tom
The Titan
Movie • 2018
Prof. Martin Collingwood
Piccadilly Jim
Movie • 2004
Bingley Crocker
Crossing the Floor
Movie • 1996
David Hanratty
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Movie • 1999
Brother Dutton
A Very Open Prison
Movie • 1995
David Hanratty
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Movie • 2021
Dr. Bird (Voice)
WWII in 3D
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
SAS: Red Notice
Movie • 2021
William Lewis
The Liar
Movie
Trefusis
The Catcher Was a Spy
Movie • 2018
Paul Scherrer
Sharma and Beyond
Movie • 1984
Vivian Archer
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Jake Normington
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Ashley Wilkes
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Robert Hathall
Counterstrike
TV • 1990
John Adams
TV • 2008
Benjamin Franklin
Spyship
TV • 1983
Martin Taylor
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
TV • 1993
Gerald Lacklander
First Among Equals
TV • 1986
Raymond Gould
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
TECX
TV • 1990
Hugo Gillon
The Kennedys
TV • 2011
Joe Kennedy Sr.
Performance
TV • 1991
Duke Vincentio
An Angel For May
TV • 2002
Stay Lucky
TV • 1989
Allon
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Jack
The Full Monty
TV • 2023
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Prime Suspect
TV • 1991
Peter Rawlins
David Copperfield
TV • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
TV • 1985
Detective Inspector Neele
Watership Down
TV • 2018
Threarah (voice)
Belgravia
TV • 2020
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV • 1992
Buckingham (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Dr. Middleton
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Father McAteer
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Home Secretary
Screen Two
TV • 1985
David Hanratty
Strangers and Brothers
TV • 1984
George Passant
An Exchange of Fire
TV • 1993
President Slajek
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV • 1994
Seth Pecksniff