Tom Wilkinson
Acting
🎂 1948-02-05
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson OBE (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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Wilkinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(137)
Self - Winner
1944
Dr. Middleton
1985
Father McAteer
1985
Home Secretary
1985
David Hanratty
1985
Self
1953
Gerald Arthur Cooper
2023
Peter Rawlins
1991
Threarah (voice)
2018
Duke Vincentio
1991
Jake Normington
1987
Allon
1989
Buckingham (voice)
1992
Benjamin Franklin
2008
Robert Hathall
1987
Narrator (voice)
1999
Ashley Wilkes
1986
Joe Kennedy Sr.
2011
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
2020
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
2011
Detective Inspector Neele
1985
Dr. Mierzwiak
2004
George Passant
1984
Griffin
1998
Carmine Falcone
2005
1990
Author
2014
Gerald Lacklander
1993
Gen. Cornwallis
2000
Hugo Gillon
1990
Friedrich Fromm
2008
Father Moore
2005
2002
Cadet
1979
Mr. Dashwood
1995
James Reid
2011
Sir Robert Beaumont
1996
Cole
2013
Jack
1985
Prof. Martin Collingwood
2018
Appeal Prosecutor
1993
Ewen MacAskill
2016
Jack
1989
Taxi Driver
2004
William Lewis
2021
Paul Emmett
2010
Hugh Fennyman
1998
Paul Scherrer
2018
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
2001
Arthur Edens
2007
President Lyndon B. Johnson
2014
Lenny Cole
2008
Graham Dashwood
2012
Dr. Shep
2016
Howard Tully
2009
Fox (voice)
2009
Pieter Van Ruijven
2003
Timothy McWinters
2015
Father Matthew Thomas
1995
Gerald Arthur Cooper
1997
Lord Mansfield
2013
DI John Halden
2014
Richard Rampton
2016
Stefan Gold
2010
Seth Pecksniff
1994
Marquess of Queensberry
1997
Fr. Oliver
2015
Matt Fowler
2001
Orton Brown
1999
Raymond Gould
1986
Eddie
2015
Tuppy
2004
Stephen
2006
Dr. Knox
2010
Goebbels (voice)
2010
Prof. Loyen
1997
Alfie Stevenson
2016
Martin Taylor
1983
James Baker
2008
Father Dunne
2018
Sir Robert Vansittart
2002
Leslie
2018
Detective Carl Summer
2014
Xavier
2012
Howard
2007
Reverdy Johnson
2011
James Manning
2005
Hardvendel
1994
The Fox (voice)
2011
Hugh Stratton
1997
Dr. Chasuble
2002
Bollingsworth
2001
Self (archive footage)
2013
Betterton
2004
Archie
2009
Mr. Charles Cavendish
1998
Bingley Crocker
2004
Tom Griffin
2018
Roger Braithwaite
1985
Brother Dutton
1999
Dr. Bird (Voice)
2021
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
2003
Silberbauer
1988
1984
Frank
2002
John Webster
2005
Trefusis
Dr. Thorn
1990
Rudy Holt
2007
John Dyke
2000
Narrator (voice)
2012
Ransome
1976
Narrator (voice)
2012
Mr. Carlton
2001
Bob
1994
Ernest Simpson
1988
Father McAteer
1994
Lester
Charlie
2015
Max Hagan
2006
Tom
1985
Hugh
1996
Salter
2008
Wyatt
1998
David Hanratty
1995
Sam Wheeler
2002
DI Charlie Resnick
1993
Rulewski
1984
Duke Vincentio
1994
Stephen
1989
Hugh Lloyd
1997
DI Charlie Resnick
1992
Keith
1986
David Hanratty
1996
Eddie
1983
President Slajek
1993
Dr. Middleton
1990