Tom Wilkinson
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
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
Screen Two
1985
Batman Begins
2005
Inspector Morse
1987
The Oscars
1953
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Performance
1991
Prime Suspect
1991
Filmography
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Screen Two
as Dr. Middleton · 1985
Screen Two
as Father McAteer · 1985
Screen Two
as Home Secretary · 1985
Screen Two
as David Hanratty · 1985
Screen Two
as Father Matthew Thomas · 1985
Batman Begins
as Carmine Falcone · 2005
Inspector Morse
as Jake Normington · 1987
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Author · 2014
Performance
as Duke Vincentio · 1991
Prime Suspect
as Peter Rawlins · 1991
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as IMF Secretary (uncredited) · 2011
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Dr. Mierzwiak · 2004
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Robert Hathall · 1987
Lovejoy
as Ashley Wilkes · 1986
Rush Hour
as Griffin · 1998
The Patriot
as Gen. Cornwallis · 2000
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Dashwood · 1995
Counterstrike
· 1990
Travelling Man
as 'Granny' Jackson · 1984
The Lone Ranger
as Cole · 2013
John Adams
as Benjamin Franklin · 2008
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough · 2001
The Green Hornet
as James Reid · 2011
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Father Moore · 2005
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Detective Inspector Neele · 1985
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Buckingham (voice) · 1992
The Kennedys
as Joe Kennedy Sr. · 2011
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper · 2023
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Fromm · 2008
Shakespeare in Love
as Hugh Fennyman · 1998
In the Name of the Father
as Appeal Prosecutor · 1993
Snowden
as Ewen MacAskill · 2016
David Copperfield
as Narrator (voice) · 1999
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens · 2007
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven · 2003
SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis · 2021
The Ghost Writer
as Paul Emmett · 2010
The Choice
as Dr. Shep · 2016
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice) · 2009
Watership Down
as Threarah (voice) · 2018
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood · 2018
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown · 1999
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont · 1996
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Seth Pecksniff · 1994
Stay Lucky
as Allon · 1989
Duplicity
as Howard Tully · 2009
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Graham Dashwood · 2012
Belgravia
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst · 2020
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper · 1997
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole · 2008
Good People
as DI John Halden · 2014
All for Love
as Eddie · 1982
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson · 2011
Unfinished Business
as Timothy McWinters · 2015
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver · 2015
If Only
as Taxi Driver · 2004
First Among Equals
as Raymond Gould · 1986
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice) · 2011
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
as Gerald Lacklander · 1993
Jenny's Wedding
as Eddie · 2015
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler · 2001
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry · 1997
The Debt
as Stefan Gold · 2010
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard · 2007
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Paul Scherrer · 2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie · 2018
Strangers and Brothers
as George Passant · 1984
Happy Families
as Jack · 1985
The Happy Prince
as Father Dunne · 2018
The Last Kiss
as Stephen · 2006
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson · 2014
A Good Woman
as Tuppy · 2004
The Samaritan
as Xavier · 2012
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox · 2010
TECX
· 1990
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson · 2016
Denial
as Richard Rampton · 2016
Belle
as Lord Mansfield · 2013
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble · 2002
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen · 1997
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas · 1995
Separate Lies
as James Manning · 2005
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton · 1997
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster · 2007
Stage Beauty
as Betterton · 2004
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart · 2002
An Angel For May
· 2002
44 Inch Chest
as Archie · 2009
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice) · 2021
Spyship
as Martin Taylor · 1983
Recount
as James Baker · 2008
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler · 2002
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel · 1994
Essex Boys
as John Dyke · 2000
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson · 1988
Bone in the Throat
as Charlie · 2015
Underbelly
as Paul Manning · 1992
Normal
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood · 2003
A Very Open Prison
as David Hanratty · 1995
An Exchange of Fire
as President Slajek · 1993
Felony
as Detective Carl Summer · 2014
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton · 1999
A Business Affair
as Bob · 1994
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan · 2006
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish · 1998
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth · 2001
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer · 1988
King Richard III
as Buckingham (voice) · 1994
Cold Enough for Snow
as Hugh Lloyd · 1997
Piccadilly Jim
as Bingley Crocker · 2004
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice) · 2010
Sharma and Beyond
as Vivian Archer · 1984
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer · 1994
Burden
as Tom Griffin · 2018
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton · 2001
Crossing the Floor
as David Hanratty · 1996
Dedication
as Rudy Holt · 2007
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn · 1990
Squaring the Circle
as Rulewski · 1984
First and Last
as Stephen · 1989
Sakharov
· 1984
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite · 1985
Letting the Birds Go Free
as Eddie · 1983
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DI Charlie Resnick · 1992
Sometime in August
as Dr. Middleton · 1990
Eskimo Day
as Hugh · 1996
Before You Go
as Frank · 2002
Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio · 1994
Parker
as Tom · 1985
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice) · 2012
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DI Charlie Resnick · 1993
A Number
as Salter · 2008
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice) · 2012
The Liar
as Trefusis
The Shadow-Line
as Ransome · 1976
Jilting Joe
as Wyatt · 1998
Sylvia
as Keith · 1986