Tom Wilkinson
Acting
Born February 5, 1948 · Leeds, England, UK
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).
Films (103)
SAS: Red Notice
2021
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
Burden
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
The Happy Prince
2018
The Titan
2018
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
Denial
2016
Snowden
2016
The Choice
2016
Jenny's Wedding
2015
Little Boy
2015
Bone in the Throat
2015
Unfinished Business
2015
Selma
2014
Felony
2014
Good People
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
The Lone Ranger
2013
Belle
2013
The Samaritan
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
WWII in 3D
2012
Space Junk 3D
2012
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
The Conspirator
2011
The Green Hornet
2011
Burke & Hare
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
The Debt
2010
The Ghost Writer
2010
The Gruffalo
2009
44 Inch Chest
2009
Duplicity
2009
Valkyrie
2008
A Number
2008
RocknRolla
2008
Recount
2008
Cassandra's Dream
2007
Michael Clayton
2007
Dedication
2007
The Last Kiss
2006
The Night of the White Pants
2006
Ripley Under Ground
2005
Separate Lies
2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Batman Begins
2005
Piccadilly Jim
2004
A Good Woman
2004
Stage Beauty
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
If Only
2004
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Normal
2003
An Angel for May
2002
Before You Go
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
The Gathering Storm
2002
In the Bedroom
2001
Black Knight
2001
Another Life
2001
Chain of Fools
2001
Essex Boys
2000
The Patriot
2000
Ride with the Devil
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Jilting Joe
1998
Rush Hour
1998
The Governess
1998
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
Cold Enough for Snow
1997
Wilde
1997
The Full Monty
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Crossing the Floor
1996
Eskimo Day
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
A Very Open Prison
1995
Priest
1995
Measure for Measure
1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
A Business Affair
1994
Prince of Jutland
1994
In the Name of the Father
1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
Paper Mask
1990
Sometime in August
1990
First and Last
1989
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
The Woman He Loved
1988
Sylvia
1986
Wetherby
1985
Parker
1985
Sakharov
1984
Sharma and Beyond
1984
Squaring the Circle
1984
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983
The Shadow-Line
1976