Acting
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).
Movies with Tom Wilkinson
Batman Begins
2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
Rush Hour
1998
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
The Patriot
2000
The Lone Ranger
2013
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Valkyrie
2008
SAS: Red Notice
2021
The Green Hornet
2011
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Shakespeare in Love
1998
Michael Clayton
2007
Duplicity
2009
Black Knight
2001
Snowden
2016
In the Bedroom
2001
Wilde
1997
The Choice
2016
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
The Gruffalo
2009
Priest
1995
RocknRolla
2008
If Only
2004
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Full Monty
1997
The Titan
2018
Belle
2013
The Debt
2010
A Good Woman
2004
Unfinished Business
2015
Selma
2014
The Ghost Writer
2010
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
Cassandra's Dream
2007
The Last Kiss
2006
Little Boy
2015
Good People
2014
Essex Boys
2000
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
Denial
2016
The Conspirator
2011
Normal
2003
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
Chain of Fools
2001
Ripley Under Ground
2005
The Governess
1998
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
Burke & Hare
2010
The Samaritan
2012
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
Ride with the Devil
1999
44 Inch Chest
2009
Separate Lies
2005
Jenny's Wedding
2015
The Happy Prince
2018
Stage Beauty
2004
Space Junk 3D
2012
Piccadilly Jim
2004
The Gathering Storm
2002
Prince of Jutland
1994
The Woman He Loved
1988
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Another Life
2001
Recount
2008
Before You Go
2002
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
Felony
2014
Crossing the Floor
1996
Bone in the Throat
2015
An Angel for May
2002
Burden
2018
First and Last
1989
A Business Affair
1994
Paper Mask
1990
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
The Liar
Eskimo Day
1996
Sharma and Beyond
1984
Dedication
2007
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
Wetherby
1985
The Shadow-Line
1976
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Jilting Joe
1998
A Number
2008
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
The Man Who Saved Paris
Sometime in August
1990
Cold Enough for Snow
1997
WWII in 3D
2012
Squaring the Circle
1984
A Very Open Prison
1995
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
Measure for Measure
1994
Sakharov
1984
The Night of the White Pants
2006
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
Parker
1985
Sylvia
1986
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983
TV Shows with Tom Wilkinson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Screen Two
1985
Prime Suspect
1991
Inspector Morse
1987
The Oscars
1953
Performance
1991
John Adams
2008
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Lovejoy
1986
Counterstrike
1990
The Kennedys
2011
David Copperfield
1999
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Travelling Man
1984
Watership Down
2018
Belgravia
2020
Stay Lucky
1989
The Full Monty
2023
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
First Among Equals
1986
All for Love
1982
Happy Families
1985
TECX
1990
Strangers and Brothers
1984
Spyship
1983
An Exchange of Fire
1993
An Angel For May
2002