Tom Wilkinson
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Tom Wilkinson

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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).

Films Featuring Tom Wilkinson

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20048.1

Batman Begins

20057.7

Rush Hour

19987.1

Valkyrie

20087.0

The Ghost and the Darkness

19966.8

Shakespeare in Love

19986.8

In the Bedroom

20016.9

The Patriot

20007.2

Girl with a Pearl Earring

20036.6

Michael Clayton

20076.8

Sense and Sensibility

19957.4

Cassandra's Dream

20076.3

Chain of Fools

20015.8

Ride with the Devil

19996.3

The Ghost Writer

20106.8

The Last Kiss

20066.0

Black Knight

20015.5

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

20056.6

The Full Monty

19977.0

The Importance of Being Earnest

20026.8

Stage Beauty

20046.6

Sakharov

19847.5

The Gruffalo

20097.4

Priest

19956.3

RocknRolla

20086.9

The Green Hornet

20115.6

Dedication

20076.4

44 Inch Chest

20095.4

Recount

20086.8

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

The Conspirator

20116.6

A Good Woman

20046.3

All Things Bright and Beautiful

19948.0

Sometime in August

19908.0

Separate Lies

20055.8

Duplicity

20095.9

Ripley Under Ground

20075.6

Oscar and Lucinda

19976.4

The Debt

20106.6

Essex Boys

20005.7

Normal

20036.7

Burke & Hare

20106.1

The Gruffalo's Child

20116.8

Another Life

20015.7

Letting the Birds Go Free

1983

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

20127.0

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

20117.1

Paper Mask

19905.7

The Lone Ranger

20136.1

Jackboots on Whitehall

20104.9

The Governess

19985.8

The Man Who Saved Paris

The Man Who Saved Paris

Cold Enough for Snow

19977.2

The Samaritan

20125.5

The Grand Budapest Hotel

20148.0

A Number

20085.0

An Angel for May

20026.3

Wetherby

19856.0

Belle

20137.1

Felony

20145.7

Eskimo Day

19968.0

Measure for Measure

19943.3

Space Junk 3D

20125.9

Little Boy

20157.2

Good People

20145.5

The Shadow-Line

19766.4

The Woman He Loved

198810.0

Selma

20147.4

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.4

Unfinished Business

20155.4

A Business Affair

19944.8

First and Last

19897.0

Bone in the Throat

20152.0

Snowden

20167.1

The Choice

20167.2

If Only

20047.0

Jenny's Wedding

20155.6

The Night of the White Pants

20066.0

Sylvia

19867.2

This Beautiful Fantastic

20167.1

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

19887.1

In the Name of the Father

19937.9

Jilting Joe

Jilting Joe

19988.0

Squaring the Circle

19845.0

Before You Go

20025.8

Denial

20166.8

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

1992

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

Burden

20186.1

Wilde

19976.6

Prince of Jutland

19945.4

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

20186.3

The Happy Prince

20186.2

Parker

19856.3

The Titan

20185.3

Piccadilly Jim

20046.6

Crossing the Floor

19966.8

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

19996.2

A Very Open Prison

19958.5

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

20216.9

WWII in 3D

20126.2

SAS: Red Notice

20215.8

The Liar

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

Sharma and Beyond

19847.0