Tom Wilkinson

Acting · 1.9 popularity

Age

Movies

105

Born: February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023
From: Leeds, England, UK

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).

Works

105 films

Batman Begins

20057.7

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20048.1

Rush Hour

19987.1

The Grand Budapest Hotel

20148.0

The Patriot

20007.2

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

20117.1

Sense and Sensibility

19957.4

The Lone Ranger

20136.1

Valkyrie

20087.0

The Green Hornet

20115.6

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

20056.6

In the Name of the Father

19937.9

The Choice

20167.2

Snowden

20167.1

Shakespeare in Love

19986.8

The Debt

20106.6

The Ghost and the Darkness

19966.8

Black Knight

20015.5

If Only

20047.0

The Titan

20185.3

RocknRolla

20086.9

The Ghost Writer

20106.8

Girl with a Pearl Earring

20036.6

SAS: Red Notice

20215.8

The Gruffalo

20097.3

Duplicity

20095.9

Michael Clayton

20076.8

In the Bedroom

20016.9

The Full Monty

19977.0

Belle

20137.1

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

20127.0

Good People

20145.5

The Gruffalo's Child

20116.9

Selma

20147.4

Ride with the Devil

19996.3

The Last Kiss

20066.0

Little Boy

20157.2

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

Burke & Hare

20106.1

Wilde

19976.6

The Importance of Being Earnest

20026.8

Denial

20166.8

Unfinished Business

20155.4

Cassandra's Dream

20076.3

Priest

19956.3

The Conspirator

20116.6

Oscar and Lucinda

19976.4

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.3

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

A Good Woman

20046.3

Jenny's Wedding

20155.6

This Beautiful Fantastic

20167.1

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

20186.3

The Happy Prince

20186.2

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

20216.9

Jackboots on Whitehall

20104.9

Stage Beauty

20046.6

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

19996.2

The Samaritan

20125.5

Essex Boys

20005.7

Recount

20086.8

Normal

20036.7

A Business Affair

19944.8

Ripley Under Ground

20055.6

Separate Lies

20055.8

Chain of Fools

20015.8

44 Inch Chest

20095.4

The Woman He Loved

198810.0

Prince of Jutland

19945.4

The Governess

19985.8

Burden

20186.1

The Man Who Saved Paris

2026

An Angel for May

20026.3

Felony

20145.7

Piccadilly Jim

20046.6

Space Junk 3D

20125.9

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

19887.1

Wetherby

19856.0

Crossing the Floor

19966.8

WWII in 3D

20126.2

The Night of the White Pants

20066.0

Sharma and Beyond

19847.0

Dedication

20076.4

Squaring the Circle

19845.0

Eskimo Day

19968.0

Paper Mask

19905.7

Before You Go

20025.8

A Very Open Prison

19958.5

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

The Liar

2026

A Number

20085.0

Another Life

20015.7

Sakharov

19847.5

All Things Bright and Beautiful

19948.0

The Shadow-Line

19766.4

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

1992

First and Last

19897.0

Measure for Measure

19943.3

Sometime in August

19908.0

Bone in the Throat

20152.0

Jilting Joe

19988.0

Cold Enough for Snow

19977.2

Parker

19856.3

Letting the Birds Go Free

1983

Sylvia

19867.3