Cast
Tom Wilkinson
Acting
Cast
Tom Wilkinson
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-02-05
From
Leeds, England, UK
Died
2023-12-30
Also known as Thomas Geoffrey 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).
★7.7
MOVIE2005
Batman Begins
as Carmine Falcone
★8.1
MOVIE2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Dr. Mierzwiak
★8.0
MOVIE2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Author
★7.1
MOVIE1998
Rush Hour
as Griffin
★7.1
MOVIE2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE2000
The Patriot
as Gen. Cornwallis
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Snowden
as Ewen MacAskill
★7.4
MOVIE1995
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Dashwood
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Fromm
★6.1
MOVIE2013
The Lone Ranger
as Cole
★6.6
MOVIE2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Father Moore
★5.5
MOVIE2001
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
★7.2
MOVIE2016
The Choice
as Dr. Shep
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Shakespeare in Love
as Hugh Fennyman
★5.8
MOVIE2021
SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis
★5.3
MOVIE2018
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
★6.8
MOVIE1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont
★6.9
MOVIE2008
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole
★5.5
MOVIE2015
Unfinished Business
as Timothy McWinters
★6.9
MOVIE2001
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens
★5.6
MOVIE2011
The Green Hornet
as James Reid
★6.6
MOVIE2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Belle
as Lord Mansfield
★7.0
MOVIE2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Graham Dashwood
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Duplicity
as Howard Tully
★7.9
MOVIE1993
In the Name of the Father
as Appeal Prosecutor
★7.4
MOVIE2009
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1997
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry
★7.4
MOVIE2014
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Good People
as DI John Halden
★6.7
MOVIE2003
Normal
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Paul Scherrer
★6.8
MOVIE2010
The Ghost Writer
as Paul Emmett
★7.0
MOVIE1997
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas
★7.1
MOVIE2004
If Only
as Taxi Driver
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Happy Prince
as Father Dunne
★6.4
MOVIE1997
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton
★6.6
MOVIE2011
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson
★6.8
MOVIE2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble
★6.6
MOVIE2010
The Debt
as Stefan Gold
★6.8
MOVIE2016
Denial
as Richard Rampton
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver
★6.9
MOVIE2011
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard
★6.3
MOVIE1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen
★10.0
MOVIE1988
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown
★6.7
MOVIE2002
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart
★5.7
MOVIE2000
Essex Boys
as John Dyke
★5.5
MOVIE2012
The Samaritan
as Xavier
★4.9
MOVIE2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox
★5.8
MOVIE2001
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth
★7.1
MOVIE2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson
★6.3
MOVIE2004
A Good Woman
as Tuppy
★6.1
MOVIE2006
The Last Kiss
as Stephen
★5.8
MOVIE1998
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie
★5.4
MOVIE1994
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Felony
as Detective Carl Summer
★5.6
MOVIE2015
Jenny's Wedding
as Eddie
★5.8
MOVIE2005
Separate Lies
as James Manning
★6.1
MOVIE2018
Burden
as Tom Griffin
★5.9
MOVIE2012
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2009
44 Inch Chest
as Archie
MOVIE1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DI Charlie Resnick
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Recount
as James Baker
★6.2
MOVIE2012
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Sometime in August
as Dr. Middleton
★5.6
MOVIE2005
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster
★7.0
MOVIE1984
Sharma and Beyond
as Vivian Archer
★2.0
MOVIE2015
Bone in the Throat
as Charlie
★4.8
MOVIE1994
A Business Affair
as Bob
★6.8
MOVIE1996
Crossing the Floor
as David Hanratty
★6.4
MOVIE1976
The Shadow-Line
as Ransome
★3.3
MOVIE1994
Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio
★7.2
MOVIE1997
Cold Enough for Snow
as Hugh Lloyd
★6.6
MOVIE2004
Piccadilly Jim
as Bingley Crocker
★6.6
MOVIE2004
Stage Beauty
as Betterton
MOVIE1992
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DI Charlie Resnick
★6.3
MOVIE2002
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler
★8.5
MOVIE1995
A Very Open Prison
as David Hanratty
MOVIETBA
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
★5.7
MOVIE1990
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn
★6.0
MOVIE2006
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan
★5.8
MOVIE2002
Before You Go
as Frank
★5.7
MOVIE2001
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton
★5.0
MOVIE1984
Squaring the Circle
as Rulewski
★6.9
MOVIE2021
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1985
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite
★6.2
MOVIE1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton
★8.0
MOVIE1996
Eskimo Day
as Hugh
★5.0
MOVIE2008
A Number
as Salter
★6.4
MOVIE2007
Dedication
as Rudy Holt
★6.3
MOVIE1985
Parker
as Tom
★7.0
MOVIE1989
First and Last
as Stephen
★7.1
MOVIE1988
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer
MOVIETBA
The Liar
as Trefusis
★8.0
MOVIE1998
Jilting Joe
as Wyatt
★7.3
MOVIE1986
Sylvia
as Keith
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Sakharov
MOVIE1983
Letting the Birds Go Free
as Eddie
★8.0
MOVIE1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer