Tom Wilkinson
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).
Filmography (48)
The Titan
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Happy Prince
Denial
Snowden
The Choice
Little Boy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Good People
The Lone Ranger
Belle
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The Green Hornet
The Conspirator
The Ghost Writer
Burke & Hare
The Debt
Duplicity
The Gruffalo
Valkyrie
RocknRolla
Michael Clayton
Cassandra's Dream
The Last Kiss
Batman Begins
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Separate Lies
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A Good Woman
If Only
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Normal
The Gathering Storm
The Importance of Being Earnest
In the Bedroom
Chain of Fools
The Patriot
Ride with the Devil
Rush Hour
Shakespeare in Love
The Full Monty
Wilde
Smilla's Sense of Snow
The Ghost and the Darkness
Sense and Sensibility
