Tom Wilkinson

Acting · 2.1 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

Rush Hour

19987.1

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

20048.1

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 Choice

20167.2

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

20056.6

Shakespeare in Love

19986.8

In the Name of the Father

19937.9

The Ghost and the Darkness

19966.8

Black Knight

20015.5

Snowden

20167.1

The Titan

20185.3

The Debt

20106.6

RocknRolla

20086.9

The Ghost Writer

20106.8

Girl with a Pearl Earring

20036.6

SAS: Red Notice

20215.8

The Gruffalo

20097.3

If Only

20047.0

Duplicity

20095.9

The Full Monty

19977.0

In the Bedroom

20016.9

Michael Clayton

20076.8

Belle

20137.1

Good People

20145.5

The Last Kiss

20066.0

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

20127.0

Little Boy

20157.2

Wilde

19976.6

Ride with the Devil

19996.3

Selma

20147.4

The Gruffalo's Child

20116.9

Burke & Hare

20106.1

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

The Conspirator

20116.6

The Importance of Being Earnest

20026.8

Unfinished Business

20155.4

Denial

20166.8

Priest

19956.3

A Good Woman

20046.3

Cassandra's Dream

20076.3

Oscar and Lucinda

19976.4

Smilla's Sense of Snow

19976.3

The Gathering Storm

20026.6

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

20186.3

The Happy Prince

20186.2

Jenny's Wedding

20155.6

Stage Beauty

20046.6

This Beautiful Fantastic

20167.1

The Samaritan

20125.5

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

20216.9

Normal

20036.7

Separate Lies

20055.8

44 Inch Chest

20095.4

Recount

20086.8

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

19996.2

Chain of Fools

20015.8

Essex Boys

20005.7

Prince of Jutland

19945.4

Jackboots on Whitehall

20104.9

The Woman He Loved

198810.0

A Business Affair

19944.8

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

19887.1

Space Junk 3D

20125.9

Ripley Under Ground

20055.6

Burden

20186.1

Crossing the Floor

19966.8

The Man Who Saved Paris

2026

Felony

20145.7

The Governess

19985.8

The Night of the White Pants

20066.0

WWII in 3D

20126.2

Piccadilly Jim

20046.6

Wetherby

19856.0

Eskimo Day

19968.0

An Angel for May

20026.3

Dedication

20076.4

Sharma and Beyond

19847.0

Parker

19856.3

Squaring the Circle

19845.0

Another Life

20015.7

Paper Mask

19905.7

Sakharov

19847.5

Sometime in August

19908.0

Resnick: Rough Treatment

1993

A Number

20085.0

A Very Open Prison

19958.5

Before You Go

20025.8

All Things Bright and Beautiful

19948.0

Bone in the Throat

20152.0

First and Last

19897.0

The Liar

2026

Cold Enough for Snow

19977.2

Measure for Measure

19943.3

The Shadow-Line

19766.4

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

1992

Jilting Joe

19988.0

Letting the Birds Go Free

1983

Sylvia

19867.3