Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Biography

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 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).

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-02-05

Place of birth

Leeds, England, UK

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Cast

Rush Hour

Rush Hour

1998

7.10

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

6.95

The Patriot

The Patriot

2000

7.19

Black Knight

Black Knight

2001

5.35

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004

6.63

Sakharov

Sakharov

1984

7.00

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

2009

7.30

Priest

Priest

1995

6.30

RocknRolla

RocknRolla

2008

6.95

Dedication

Dedication

2007

6.33

Recount

Recount

2008

6.81

A Good Woman

A Good Woman

2004

6.30

Duplicity

Duplicity

2009

5.91

The Debt

The Debt

2010

6.60

Essex Boys

Essex Boys

2000

5.62

Normal

Normal

2003

6.60

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

2010

6.08

Another Life

Another Life

2001

5.50

Paper Mask

Paper Mask

1990

5.57

A Number

A Number

2008

5.00

Wetherby

Wetherby

1985

5.90

Belle

Belle

2013

7.11

Felony

Felony

2014

5.70

Eskimo Day

Eskimo Day

1996

7.50

Little Boy

Little Boy

2015

7.20

Good People

Good People

2014

5.50

Selma

Selma

2014

7.38

Snowden

Snowden

2016

7.11

The Choice

The Choice

2016

7.20

If Only

If Only

2004

7.01

Sylvia

Sylvia

1986

6.50

Jilting Joe

Jilting Joe

1998

0.00

Denial

Denial

2016

6.80

Burden

Burden

2018

6.10

Wilde

Wilde

1997

6.60

Parker

Parker

1985

5.30

The Titan

The Titan

2018

5.32

WWII in 3D

WWII in 3D

2012

6.20