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).
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Movies (106)
SAS: el ascenso del Cisne Negro
2021 · William Lewis
Mi Psicólogo Imaginario
2021 · Dr. Bird (Voice)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 · Leslie
Burden
2018 · Tom Griffin
Juego de Espías
2018 · Paul Scherrer
The Happy Prince
2018 · Father Dunne
El Titán
2018 · Prof. Martin Collingwood
El maravilloso jardín secreto de Bella Brown
2016 · Alfie Stevenson
Negación
2016 · Richard Rampton
Snowden
2016 · Ewen MacAskill
En nombre del amor
2016 · Dr. Shep
La boda de Jenny
2015 · Eddie
El gran pequeño
2015 · Fr. Oliver
Bone in the Throat
2015 · Charlie
Negocios fuera de control
2015 · Timothy McWinters
Selma
2014 · President Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretos de un crimen
2014 · Detective Carl Summer
Gente de bien
2014 · DI John Halden
El Gran Hotel Budapest
2014 · Author
El Llanero Solitario
2013 · Cole
Belle
2013 · Lord Mansfield
The Samaritan
2012 · Xavier
El exótico Hotel Marigold
2012 · Graham Dashwood
WWII in 3D
2012 · Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D
2012 · Narrator (voice)
La hija del Grúfalo
2011 · The Fox (voice)
Misión imposible 4: Protocolo fantasma
2011 · IMF Secretary (uncredited)
El conspirador (The Conspirador)
2011 · Reverdy Johnson
El Avispón Verde
2011 · James Reid
Burke & Hare
2010 · Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Goebbels (voice)
Al Filo De La Mentira
2010 · Stefan Gold
El escritor oculto
2010 · Paul Emmett
El Grúfalo
2009 · Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
2009 · Archie
Duplicidad
2009 · Howard Tully
Operación Valquiria
2008 · Friedrich Fromm
A Number
2008 · Salter
RockNRolla
2008 · Lenny Cole
Recuento
2008 · James Baker
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Howard
Ripley Under Ground
2007 · John Webster
Michael Clayton
2007 · Arthur Edens
Dedication
2007 · Rudy Holt
Un beso más
2006 · Stephen
The Night of the White Pants
2006 · Max Hagan
Separate Lies
2005 · James Manning
El exorcismo de Emily Rose
2005 · Father Moore
Batman inicia
2005 · Carmine Falcone
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Bingley Crocker
A Good Woman
2004 · Tuppy
Stage Beauty
2004 · Betterton
Eterno resplandor de una mente sin recuerdos
2004 · Dr. Mierzwiak
Al final del día
2004 · Taxi Driver
La Joven con el Arete de Perla
2003 · Pieter Van Ruijven
Normal
2003 · Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
An Angel for May
2002 · Sam Wheeler
Before You Go
2002 · Frank
La importancia de llamarse Ernesto
2002 · Dr. Chasuble
Tormenta en ciernes
2002 · Sir Robert Vansittart
In the Bedroom
2001 · Matt Fowler
Locuras en la edad media
2001 · Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Another Life
2001 · Mr. Carlton
Cadena de errores
2001 · Bollingsworth
Essex Boys
2000 · John Dyke
El patriota
2000 · Gen. Cornwallis
Cabalgando con el diablo
1999 · Orton Brown
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 · Brother Dutton
Shakespeare enamorado
1998 · Hugh Fennyman
Jilting Joe
1998 · Wyatt
Una pareja explosiva
1998 · Griffin
The Governess
1998 · Mr. Charles Cavendish
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Hugh Stratton
Cold Enough for Snow
1997 · Hugh Lloyd
Wilde
1997 · Marquess of Queensberry
Todo o nada
1997 · Gerald Arthur Cooper
Presentimiento
1997 · Prof. Loyen
Garras
1996 · Sir Robert Beaumont
Crossing the Floor
1996 · David Hanratty
Eskimo Day
1996 · Hugh
Sensatez y sentimientos
1995 · Mr. Dashwood
A Very Open Prison
1995 · David Hanratty
Priest
1995 · Father Matthew Thomas
Measure for Measure
1994 · Duke Vincentio
King Richard III
1994 · Buckingham (voice)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 · Father McAteer
A Business Affair
1994 · Bob
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Hardvendel
En el nombre del padre
1993 · Appeal Prosecutor
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 · DI Charlie Resnick
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992 · DI Charlie Resnick
Paper Mask
1990 · Dr. Thorn
Sometime in August
1990 · Dr. Middleton
First and Last
1989 · Stephen
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Silberbauer
The Woman He Loved
1988 · Ernest Simpson
Sylvia
1986 · Keith
Wetherby
1985 · Roger Braithwaite
Parker
1985 · Tom
Sakharov
1984
Sharma and Beyond
1984 · Vivian Archer
Squaring the Circle
1984 · Rulewski
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983 · Eddie
The Shadow-Line
1976 · Ransome
The Man Who Saved Paris
· Lester
The Liar
· Trefusis
TV shows (30)
Todo o nada: La serie
2023 · Gerald Arthur Cooper
Belgravia
2020 · Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
La Colina de Watership
2018 · Threarah (voice)
The Kennedys
2011 · Joe Kennedy Sr.
John Adams
2008 · Benjamin Franklin
An Angel For May
2002
David Copperfield
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · Seth Pecksniff
An Exchange of Fire
1993 · President Slajek
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 · Gerald Lacklander
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 · Buckingham (voice)
Underbelly
1992 · Paul Manning
Performance
1991 · Duke Vincentio
Prime Suspect
1991 · Peter Rawlins
Counterstrike
1990
TECX
1990
Stay Lucky
1989 · Allon
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Robert Hathall
Inspector Morse
1987 · Jake Normington
First Among Equals
1986 · Raymond Gould
Lovejoy
1986 · Ashley Wilkes
Happy Families
1985 · Jack
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · Detective Inspector Neele
Screen Two
1985 · Dr. Middleton, Father McAteer, Home Secretary, David Hanratty, Father Matthew Thomas
Travelling Man
1984 · 'Granny' Jackson
Strangers and Brothers
1984 · George Passant
Spyship
1983 · Martin Taylor
All for Love
1982 · Eddie
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee