Tom Wilkinson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 February 1948 · Leeds, England, UK
- Died
- 30 December 2023
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).
Known for
Acting 107
- 2026The Liar as Trefusis
- 2026The Man Who Saved Paris as Lester
- 2021SAS: Red Notice as William Lewis
- 2021Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets as Dr. Bird (Voice)
- 2018Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) as Leslie
- 2018Burden as Tom Griffin
- 2018The Catcher Was a Spy as Paul Scherrer
- 2018The Happy Prince as Father Dunne
- 2018The Titan as Prof. Martin Collingwood
- 2016This Beautiful Fantastic as Alfie Stevenson
- 2016Denial as Richard Rampton
- 2016Snowden as Ewen MacAskill
- 2016The Choice as Dr. Shep
- 2015Jenny's Wedding as Eddie
- 2015Little Boy as Fr. Oliver
- 2015Bone in the Throat as Charlie
- 2015Unfinished Business as Timothy McWinters
- 2014Selma as President Lyndon B. Johnson
- 2014Felony as Detective Carl Summer
- 2014Good People as DI John Halden
- 2014The Grand Budapest Hotel as Author
- 2013The Lone Ranger as Cole
- 2013Belle as Lord Mansfield
- 2012The Samaritan as Xavier
- 2012The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Graham Dashwood
- 2012WWII in 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2012Space Junk 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2011The Gruffalo's Child as The Fox (voice)
- 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
- 2011The Conspirator as Reverdy Johnson
- 2011The Green Hornet as James Reid
- 2010Burke & Hare as Dr. Knox
- 2010Jackboots on Whitehall as Goebbels (voice)
- 2010The Debt as Stefan Gold
- 2010The Ghost Writer as Paul Emmett
- 2009The Gruffalo as Fox (voice)
- 200944 Inch Chest as Archie
- 2009Duplicity as Howard Tully
- 2008Valkyrie as Friedrich Fromm
- 2008A Number as Salter
- 2008RocknRolla as Lenny Cole
- 2008Recount as James Baker
- 2007Cassandra's Dream as Howard
- 2007Ripley Under Ground as John Webster
- 2007Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens
- 2007Dedication as Rudy Holt
- 2006The Last Kiss as Stephen
- 2006The Night of the White Pants as Max Hagan
- 2005Separate Lies as James Manning
- 2005The Exorcism of Emily Rose as Father Moore
- 2005Batman Begins as Carmine Falcone
- 2004Piccadilly Jim as Bingley Crocker
- 2004A Good Woman as Tuppy
- 2004Stage Beauty as Betterton
- 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Dr. Mierzwiak
- 2004If Only as Taxi Driver
- 2003Girl with a Pearl Earring as Pieter Van Ruijven
- 2003Normal as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
- 2002An Angel for May as Sam Wheeler
- 2002Before You Go as Frank
- 2002The Importance of Being Earnest as Dr. Chasuble
- 2002The Gathering Storm as Sir Robert Vansittart
- 2001In the Bedroom as Matt Fowler
- 2001Black Knight as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
- 2001Another Life as Mr. Carlton
- 2001Chain of Fools as Bollingsworth
- 2000Essex Boys as John Dyke
- 2000The Patriot as Gen. Cornwallis
- 1999Ride with the Devil as Orton Brown
- 1999Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Brother Dutton
- 1998Shakespeare in Love as Hugh Fennyman
- 1998Jilting Joe as Wyatt
- 1998Rush Hour as Griffin
- 1998The Governess as Mr. Charles Cavendish
- 1997Oscar and Lucinda as Hugh Stratton
- 1997Cold Enough for Snow as Hugh Lloyd
- 1997Wilde as Marquess of Queensberry
- 1997The Full Monty as Gerald Arthur Cooper
- 1997Smilla's Sense of Snow as Prof. Loyen
- 1996The Ghost and the Darkness as Sir Robert Beaumont
- 1996Crossing the Floor as David Hanratty
- 1996Eskimo Day as Hugh
- 1995Sense and Sensibility as Mr. Dashwood
- 1995A Very Open Prison as David Hanratty
- 1995Priest as Father Matthew Thomas
- 1994Measure for Measure as Duke Vincentio
- 1994King Richard III as Buckingham (voice)
- 1994All Things Bright and Beautiful as Father McAteer
- 1994A Business Affair as Bob
- 1994Prince of Jutland as Hardvendel
- 1993In the Name of the Father as Appeal Prosecutor
- 1993Resnick: Rough Treatment as DI Charlie Resnick
- 1992Resnick: Lonely Hearts as DI Charlie Resnick
- 1990Paper Mask as Dr. Thorn
- 1990Sometime in August as Dr. Middleton
- 1989First and Last as Stephen
- 1988The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank as Silberbauer
- 1988The Woman He Loved as Ernest Simpson
- 1986Sylvia as Keith
- 1985Wetherby as Roger Braithwaite
- 1985Parker as Tom
- 1984Sakharov
- 1984Sharma and Beyond as Vivian Archer
- 1984Squaring the Circle as Rulewski
- 1984Strangers and Brothers as George Passant
- 1983Letting the Birds Go Free as Eddie
- 1976The Shadow-Line as Ransome