Tom Wilkinson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-02-05
Place of Birth
Leeds, England, UK
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).
Also Known For
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mar 19, 2004
Batman Begins
Jun 10, 2005
Rush Hour
Sep 18, 1998
Valkyrie
Dec 25, 2008
The Ghost and the Darkness
Oct 11, 1996
Shakespeare in Love
Dec 11, 1998
In the Bedroom
Nov 23, 2001
The Patriot
Jun 28, 2000
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Dec 12, 2003
Michael Clayton
Sep 28, 2007
Sense and Sensibility
Dec 13, 1995
Cassandra's Dream
Oct 31, 2007
Chain of Fools
Mar 03, 2001
Ride with the Devil
Nov 24, 1999
The Ghost Writer
Feb 12, 2010
The Last Kiss
Sep 10, 2006
Black Knight
Nov 21, 2001
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Sep 09, 2005
The Full Monty
Aug 13, 1997
The Importance of Being Earnest
May 17, 2002
Stage Beauty
Sep 03, 2004
Sakharov
Jun 20, 1984
The Gruffalo
Dec 25, 2009
Priest
Mar 24, 1995
RocknRolla
Sep 04, 2008
The Green Hornet
Jan 12, 2011
Dedication
Aug 24, 2007
44 Inch Chest
Oct 08, 2009
Recount
May 25, 2008
The Gathering Storm
Apr 22, 2002
The Conspirator
Apr 15, 2011
A Good Woman
Sep 15, 2004
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Mar 16, 1994
Sometime in August
Feb 25, 1990
Separate Lies
Sep 16, 2005
Duplicity
Mar 18, 2009
Ripley Under Ground
Nov 06, 2005
Oscar and Lucinda
Dec 31, 1997
The Debt
Sep 30, 2010
Essex Boys
Jul 14, 2000
Normal
Jan 21, 2003
Burke & Hare
Oct 29, 2010
The Gruffalo's Child
Dec 25, 2011
Another Life
Jun 15, 2001
Letting the Birds Go Free
Sep 25, 1983
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Feb 23, 2012
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Dec 07, 2011
Paper Mask
Sep 14, 1990
The Lone Ranger
Jul 03, 2013
Jackboots on Whitehall
Oct 08, 2010
The Governess
Jul 31, 1998
The Man Who Saved Paris
Cold Enough for Snow
Dec 31, 1997
The Samaritan
Mar 02, 2012
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Feb 26, 2014
A Number
Sep 10, 2008
An Angel for May
Aug 10, 2002
Wetherby
Jun 19, 1985
Belle
May 01, 2013
Felony
Aug 28, 2014
Eskimo Day
Apr 04, 1996
Measure for Measure
Nov 05, 1994
Space Junk 3D
Jan 14, 2012
Little Boy
Apr 23, 2015
Good People
Aug 12, 2014
The Shadow-Line
Sep 06, 1976
The Woman He Loved
Apr 03, 1988
Selma
Dec 25, 2014
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Feb 28, 1997
Unfinished Business
Mar 05, 2015
A Business Affair
Mar 16, 1994
First and Last
Dec 12, 1989
Bone in the Throat
Mar 16, 2015
Snowden
Sep 15, 2016
The Choice
Feb 04, 2016
If Only
Jan 23, 2004
Jenny's Wedding
Jul 31, 2015
The Night of the White Pants
Apr 27, 2006
Sylvia
Jan 01, 1986
This Beautiful Fantastic
Oct 20, 2016
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Apr 17, 1988
In the Name of the Father
Dec 12, 1993
Jilting Joe
Oct 16, 1998
Squaring the Circle
May 23, 1984
Before You Go
Jun 20, 2002
Denial
Sep 30, 2016
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
Mar 31, 1992
Resnick: Rough Treatment
Jul 25, 1993
Burden
Aug 05, 2018
Wilde
Sep 01, 1997
Prince of Jutland
Feb 23, 1994
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Sep 12, 2018
The Happy Prince
Apr 12, 2018
Parker
May 03, 1985
The Titan
Mar 30, 2018
Piccadilly Jim
Nov 01, 2004
Crossing the Floor
Oct 05, 1996
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Mar 17, 1999
A Very Open Prison
Dec 09, 1995
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Jan 12, 2021
WWII in 3D
Jan 24, 2012
SAS: Red Notice
Aug 11, 2021
The Liar
The Catcher Was a Spy
Jun 22, 2018
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
Lovejoy
Jan 10, 1986
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Aug 02, 1987
Counterstrike
Jul 01, 1990
John Adams
Mar 16, 2008
Spyship
Nov 09, 1983
Martin Chuzzlewit
Nov 07, 1994
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Apr 18, 1993
First Among Equals
Sep 30, 1986
Crime and Punishment
May 22, 1979
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
TECX
Mar 22, 1990
The Kennedys
Apr 03, 2011
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
An Angel For May
Jan 01, 2002
Stay Lucky
Dec 08, 1989
Happy Families
Oct 17, 1985
The Full Monty
Jun 14, 2023
Prime Suspect
Apr 07, 1991
David Copperfield
Dec 25, 1999
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Mar 07, 1985
Watership Down
Dec 22, 2018
Belgravia
Mar 15, 2020
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Nov 09, 1992
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Screen Two
Jan 06, 1985
Strangers and Brothers
Jan 11, 1984