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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…
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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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Tom Wilkinson's Filmography
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SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie
Burden
as Tom Griffin
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Paul Scherrer
The Happy Prince
as Father Dunne
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson
Denial
as Richard Rampton
Snowden
as Ewen MacAskill
The Choice
as Dr. Shep
Jenny's Wedding
as Eddie
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver
Bone in the Throat
as Charlie
Unfinished Business
as Timothy McWinters
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
Felony
as Detective Carl Summer
Good People
as DI John Halden
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Author
The Lone Ranger
as Cole
Belle
as Lord Mansfield
The Samaritan
as Xavier
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Graham Dashwood
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson
The Green Hornet
as James Reid
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice)
The Debt
as Stefan Gold
The Ghost Writer
as Paul Emmett
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
as Archie
Duplicity
as Howard Tully
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Fromm
A Number
as Salter
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole
Recount
as James Baker
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens
Dedication
as Rudy Holt
The Last Kiss
as Stephen
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan
Separate Lies
as James Manning
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Father Moore
Batman Begins
as Carmine Falcone
Piccadilly Jim
as Bingley Crocker
A Good Woman
as Tuppy
Stage Beauty
as Betterton
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Dr. Mierzwiak
If Only
as Taxi Driver
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven
Normal
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler
Before You Go
as Frank
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth
Essex Boys
as John Dyke
The Patriot
as Gen. Cornwallis
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton
Shakespeare in Love
as Hugh Fennyman
Jilting Joe
as Wyatt
Rush Hour
as Griffin
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton
Cold Enough for Snow
as Hugh Lloyd
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont
Crossing the Floor
as David Hanratty
Eskimo Day
as Hugh
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Dashwood
A Very Open Prison
as David Hanratty
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas
Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio
King Richard III
as Buckingham (voice)
A Business Affair
as Bob
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel
In the Name of the Father
as Appeal Prosecutor
No Poster
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DI Charlie Resnick
No Poster
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DI Charlie Resnick
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn
Sometime in August
as Dr. Middleton
First and Last
as Stephen
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson
Sylvia
as Keith
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite
Parker
as Tom
Sakharov
Sharma and Beyond
as Vivian Archer
Squaring the Circle
as Rulewski
Letting the Birds Go Free
as Eddie
The Shadow-Line
as Ransome
No Poster
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
The Liar
as Trefusis