Tom Wilkinson

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02/05/1948
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Leeds, England, UK:
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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson OBE (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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Wilkinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

SAS: Red Notice (2021)
William Lewis
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021)
Dr. Bird (Voice)
Burden (2020)
Tom Griffin
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
Leslie
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Paul Scherrer
The Happy Prince (2018)
Father Dunne
The Titan (2018)
Prof. Martin Collingwood
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
Alfie Stevenson
Denial (2016)
Richard Rampton
Snowden (2016)
Ewen MacAskill
The Choice (2016)
Dr. Shep
Jenny's Wedding (2015)
Eddie
Little Boy (2015)
Fr. Oliver
Bone in the Throat (2015)
Charlie
Unfinished Business (2015)
Timothy McWinters
Selma (2014)
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Felony (2014)
Detective Carl Summer
Good People (2014)
DI John Halden
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Author
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
Self (archive footage)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Cole
Belle (2013)
Lord Mansfield
The Samaritan (2012)
Xavier
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Graham Dashwood
WWII in 3D (2012)
Narrator (voice)
Space Junk 3D (2012)
Narrator (voice)
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
The Fox (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Conspirator (2011)
Reverdy Johnson
The Green Hornet (2011)
James Reid
Burke & Hare (2010)
Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Goebbels (voice)
The Debt (2010)
Stefan Gold
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Paul Emmett
The Gruffalo (2009)
Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest (2009)
Archie
Duplicity (2009)
Howard Tully
Valkyrie (2008)
Friedrich Fromm
A Number (2008)
Salter
RocknRolla (2008)
Lenny Cole
Recount (2008)
James Baker
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Howard
Michael Clayton (2007)
Arthur Edens
Dedication (2007)
Rudy Holt
The Last Kiss (2006)
Stephen
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
Max Hagan
Ripley Under Ground (2005)
John Webster
Separate Lies (2005)
James Manning
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
Father Moore
Batman Begins (2005)
Carmine Falcone
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Bingley Crocker
A Good Woman (2004)
Tuppy
Stage Beauty (2004)
Betterton
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Dr. Mierzwiak
If Only (2004)
Taxi Driver
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Pieter Van Ruijven
Normal (2003)
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
An Angel for May (2002)
Sam Wheeler
Before You Go (2002)
Frank
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Dr. Chasuble
The Gathering Storm (2002)
Sir Robert Vansittart
In the Bedroom (2001)
Matt Fowler
Black Knight (2001)
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Another Life (2001)
Mr. Carlton
Chain of Fools (2001)
Bollingsworth
Essex Boys (2000)
John Dyke
The Patriot (2000)
Gen. Cornwallis
Ride with the Devil (1999)
Orton Brown
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Brother Dutton
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Hugh Fennyman
Jilting Joe (1998)
Wyatt
Rush Hour (1998)
Griffin
The Governess (1998)
Mr. Charles Cavendish
Cold Enough for Snow (1997)
Hugh Lloyd
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Hugh Stratton
Wilde (1997)
Marquess of Queensberry
The Full Monty (1997)
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
Prof. Loyen
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Sir Robert Beaumont
Crossing the Floor (1996)
David Hanratty
Eskimo Day (1996)
Hugh
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Mr. Dashwood
A Very Open Prison (1995)
David Hanratty
Priest (1995)
Father Matthew Thomas
Measure for Measure (1994)
Duke Vincentio
A Business Affair (1994)
Bob
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1994)
Father McAteer
Prince of Jutland (1994)
Hardvendel
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Appeal Prosecutor
Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993)
DI Charlie Resnick
An Exchange of Fire (1993)
President Slajek
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)
Squaring the Circle (1984)
Rulewski
Letting the Birds Go Free (1983)
Eddie
Smuga cienia (1976)
Ransome
The Liar
Trefusis
The Man Who Saved Paris
Lester

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