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Tom Wilkinson
Known for: ActingThomas 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).
Filmography 88
Batman Begins
+7
as Carmine Falcone 
Rush Hour
+5
as Griffin 
Snowden
+1
as Ewen MacAskill 
The Grand Budapest Hotel
+4
as Author 
Valkyrie
+3
as Friedrich Fromm 
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
+5
as Dr. Mierzwiak 
The Ghost Writer
+3
as Paul Emmett 
The Patriot
+1
as Gen. Cornwallis 
Sense and Sensibility
+5
as Mr. Dashwood 
The Lone Ranger
+3
as Cole 
John Adams
as Benjamin Franklin 
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough 
Watership Down
as Threarah (voice) 
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry 
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
+3
as Father Moore 
The Green Hornet
+3
as James Reid 
The Choice
+3
as Dr. Shep 
David Copperfield
+2
as Narrator (voice) 
Michael Clayton
+3
as Arthur Edens 
Shakespeare in Love
+4
as Hugh Fennyman 
The Kennedys
+1
as Joe Kennedy Sr. 
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice) 
SAS: Red Notice
+2
as William Lewis 
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood 
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper 
The Ghost and the Darkness
+2
as Sir Robert Beaumont 
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole 
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven 
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler 
Belgravia
+2
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst 
The Full Monty
+3
as Gerald Arthur Cooper 
The Debt
as Stefan Gold 
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson 
Unfinished Business
+2
as Timothy McWinters 
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown 
Good People
+4
as DI John Halden 
If Only
as Taxi Driver 
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice) 
Duplicity
as Howard Tully 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
+3
as Graham Dashwood 
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver 
Selma
+4
as President Lyndon B. Johnson 
Martin Chuzzlewit
+1
as Seth Pecksniff 
The Last Kiss
+2
as Stephen 
The Catcher Was a Spy
+4
as Paul Scherrer 
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard 
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox 
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
as Gerald Lacklander 
The Happy Prince
+2
as Father Dunne 
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble 
Jenny's Wedding
+3
as Eddie 
A Good Woman
as Tuppy 
Separate Lies
+4
as James Manning 
Stage Beauty
+4
as Betterton 
Denial
+4
as Richard Rampton 
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie 
The Gathering Storm
+2
as Sir Robert Vansittart 
The Samaritan
+2
as Xavier 
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen 
Belle
+3
as Lord Mansfield 
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson 
Recount
+1
as James Baker 
44 Inch Chest
as Archie 
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth 
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster 
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas 
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler 
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice) 
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton 
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan 
Felony
+2
as Detective Carl Summer 
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel 
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson 
Burden
as Tom Griffin 
Essex Boys
as John Dyke 
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer 
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
+1
as Brother Dutton 
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton 
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite 
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish 
Dedication
as Rudy Holt 
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice) 
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn 
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer 
Before You Go
as Frank 
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice) 
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice)