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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
The Grand Budapest Hotel
+4
as Author 
Batman Begins
+3
as Carmine Falcone 
Evigt solskin i et pletfrit sind
as Dr. Mierzwiak 
Operation Valkyrie
+2
as Friedrich Fromm 
Snowden
+5
as Ewen MacAskill 
Rush Hour
+3
as Griffin 
Skyggen
as Paul Emmett 
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens 
John Adams
as Benjamin Franklin 
The Patriot
+3
as Gen. Cornwallis 
Fornuft og følelse
+5
as Mr. Dashwood 
The Lone Ranger
+3
as Cole 
Unfinished Business
+3
as Timothy McWinters 
The Titan
+4
as Prof. Martin Collingwood 
Black Knight
+4
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough 
Grøffeldyret
+3
as Fox (voice) 
Watership Down
as Threarah (voice) 
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry 
Besat
+4
as Father Moore 
The Green Hornet
+3
as James Reid 
The Kennedys
as Joe Kennedy Sr. 
The Choice
+2
as Dr. Shep 
Denial
+1
as Richard Rampton 
David Copperfield
as Narrator (voice) 
Shakespeare in Love
+3
as Hugh Fennyman 
SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis 
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole 
Det' bare mænd
as Gerald Arthur Cooper 
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson 
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont 
Pige Med Perleørering
as Pieter Van Ruijven 
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler 
Belgravia
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst 
Det' bare mænd
+4
as Gerald Arthur Cooper 
If Only
+2
as Taxi Driver 
The Debt
+3
as Stefan Gold 
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson 
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown 
Good People
+2
as DI John Halden 
Grøflingen
+4
as The Fox (voice) 
Duplicity
+4
as Howard Tully 
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
+4
as Graham Dashwood 
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver 
The Catcher Was a Spy
+5
as Paul Scherrer 
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson 
The Last Kiss
+1
as Stephen 
Cassandra's Dream
+1
as Howard 
The Happy Prince
+1
as Father Dunne 
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox 
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
as Gerald Lacklander 
Separate Lies
+1
as James Manning 
Jenny's Wedding
+5
as Eddie 
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Seth Pecksniff 
Burden
+2
as Tom Griffin 
En god kvinde
as Tuppy 
Stage Beauty
as Betterton 
Belle
+3
as Lord Mansfield 
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
+3
as Leslie 
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart 
The Samaritan
+3
as Xavier 
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne
as Prof. Loyen 
Recount
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 og Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton 
Dedication
as Rudy Holt 
Amled, prinsen af Jylland
as Hardvendel 
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan 
Felony
+1
as Detective Carl Summer 
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson 
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton 
Essex Boys
as John Dyke 
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton 
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer 
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite 
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish 
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)