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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 5, 1948
Died
December 30, 2023
Place of Birth
Leeds, England, UK
Also Known As
- 汤姆·威尔金森
- 톰 윌킨슨
- Том Уилкинсон
- تام ویلکینسون
Tom Wilkinson
1.4 Popularity
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).
Known For
7.2
Gerald Arthur Cooper
The Full Monty
2023
5.8
William Lewis
SAS: Red Notice
2021
7.0
Dr. Bird (Voice)
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
7.1
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Belgravia
2020
6.9
Threarah (voice)
Watership Down
2018
6.3
Leslie
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
6.1
Tom Griffin
Burden
2018
6.2
Paul Scherrer
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
6.3
Father Dunne
The Happy Prince
2018
5.3
Prof. Martin Collingwood
The Titan
2018
Credits
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
2023
7.2
SAS: Red Notice
as William Lewis
2021
5.8
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
2021
7.0
Belgravia
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
2020
7.1
Watership Down
as Threarah (voice)
2018
6.9
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Leslie
2018
6.3
Burden
as Tom Griffin
2018
6.1
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Paul Scherrer
2018
6.2
The Happy Prince
as Father Dunne
2018
6.3
The Titan
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
2018
5.3
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Alfie Stevenson
2016
7.1
Denial
as Richard Rampton
2016
6.8
Snowden
as Ewen MacAskill
2016
7.1
The Choice
as Dr. Shep
2016
7.2
Jenny's Wedding
as Eddie
2015
5.6
Little Boy
as Fr. Oliver
2015
7.2
Bone in the Throat
as Charlie
2015
0.0
Unfinished Business
as Timothy McWinters
2015
5.5
Selma
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
2014
7.4
Felony
as Detective Carl Summer
2014
5.7
Good People
as DI John Halden
2014
5.5
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Author
2014
8.0
The Lone Ranger
as Cole
2013
6.1
Belle
as Lord Mansfield
2013
7.1
The Samaritan
as Xavier
2012
5.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Graham Dashwood
2012
6.9
WWII in 3D
as Narrator (voice)
2012
6.2
Space Junk 3D
as Narrator (voice)
2012
5.9
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Fox (voice)
2011
6.9
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
2011
7.1
The Conspirator
as Reverdy Johnson
2011
6.6
The Kennedys
as Joe Kennedy Sr.
2011
6.5
The Green Hornet
as James Reid
2011
5.6
Burke & Hare
as Dr. Knox
2010
6.1
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Goebbels (voice)
2010
4.9
The Debt
as Stefan Gold
2010
6.6
The Ghost Writer
as Paul Emmett
2010
6.8
The Gruffalo
as Fox (voice)
2009
7.3
44 Inch Chest
as Archie
2009
5.4
Duplicity
as Howard Tully
2009
5.9
Valkyrie
as Friedrich Fromm
2008
6.9
A Number
as Salter
2008
5.0
RocknRolla
as Lenny Cole
2008
6.9
Recount
as James Baker
2008
6.8
John Adams
as Benjamin Franklin
2008
7.7
Cassandra's Dream
as Howard
2007
6.3
Michael Clayton
as Arthur Edens
2007
6.8
Dedication
as Rudy Holt
2007
6.3
The Last Kiss
as Stephen
2006
6.0
The Night of the White Pants
as Max Hagan
2006
5.5
Ripley Under Ground
as John Webster
2005
5.5
Separate Lies
as James Manning
2005
5.8
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
as Father Moore
2005
6.6
Batman Begins
as Carmine Falcone
2005
7.7
Piccadilly Jim
as Bingley Crocker
2004
6.5
A Good Woman
as Tuppy
2004
6.3
Stage Beauty
as Betterton
2004
6.6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
as Dr. Mierzwiak
2004
8.1
If Only
as Taxi Driver
2004
7.0
Girl with a Pearl Earring
as Pieter Van Ruijven
2003
6.6
Normal
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
2003
6.6
An Angel for May
as Sam Wheeler
2002
6.2
Before You Go
as Frank
2002
5.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble
2002
6.8
The Gathering Storm
as Sir Robert Vansittart
2002
6.6
An Angel For May
2002
0.0
In the Bedroom
as Matt Fowler
2001
6.9
Black Knight
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
2001
5.4
Another Life
as Mr. Carlton
2001
5.5
Chain of Fools
as Bollingsworth
2001
5.8
Essex Boys
as John Dyke
2000
5.6
The Patriot
as Gen. Cornwallis
2000
7.2
David Copperfield
as Narrator (voice)
1999
7.1
Ride with the Devil
as Orton Brown
1999
6.3
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Brother Dutton
1999
6.0
Shakespeare in Love
as Hugh Fennyman
1998
6.8
🎬
Jilting Joe
as Wyatt
1998
0.0
Rush Hour
as Griffin
1998
7.1
The Governess
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
1998
5.8
Oscar and Lucinda
as Hugh Stratton
1997
6.3
Cold Enough for Snow
as Hugh Lloyd
1997
6.5
Wilde
as Marquess of Queensberry
1997
6.6
The Full Monty
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
1997
7.0
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Prof. Loyen
1997
6.3
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Sir Robert Beaumont
1996
6.8
Crossing the Floor
as David Hanratty
1996
6.7
Eskimo Day
as Hugh
1996
7.5
Sense and Sensibility
as Mr. Dashwood
1995
7.4
A Very Open Prison
as David Hanratty
1995
10.0
Priest
as Father Matthew Thomas
1995
6.3
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Seth Pecksniff
1994
8.0
Measure for Measure
as Duke Vincentio
1994
1.0
A Business Affair
as Bob
1994
4.6
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Father McAteer
1994
8.0
Prince of Jutland
as Hardvendel
1994
5.4
In the Name of the Father
as Appeal Prosecutor
1993
7.9
🎬
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DI Charlie Resnick
1993
0.0
🎬
An Exchange of Fire
as President Slajek
1993
0.0
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
as Gerald Lacklander
1993
6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Buckingham (voice)
1992
6.3
🎬
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DI Charlie Resnick
1992
0.0
Performance
as Duke Vincentio
1991
6.0
Prime Suspect
as Peter Rawlins
1991
7.7
Paper Mask
as Dr. Thorn
1990
5.6
Counterstrike
1990
7.0
🎬
TECX
as Hugo Gillon
1990
6.0
Sometime in August
as Dr. Middleton
1990
0.0
First and Last
as Stephen
1989
7.0
Stay Lucky
as Allon
1989
6.0
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
as Silberbauer
1988
6.5
The Woman He Loved
as Ernest Simpson
1988
10.0
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Robert Hathall
1987
6.3
Inspector Morse
as Jake Normington
1987
7.8
First Among Equals
as Raymond Gould
1986
0.0
Lovejoy
as Ashley Wilkes
1986
7.3
🎬
Sylvia
as Keith
1986
6.5
Happy Families
as Jack
1985
6.7
Wetherby
as Roger Braithwaite
1985
5.9
Parker
as Tom
1985
5.3
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Detective Inspector Neele
1985
7.2
Screen Two
as Dr. Middleton
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as Father McAteer
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as Home Secretary
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as David Hanratty
1985
6.8
Sakharov
1984
7.0
Sharma and Beyond
as Vivian Archer
1984
6.5
Squaring the Circle
as Rulewski
1984
5.0
Strangers and Brothers
as George Passant
1984
5.5
Spyship
as Martin Taylor
1983
7.0
Letting the Birds Go Free
as Eddie
1983
0.0
Crime and Punishment
as Cadet
1979
7.3
The Shadow-Line
as Ransome
1976
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
The Liar
as Trefusis
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
N/A
0.0