Cast & creator
Tom Wilkinson
Best known for Golden Globe Awards, Screen Two, Screen Two
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).
Also known as: Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
106
film credits
34
television credits
140
1944–2023 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (140)
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Screen Two
Dr. Middleton
1985Screen Two
Father McAteer
1985Screen Two
Home Secretary
1985Screen Two
David Hanratty
1985Screen Two
Father Matthew Thomas
1985
Batman Begins
Carmine Falcone
2005
Inspector Morse
Jake Normington
1987
The Oscars
Self
1953
Performance
Duke Vincentio
1991
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Author
2014
Prime Suspect
Peter Rawlins
1991
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Robert Hathall
1987
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
2011
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dr. Mierzwiak
2004
Lovejoy
Ashley Wilkes
1986
Rush Hour
Griffin
1998
The Patriot
Gen. Cornwallis
2000
Travelling Man
'Granny' Jackson
1984
Sense and Sensibility
Mr. Dashwood
1995
Counterstrike
1990
The Lone Ranger
Cole
2013
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
2008
Black Knight
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
2001
The Green Hornet
James Reid
2011
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Detective Inspector Neele
1985
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Father Moore
2005
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Buckingham (voice)
1992
Valkyrie
Friedrich Fromm
2008
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
2023
Shakespeare in Love
Hugh Fennyman
1998
The Kennedys
Joe Kennedy Sr.
2011
In the Name of the Father
Appeal Prosecutor
1993
Snowden
Ewen MacAskill
2016
Michael Clayton
Arthur Edens
2007
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Pieter Van Ruijven
2003
SAS: Red Notice
William Lewis
2021
David Copperfield
Narrator (voice)
1999
The Ghost Writer
Paul Emmett
2010
The Choice
Dr. Shep
2016
The Gruffalo
Fox (voice)
2009
Martin Chuzzlewit
Seth Pecksniff
1994All for Love
Eddie
1982
The Titan
Prof. Martin Collingwood
2018
Watership Down
Threarah (voice)
2018
Ride with the Devil
Orton Brown
1999
The Ghost and the Darkness
Sir Robert Beaumont
1996
Duplicity
Howard Tully
2009
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Graham Dashwood
2012
The Full Monty
Gerald Arthur Cooper
1997
RocknRolla
Lenny Cole
2008
Good People
DI John Halden
2014
Belgravia
Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
2020
The Conspirator
Reverdy Johnson
2011
Unfinished Business
Timothy McWinters
2015
Stay Lucky
Allon
1989
Little Boy
Fr. Oliver
2015
If Only
Taxi Driver
2004
The Gruffalo's Child
The Fox (voice)
2011
Jenny's Wedding
Eddie
2015
First Among Equals
Raymond Gould
1986
In the Bedroom
Matt Fowler
2001
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Gerald Lacklander
1993
Wilde
Marquess of Queensberry
1997
The Debt
Stefan Gold
2010
Cassandra's Dream
Howard
2007
The Catcher Was a Spy
Paul Scherrer
2018
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
Leslie
2018
Happy Families
Jack
1985
The Happy Prince
Father Dunne
2018
The Last Kiss
Stephen
2006
Selma
President Lyndon B. Johnson
2014
A Good Woman
Tuppy
2004
The Samaritan
Xavier
2012
Burke & Hare
Dr. Knox
2010
This Beautiful Fantastic
Alfie Stevenson
2016TECX
1990
Denial
Richard Rampton
2016
Strangers and Brothers
George Passant
1984
Belle
Lord Mansfield
2013
The Importance of Being Earnest
Dr. Chasuble
2002
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Prof. Loyen
1997
Priest
Father Matthew Thomas
1995
Separate Lies
James Manning
2005
Oscar and Lucinda
Hugh Stratton
1997
Ripley Under Ground
John Webster
2007
Stage Beauty
Betterton
2004
The Gathering Storm
Sir Robert Vansittart
2002
Spyship
Martin Taylor
1983
44 Inch Chest
Archie
2009
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
Dr. Bird (Voice)
2021
Recount
James Baker
2008
An Angel for May
Sam Wheeler
2002
Prince of Jutland
Hardvendel
1994
Underbelly
Paul Manning
1992
Essex Boys
John Dyke
2000
The Woman He Loved
Ernest Simpson
1988
An Angel For May
2002
Bone in the Throat
Charlie
2015An Exchange of Fire
President Slajek
1993
Normal
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
2003
A Very Open Prison
David Hanratty
1995
Felony
Detective Carl Summer
2014
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Brother Dutton
1999
A Business Affair
Bob
1994
The Night of the White Pants
Max Hagan
2006
The Governess
Mr. Charles Cavendish
1998The Man Who Saved Paris
Lester
Chain of Fools
Bollingsworth
2001
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Silberbauer
1988
King Richard III
Buckingham (voice)
1994
Cold Enough for Snow
Hugh Lloyd
1997
Piccadilly Jim
Bingley Crocker
2004
Jackboots on Whitehall
Goebbels (voice)
2010
Sharma and Beyond
Vivian Archer
1984
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Father McAteer
1994
Burden
Tom Griffin
2018
Another Life
Mr. Carlton
2001
Crossing the Floor
David Hanratty
1996
Dedication
Rudy Holt
2007
Paper Mask
Dr. Thorn
1990
Squaring the Circle
Rulewski
1984
First and Last
Stephen
1989
Sakharov
1984
Wetherby
Roger Braithwaite
1985
Letting the Birds Go Free
Eddie
1983Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DI Charlie Resnick
1992
Sometime in August
Dr. Middleton
1990
Eskimo Day
Hugh
1996
Before You Go
Frank
2002
Measure for Measure
Duke Vincentio
1994
Parker
Tom
1985
Space Junk 3D
Narrator (voice)
2012Resnick: Rough Treatment
DI Charlie Resnick
1993
A Number
Salter
2008
WWII in 3D
Narrator (voice)
2012
The Liar
Trefusis
The Shadow-Line
Ransome
1976
Jilting Joe
Wyatt
1998
Sylvia
Keith
1986