Tom Wilkinson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-02-05 (75 years old)

Deathday

2023-12-30

Place of Birth

Leeds, England, UK

Tom Wilkinson

Biography

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 playin...

Acting

2005

Batman Begins

as Carmine Falcone

1998

Rush Hour

as Griffin

2008

Valkyrie

as Friedrich Fromm

1996

The Ghost and the Darkness

as Sir Robert Beaumont

1998

Shakespeare in Love

as Hugh Fennyman

2001

In the Bedroom

as Matt Fowler

2000

The Patriot

as Gen. Cornwallis

2003

Girl with a Pearl Earring

as Pieter Van Ruijven

2007

Michael Clayton

as Arthur Edens

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Mr. Dashwood

2007

2001

Chain of Fools

as Bollingsworth

1999

Ride with the Devil

as Orton Brown

2010

The Ghost Writer

as Paul Emmett

2006

The Last Kiss

as Stephen

2001

Black Knight

as Sir Knolte of Marlborough

2005

1997

The Full Monty

as Gerald Arthur Cooper

2004

Stage Beauty

as Betterton

2009

The Gruffalo

as Fox (voice)

1995

Priest

as Father Matthew Thomas

2008

RocknRolla

as Lenny Cole

2011

The Green Hornet

as James Reid

2007

Dedication

as Rudy Holt

2009

44 Inch Chest

as Archie

2008

Recount

as James Baker

2002

The Gathering Storm

as Sir Robert Vansittart

2011

The Conspirator

as Reverdy Johnson

2004

A Good Woman

as Tuppy

1994

1990

Sometime in August

as Dr. Middleton

2005

Separate Lies

as James Manning

2009

Duplicity

as Howard Tully

2005

Ripley Under Ground

as John Webster

1997

Oscar and Lucinda

as Hugh Stratton

2010

The Debt

as Stefan Gold

2000

Essex Boys

as John Dyke

2003

Normal

as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood

2010

Burke & Hare

as Dr. Knox

2011

The Gruffalo's Child

as The Fox (voice)

2001

Another Life

as Mr. Carlton

2012

2011

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

as IMF Secretary (uncredited)

1990

Paper Mask

as Dr. Thorn

2013

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Goebbels (voice)

1998

The Governess

as Mr. Charles Cavendish

1997

2012

The Samaritan

as Xavier

2008

A Number

as Salter

2002

An Angel for May

as Sam Wheeler

1985

Wetherby

as Roger Braithwaite

2013

Belle

as Lord Mansfield

2014

Felony

as Detective Carl Summer

1996

Eskimo Day

as Hugh

1994

Measure for Measure

as Duke Vincentio

2012

Space Junk 3D

as Narrator (voice)

2015

Little Boy

as Fr. Oliver

2014

Good People

as DI John Halden

1976

The Shadow-Line

as Ransome

1988

The Woman He Loved

as Ernest Simpson

2014

Selma

as President Lyndon B. Johnson

1997

2015

Unfinished Business

as Timothy McWinters

1989

First and Last

as Stephen

2015

2016

Snowden

as Ewen MacAskill

2016

The Choice

as Dr. Shep

2004

If Only

as Taxi Driver

2015

1986

Sylvia

as Keith

2016

This Beautiful Fantastic

as Alfie Stevenson

1993

In the Name of the Father

as Appeal Prosecutor

1998

Jilting Joe

as Wyatt

1984

2002

2016

Denial

as Richard Rampton

1992

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

as DI Charlie Resnick

1993

Resnick: Rough Treatment

as DI Charlie Resnick

2018

Burden

as Tom Griffin

1997

Wilde

as Marquess of Queensberry

1994

Prince of Jutland

as Hardvendel

2018

The Happy Prince

as Father Dunne

1985

Parker

as Tom

2018

The Titan

as Prof. Martin Collingwood

2004

Piccadilly Jim

as Bingley Crocker

1996

Crossing the Floor

as David Hanratty

1995

A Very Open Prison

as David Hanratty

1993

An Exchange of Fire

as President Slajek

2021

2012

WWII in 3D

as Narrator (voice)

2021

SAS: Red Notice

as William Lewis

-

The Liar

as Trefusis

2018

The Catcher Was a Spy

as Paul Scherrer

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