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Aliases: 汤姆·威尔金森 , 톰 윌킨슨 , Том Уилкинсон , تام ویلکینسون

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Leeds, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 72

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Wilkinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Batman Begins
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8

Batman Begins

(2005) Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone
Inspector Morse
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8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Jake Normington
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
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7

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

(2011) IMF Secretary (uncredited)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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8
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
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6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

(1987) Robert Hathall
The Patriot
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7

The Patriot

(2000) Gen. Cornwallis
Prime Suspect
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8

Prime Suspect

(1991) Peter Rawlins
John Adams
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8

John Adams

(2008) Benjamin Franklin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Gerald Arthur Cooper
2021 William Lewis
Dr. Bird (Voice)
2020 Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Tom Griffin
2018 Threarah (voice)
Leslie
Paul Scherrer
Father Dunne
Prof. Martin Collingwood
2016 Alfie Stevenson
Richard Rampton
Ewen MacAskill
Dr. Shep
2015 Eddie
Fr. Oliver
Charlie
Timothy McWinters
2014 President Lyndon B. Johnson
Detective Carl Summer
DI John Halden
Author
2013 Self (archive footage)
Cole
Lord Mansfield
2012 Xavier
Graham Dashwood
Narrator (voice)
Narrator
2011 The Fox (voice)
IMF Secretary (uncredited)
Reverdy Johnson
Joe Kennedy Sr.
James Reid
2010 Dr. Knox
Goebbels (voice)
Stefan Gold
Paul Emmett
2009 Fox (voice)
Archie
Howard Tully
2008 Friedrich Fromm
Salter
Lenny Cole
James Baker
Benjamin Franklin
2007 Arthur Edens
Rudy Holt
Howard
2006 Stephen
Max Hagan
2005 John Webster
James Manning
Father Moore
Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone
2004 Bingley Crocker
Tuppy
Betterton
Dr. Mierzwiak
Taxi Driver
2003 Pieter Van Ruijven
Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
2002 Sam Wheeler
Frank
Dr. Chasuble
Sir Robert Vansittart
N/A
2001 Matt Fowler
Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Mr. Carlton
Bollingsworth
2000 John Dyke
Gen. Cornwallis
1999 Narrator
Orton Brown
Brother Dutton
1998 Hugh Fennyman
Wyatt
Griffin / Juntao
Mr. Charles Cavendish
1997 Hugh Stratton
Hugh Lloyd
Marquess of Queensberry
Gerald Arthur Cooper
Prof. Loyen
1996 Sir Robert Beaumont
David Hanratty
Hugh
1995 Mr. Dashwood
David Hanratty
Father Matthew Thomas
1994 Seth Pecksniff
Duke Vincentio
Bob
Father McAteer
Hardvendel
1993 Appeal Prosecutor
DI Charlie Resnick
Gerald Lacklander
1992 Buckingham (voice)
DI Charlie Resnick
1991 Peter Rawlins
Duke Vincentio
1990 Dr. Thorn
N/A
Hugo Gillon
Dr. Middleton
1989 Stephen
N/A
Jack
1988 Silberbauer
Ernest Simpson
1987 Robert Hathall
Jake Normington
1986 Raymond Gould
Ashley Wilkes
Keith
1985 N/A
Roger Braithwaite
Tom
Detective Inspector Neele
1984 Detective Inspector Neele
N/A
Rulewski
1983 Martin Taylor
Eddie
1979 Cadet
1976 Ransome
1953 Self
Self (archive footage)
President Slajek
Trefusis
Lester
Year Character Movie/Tv

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