Tom Wilkinson

Acting

Born: 1948-02-05
Died: 2023-12-30
From: Leeds, England, UK
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1.5

Also Known As

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson

Biography

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).

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Awards & Nominations8 won · 29 nominated

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2013
Nominated

British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2012
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

The Kennedys

2011
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

2010
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

John Adams

2009
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

John Adams

2008
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

John Adams

2008
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Michael Clayton

2008
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Clayton

2008
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Clayton

2008
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Recount

2008
🏆 Won

Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Michael Clayton

2007
Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

Michael Clayton

2007
Nominated

Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Michael Clayton

2007
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Michael Clayton

2007
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Normal

2003
🏆 Won

Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

In the Bedroom

2002
Nominated

Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead

In the Bedroom

2002
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

In the Bedroom

2002
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

In the Bedroom

2002
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

In the Bedroom

2002
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

In the Bedroom

2002
🏆 Won

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

In the Bedroom

2001
Nominated

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor

In the Bedroom

2001
🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Shakespeare in Love

1999
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Shakespeare in Love

1999
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Shakespeare in Love

1999
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The Full Monty

1998
🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The Full Monty

1998
Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence

The Full Monty

1998
Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The Full Monty

1998
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

The Full Monty

1998
Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

1998
Nominated

British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Martin Chuzzlewit

1995
Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival

1988
Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1981
🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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