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

Tom Wilkinson

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations8 won · 29 nominated

Acting126 titles

The Woman He Loved

A Very Open Prison

Martin Chuzzlewit

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Sometime in August

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Eskimo Day

In the Name of the Father

Inspector Morse

Prime Suspect

Batman Begins

John Adams

Sakharov

Spyship

Sense and Sensibility

The Gruffalo

Selma

Lovejoy

Happy Families

The Full Monty

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

The Patriot

Cold Enough for Snow

Little Boy

The Choice

Golden Globe Awards

Rush Hour

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Belle

Snowden

This Beautiful Fantastic

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

David Copperfield

Screen Two

Valkyrie

The Full Monty

RocknRolla

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

First and Last

If Only

Sharma and Beyond

Counterstrike

First Among Equals

The Oscars

Stay Lucky

Belgravia

Strangers and Brothers

In the Bedroom

The Gruffalo's Child

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

Watership Down

The Ghost and the Darkness

Shakespeare in Love

Michael Clayton

The Ghost Writer

The Importance of Being Earnest

Recount

Denial

Crossing the Floor

The Gathering Storm

Normal

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Stage Beauty

The Conspirator

The Debt

Wilde

Piccadilly Jim

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Kennedys

Travelling Man

Dedication