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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).

Tom Wilkinson
OBE
Wilkinson in 2009
Born
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson

(1948-02-05)5 February 1948
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died30 December 2023(2023-12-30) (aged 75)
London, England
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1976–2023
Spouse
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(m. 1988)​
ChildrenAlice and Molly

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).

Early life and education

Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson[1] was born on 5 February 1948 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Marjorie and Thomas Wilkinson, a farmer.[2][3][4][5][6] At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Kitimat, British Columbia, in Canada,[7] where they lived for five years before returning to the United Kingdom and running a pub in Cornwall.[8][9] Wilkinson graduated in English and American literature from the University of Kent at Canterbury.[8] While at university, Wilkinson became preoccupied with acting and directing with the University of Kent Drama Society (now called T24 Drama Society). After finishing his degree, Wilkinson then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating in 1973.[10]

Career

1973–1994: Rise to prominence

Wilkinson made his acting debut on stage at the Nottingham Playhouse.[11] In 1976 he was in his first film which was the thriller Smuga cienia [pl] directed by Andrzej Wajda adapted from the Joseph Conrad short novel The Shadow Line.[12] He later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his West End debut as Horatio in the 1981 RSC production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Aldwych Theatre for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[13][11] He went on to act in supporting roles in the British thriller Parker (1984), the biographical film Sylvia (1985), and the mystery Wetherby (1985).[14] He also worked on several British television series, most notably portraying Raymond Gould in the ITV mini-series First Among Equals (1986).[15] He was simultaneously appearing in this series on television and on the West End stage in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts in which he played Pastor Manders.[11] In 1988 he played Dr. Stockmann in a West End production of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at the Playhouse Theatre. For his performance he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival.[13] In 1993 he had a small role as an Appeal Prosecutor, Grant Richardson in Jim Sheridan's biographical crime drama In the Name of the Father starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson. He first gained critical acclaim with his appearance as Seth Pecksniff in the BBC's 1994 adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name.[16]

1995–2008: Breakthrough and acclaim

Sissy Spacek and Wilkinson in the Todd Field drama film In the Bedroom (2001)

Wilkinson had a small but important role as the dying father, Mr. Dashwood, in the Ang Lee-directed Sense and Sensibility (1995), and played a villain in the adventure drama The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). The following year he gained acclaim for his leading role as Gerald Cooper in the ensemble cast comedy drama The Full Monty (1997). For his performance he earned the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[17] That same year he portrayed Marquess of Queensberry in the biographical drama Wilde and Hugh Stratton in the romantic drama Oscar and Lucinda.[18] In 1998 he acted in the British romantic costume drama Shakespeare in Love starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, and Judi Dench. The film received acclaim and Wilkinson with the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He played the evil British Ambassador/Juntao in the buddy cop movie Rush Hour (1998) starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and General Lord Cornwallis in the historical war drama film The Patriot (2000) starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.[19]

Wilkinson at the premiere for Valkyrie in 2009

Wilkinson won wider critical acclaim for his portrayal of grieving father Matt Fowler in Todd Field's film, In the Bedroom (2001),[20] with co-stars Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei. For this performance, he was named Best Actor of the Year by the New York Film Critics' Circle, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[21] He then took roles in the period films The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). For his role as Roy/Ruth Applewood in the HBO film Normal he received a nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.[22] The following year he played Dr. Howard Mierzwiak in the Michel Gondry directed science-fiction romantic comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. He portrayed Carmine Falcone in Christopher Nolan's superhero film Batman Begins (2005). He also acted in films such as the horror film The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Julian Fellowes' drama Separate Lies (2005), and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007).[23]

In 2007, Wilkinson played Arthur Edens, an attorney with bipolar disorder, in Michael Clayton. The performance, which Variety described as "terrific", earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.[24] In 2008, Wilkinson portrayed American polymath Benjamin Franklin in the HBO mini-series John Adams, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award,[13] as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.[25] That same year he starred in another HBO project, the political drama Recount, in which Wilkinson portrayed American political adviser and lawyer, James A. Baker, in Baker's capacity as Chief Counsel to George W. Bush during the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, receiving an Emmy Award nomination.[26][27] He portrayed Friedrich Fromm, acting alongside Tom Cruise, in the World War II thriller Valkyrie and acted in the Guy Ritchie action film RocknRolla (both 2008).[18]

2009–2023: Established actor

Wilkinson in 2016

During this time Wilkinson starred in a string of thrillers including Duplicity (2009), The Conspirator (2010), and The Debt (2010). Also in 2010 he starred in the John Landis directed horror comedy Burke and Hare and portrayed a covert CIA agent in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer.[28] He gained acclaim portraying Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., in the 2011 television miniseries The Kennedys, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.[29] He and his wife portrayed husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy. Earlier that year, he appeared in the comedy film The Green Hornet and the action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. The following year he acted in the British comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring opposite Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, and Maggie Smith. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised his performance writing, "Observed with sensitivity and played with a deep well of sorrow by Wilkinson, this story breathes real tenderness into the movie's reflections on growing older and making peace with past mistakes".[30]

In 2013 he portrayed Lord Mansfield in the costume drama Belle starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The following year Wilkinson portrayed Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, in Ava DuVernay's historical drama film Selma (2014), and had a role in Wes Anderson's comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).[14][18] He had a lead role alongside Vince Vaughn and Dave Franco in the comedy Unfinished Business (2015). In 2016, he portrayed journalist Ewen MacAskill in Snowden starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and barrister Richard Rampton in Denial acting alongside Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall.[18][31] He briefly reprised his role as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017).[32] He voiced Threarah in the BBC One series Watership Down (2018), and played Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in the Julian Fellowes historical drama Belgravia (2019).[18] His final appearance was in a television version of The Full Monty.[11]

Personal life

Wilkinson lived in North London with his wife, actress Diana Hardcastle.[33][8] They had two daughters: Alice (born in 1989) and Molly (born in 1991).[34]

Wilkinson died of cardiac arrest at his home in London, on 30 December 2023, at the age of 75.[35][36]

Filmography

Film

List of Tom Wilkinson film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Smuga cienia [pl]Chef Ransome[12]
1984ParkerTom[14][37]
1985SylviaKeith Henderson[14][18]
WetherbyRoger Braithwaite[14][37]
1990Paper MaskDr. Thorn[14][18]
1993In the Name of the FatherGrant Richardson[14][31]
1994PriestFather Matthew Thomas[14][18]
A Business AffairBob[14][18]
Prince of JutlandHardvendel[38]
1995Sense and SensibilityMr. Dashwood[14][18]
1996The Ghost and the DarknessRobert Beaumont[18][31]
1997Smilla's Sense of SnowProf. Loyen[14][18]
The Full MontyGerald Arthur Cooper[18][31]
WildeMarquess of Queensberry[14][18]
Oscar and LucindaHugh Stratton[18][31]
1998The GovernessCharles Cavendish[14][18]
Rush HourThomas Griffin/Juntao[18][31]
Shakespeare in LoveHugh Fennyman[14][18]
1999Ride with the DevilOrton Brown[14][18]
Molokai: The Story of Father DamienBrother Joseph Dutton[14][18]
2000Essex BoysJohn Dyke[14][18]
The PatriotGeneral Lord Cornwallis[14][18]
Chain of FoolsRobert Bollingsworth[14][18]
2001In the BedroomMatt Fowler[18][31]
Another LifeMr. Carlton[14][18]
Black KnightSir Knolte of Malborough[18][31]
2002The Importance of Being EarnestDr. Frederick Chasuble[14][18]
Before You GoFrank[18][37]
2003Girl with a Pearl EarringPieter van Ruijven[18][31]
2004If OnlyTaxi driver[18][37]
Piccadilly JimBingley Crocker[18][37]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindHoward Mierzwiak[18][31]
Stage BeautyBetterton[18][31]
A Good WomanTuppy[18][31]
2005Ripley Under GroundJohn Webster[14][18]
Batman BeginsCarmine Falcone[14][18]
The Exorcism of Emily RoseFather Moore[18][31]
Separate LiesJames Manning[18][31]
2006The Night of the White PantsMax Hagan[14][18]
The Last KissStephen[14][18]
2007DedicationRudy Holt[14][18]
Cassandra's DreamHoward[18][31]
Michael ClaytonArthur Edens[18][31]
2008RocknRollaLenny Cole[18][31]
ValkyrieColonel General Friedrich Fromm[18][31]
2009DuplicityHoward Tully[18][31]
44 Inch ChestArchie[18][31]
2010The Ghost WriterPaul Emmett[14][18]
Burke & HareDr. Robert Knox[14][18]
Jackboots on WhitehallAlbert and Joseph GoebbelsVoice[18][37]
2011The Green HornetJames Reid[18][31]
The ConspiratorReverdy Johnson[18][31]
The DebtStefan Gold[18][31]
Mission: Impossible – Ghost ProtocolIMF SecretaryUncredited[14][37]
2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelSir Graham Dashwood[18][37]
The SamaritanXavier[18][31]
2013The Lone RangerLatham Cole[18][31]
BelleLord Mansfield[14][18]
FelonyDetective Carl Summer[14][18]
2014The Grand Budapest HotelAuthor[14][18]
Good PeopleDetective Inspector John Halden[18][31]
SelmaPresident Lyndon B. Johnson[18][31]
2015Unfinished BusinessTimothy McWinters[18][31]
Bone in the ThroatCharlie[14][18]
Little BoyFr. Oliver[14][18]
Jenny's WeddingEddie[18][31]
2016The ChoiceDr. Shep[14][18]
SnowdenEwen MacAskill[14][18]
DenialRichard Rampton[14][18]
This Beautiful FantasticAlfie Stephenson[18][37]
2018The Catcher Was a SpyPaul Scherrer[14][18]
BurdenTom Griffin[14][18]
Dead in a Week or Your Money BackLeslie[18][37]
The Happy PrinceFr. Dunne[14][18]
The TitanProfessor Martin Collingwood[14][18]
2021Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad PoetsDr. BirdVoice[18]
SAS: Red NoticeWilliam Lewis[37]

Television

List of Tom Wilkinson television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Crime and PunishmentCadetEpisode: "Part 1"[37]
1983PanoramaCzumaEpisode: "Two Weeks in Winter: How the Army Took Over Poland"[39]
SpyshipMartin TaylorMiniseries[40]
1984Strangers and BrothersGeorge Passant2 episodes[41]
Sharma and BeyondVivian[14][37]Television film
Squaring the CircleRulewski[42][43]
1985A Pocket Full of RyeDetective Inspector Neele[18][37]
Happy FamiliesJackEpisode: "Cassie"[44]
1986First Among EqualsRaymond GouldMiniseries[18][37]
1988The Woman He LovedErnest Aldrich Simpson[14][37]Television film
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne FrankSilberbauer[14][37]
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesRobert Hathall3 episodes[45]
1989First and LastStephenTelevision film[18][37]
1990Inspector MorseJake NormingtonEpisode: "The Infernal Serpent"[46]
TECXHugo GillonEpisode: "The Wine Business"[47]
1990–1996Screen TwoDavid Hanratty / Father McAteer / Dr. Middleton4 episodes[48][49][50][51]
1991Parnell & the EnglishwomanSir Charles RussellEpisode: "The Libel"[14]
LovejoyAshley WilkesEpisode: "One Born Every Minute"[18][37]
Prime SuspectPeter Rawlins2 episodes[14][18]
1992UnderbellyPaul ManningMiniseries[52]
Resnick: Lonely HeartsDetective Inspector Charlie ResnickTelevision film[18]
1993Resnick: Rough Treatment
Stay LuckyAllonEpisode: "Gilding the Lily"[44]
1994The Inspector Alleyn MysteriesGerald LacklanderEpisode: "Scales of Justice"[14][18]
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales[53]Buckingham (voice)Episode: "King Richard II"
PerformanceDuke VincentioEpisode: "Measure for Measure"[54][55]
Martin ChuzzlewitSeth PecksniffMiniseries[14]
1996Eskimo Day[18][56]Hugh LloydTelevision film
1997Cold Enough for Snow[18]
1999David CopperfieldNarrator (Old David Copperfield)[14][37]
2002The Gathering StormSir Robert Vansittart[14][18]
An Angel for MaySam Wheeler[18][37]
2003NormalRoy/Ruth Applewood[14][18]
2008John AdamsBenjamin FranklinMiniseries[18][37]
RecountJames Baker[14][18]Television film
A NumberSalter[14][18]
2009The GruffaloFox (voice)[18][37]
2011The Gruffalo's Child[57]
The KennedysJoseph P. Kennedy Sr.Miniseries[18][37]
2017The Kennedys: After CamelotCameo[32]
2018Watership DownThrearah (voice)Miniseries[18]
2020BelgraviaPeregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst6 episodes[18][37]
2023The Full MontyGerald Arthur Cooper6 episodes[18][37]

Theatre

List of Tom Wilkinson theatre credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1980HamletHoratioAldwych Theatre, West End[13]
1988An Enemy of the PeopleDr. StockmannPlayhouse Theatre, West End[13][58]

Video games

List of Tom Wilkinson video game credits
YearTitleVoice role
2005Batman BeginsCarmine Falcone[59]
2012Sleeping Dogs[60]Superintendent Thomas Pendrew

Awards and honours

Wilkinson received a Doctor of Letters honorary degree from the University of Kent in July 2001.[1] In the 2005 New Year Honours, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Drama".[61]

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