The Full Monty
2023 · TV Show
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Tom Wilkinson
1948-02-05
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Leeds, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021 · Movie
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
SAS: Red Notice
2021 · Movie
as William Lewis
Belgravia
2020 · TV Show
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
Burden
2018 · Movie
as Tom Griffin
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 · Movie
as Leslie
The Happy Prince
2018 · Movie
as Father Dunne
The Titan
2018 · Movie
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Movie
as Paul Scherrer
Watership Down
2018 · TV Show
as Threarah (voice)
Snowden
2016 · Movie
as Ewen MacAskill
The Choice
2016 · Movie
as Dr. Shep
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016 · Movie
as Alfie Stevenson
Denial
2016 · Movie
as Richard Rampton
Little Boy
2015 · Movie
as Fr. Oliver
Unfinished Business
2015 · Movie
as Timothy McWinters
Bone in the Throat
2015 · Movie
as Charlie
Jenny's Wedding
2015 · Movie
as Eddie
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Movie
as Author
Felony
2014 · Movie
as Detective Carl Summer
Good People
2014 · Movie
as DI John Halden
Selma
2014 · Movie
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Lone Ranger
2013 · Movie
as Cole
Belle
2013 · Movie
as Lord Mansfield
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Movie
as Graham Dashwood
The Samaritan
2012 · Movie
as Xavier
Space Junk 3D
2012 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
WWII in 3D
2012 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Green Hornet
2011 · Movie
as James Reid
The Conspirator
2011 · Movie
as Reverdy Johnson
The Gruffalo's Child
2011 · Movie
as The Fox (voice)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Movie
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
The Kennedys
2011 · TV Show
as Joe Kennedy Sr.
The Ghost Writer
2010 · Movie
as Paul Emmett
The Debt
2010 · Movie
as Stefan Gold
Burke & Hare
2010 · Movie
as Dr. Knox
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
as Goebbels (voice)
The Gruffalo
2009 · Movie
as Fox (voice)
44 Inch Chest
2009 · Movie
as Archie
Duplicity
2009 · Movie
as Howard Tully
Valkyrie
2008 · Movie
as Friedrich Fromm
RocknRolla
2008 · Movie
as Lenny Cole
Recount
2008 · Movie
as James Baker
A Number
2008 · Movie
as Salter
John Adams
2008 · TV Show
as Benjamin Franklin
Michael Clayton
2007 · Movie
as Arthur Edens
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Movie
as Howard
Dedication
2007 · Movie
as Rudy Holt
The Last Kiss
2006 · Movie
as Stephen
The Night of the White Pants
2006 · Movie
as Max Hagan
Batman Begins
2005 · Movie
as Carmine Falcone
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 · Movie
as Father Moore
Separate Lies
2005 · Movie
as James Manning
Ripley Under Ground
2005 · Movie
as John Webster
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Movie
as Dr. Mierzwiak
Stage Beauty
2004 · Movie
as Betterton
A Good Woman
2004 · Movie
as Tuppy
If Only
2004 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Movie
as Bingley Crocker
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Movie
as Pieter Van Ruijven
Normal
2003 · Movie
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 · Movie
as Dr. Chasuble
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Movie
as Sir Robert Vansittart
An Angel for May
2002 · Movie
as Sam Wheeler
Before You Go
2002 · Movie
as Frank
An Angel For May
2002 · TV Show
In the Bedroom
2001 · Movie
as Matt Fowler
Chain of Fools
2001 · Movie
as Bollingsworth
Black Knight
2001 · Movie
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Another Life
2001 · Movie
as Mr. Carlton
The Patriot
2000 · Movie
as Gen. Cornwallis
Essex Boys
2000 · Movie
as John Dyke
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Movie
as Orton Brown
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 · Movie
as Brother Dutton
David Copperfield
1999 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Rush Hour
1998 · Movie
as Griffin
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Movie
as Hugh Fennyman
The Governess
1998 · Movie
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
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Jilting Joe
1998 · Movie
as Wyatt
The Full Monty
1997 · Movie
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Movie
as Hugh Stratton
Cold Enough for Snow
1997 · Movie
as Hugh Lloyd
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Movie
as Prof. Loyen
Wilde
1997 · Movie
as Marquess of Queensberry
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Movie
as Sir Robert Beaumont
Eskimo Day
1996 · Movie
as Hugh
Crossing the Floor
1996 · Movie
as David Hanratty
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
as Mr. Dashwood
Priest
1995 · Movie
as Father Matthew Thomas
A Very Open Prison
1995 · Movie
as David Hanratty
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 · Movie
as Father McAteer
Measure for Measure
1994 · Movie
as Duke Vincentio
A Business Affair
1994 · Movie
as Bob
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Movie
as Hardvendel
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · TV Show
as Seth Pecksniff
In the Name of the Father
1993 · Movie
as Appeal Prosecutor
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Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 · Movie
as DI Charlie Resnick
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 · TV Show
as Gerald Lacklander
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An Exchange of Fire
1993 · TV Show
as President Slajek
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Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992 · Movie
as DI Charlie Resnick
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 · TV Show
as Buckingham (voice)
Underbelly
1992 · TV Show
as Paul Manning
Performance
1991 · TV Show
as Duke Vincentio
Prime Suspect
1991 · TV Show
as Peter Rawlins
Sometime in August
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Middleton
Paper Mask
1990 · Movie
as Dr. Thorn
Counterstrike
1990 · TV Show
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TECX
1990 · TV Show
First and Last
1989 · Movie
as Stephen
Stay Lucky
1989 · TV Show
as Allon
The Woman He Loved
1988 · Movie
as Ernest Simpson
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Movie
as Silberbauer
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV Show
as Jake Normington
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV Show
as Robert Hathall
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Sylvia
1986 · Movie
as Keith
Lovejoy
1986 · TV Show
as Ashley Wilkes
First Among Equals
1986 · TV Show
as Raymond Gould
Wetherby
1985 · Movie
as Roger Braithwaite
Parker
1985 · Movie
as Tom
Happy Families
1985 · TV Show
as Jack
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · TV Show
as Detective Inspector Neele
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
as Dr. Middleton, Father McAteer, Home Secretary, David Hanratty, Father Matthew Thomas
Sakharov
1984 · Movie
Squaring the Circle
1984 · Movie
as Rulewski
Sharma and Beyond
1984 · Movie
as Vivian Archer
Strangers and Brothers
1984 · TV Show
as George Passant
Travelling Man
1984 · TV Show
as 'Granny' Jackson
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983 · Movie
as Eddie
Spyship
1983 · TV Show
as Martin Taylor
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All for Love
1982 · TV Show
as Eddie
The Shadow-Line
1976 · Movie
as Ransome
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
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The Man Who Saved Paris
· Movie
as Lester
The Liar
· Movie
as Trefusis
