Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Born 05/02/1948
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Died 30/12/2023 (75 years old)
UK

Biography

A leading British actor, Tom Wilkinson is a veteran of stage and screen. It was his film role in the British and international box office sensation, The Full Monty (1997) followed by his performance in the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love (1998) that first brought him to the fore with worldwide audiences. Wilkinson was widely acclaimed and nominated for multiple awards for his unforgettable performance as a grieving father in In the Bedroom opposite Sissy Spacek. His honors for that film include an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a leading role, a BAFTA nomination, a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and Best Actor at the New York Film Critics Awards.

Wilkinson's broad range of film roles also includes Sense & Sensibility (1995), Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997), Oscar & Lucinda (1997), Ride with the Devil (1999), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and the critically acclaimed The Girl with the Pearl Earring (2003). His recent roles include the critically praised Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey; Stage Beauty with Billy Crudup; Piccadilly Jim from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes adapted from P.G. Wodehouse; A Good Woman with Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson; Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins; Roger Spottiswoode's Ripley Under Ground; The Exorcism of Emily Rose with Laura Linney; Separate Lies with Emily Watson and Rupert Everett; and the independent film Dedication with Billy Crudup. The next film to be released is: Michael Clayton for Warner Brothers starring opposite George Clooney.

On stage, Wilkinson's theatre work includes the role of John Proctor in “The Crucible” at the Royal National Theatre, the title role in “King Lear” at the Royal Court, Dr. Stockmann in the award winning production with Vanessa Redgrave of “Enemy of the People” in the West End and a Critics Circle Award-winning performance in "Ghosts." He also won acclaim at the Royal Court in the title role of “King Lear” and some years later David Hare's production of “My Zinc Bed” with Julia Ormond.

His television credits include Pecksniff in the award winning BBC TV series Martin Chuzzlewit and the Duke in David Thacker's production of Measure for Measure as part of the Performance series for the BBC. Tom was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance in Piers Haggard's drama Cold Enough for Snow.

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Actor

Movies
2025

The Man Who Saved Paris

2021

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

 

SAS: Red Notice

2018

Burden

 

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

 

The Catcher Was a Spy

 

The Happy Prince

 

The Titan

2016

Denial

Ads

Ads

 

Snowden

 

The Choice

 

This Beautiful Fantastic

2015

Bone in the Throat

 

Jenny's Wedding

 

Little Boy

 

Unfinished Business

2014

Good People

 

Selma

 

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2013

Belle

 

Felony

 

The Lone Ranger

2012

Fury

2011

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

 

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

 

The Green Hornet

2010

Burke and Hare

 

Jackboots on Whitehall

 

The Conspirator

 

The Debt

 

The Ghost Writer

2009

44 Inch Chest

 

Duplicity

2008

A Number (TV movie)

 

Recount (TV movie)

 

RocknRolla

 

Valkyrie

2007

Cassandra's Dream

 

Dedication

 

Michael Clayton

2006

The Last Kiss

 

The Night of the White Pants

2005

Batman Begins

 

Piccadilly Jim

 

Ripley Under Ground

 

Separate Lies

 

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2004

A Good Woman

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

If Only

 

Stage Beauty

2003

Girl with a Pearl Earring

 

Normal (TV movie)

2002

An Angel for May (TV movie)

 

Before You Go

 

The Gathering Storm (TV movie)

 

The Importance of Being Earnest

2001

Another Life

 

Black Knight

 

In the Bedroom

2000

Chain of Fools

 

Essex Boys

 

The Patriot

1999

David Copperfield (TV movie)

 

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

 

Ride with the Devil

1998

Jilting Joe

 

Rush Hour

 

Shakespeare in Love

 

The Governess

1997

Cold Enough for Snow (TV movie)

 

Oscar and Lucinda

 

Smilla's Sense of Snow

 

The Full Monty

 

Wilde

1996

Crossing the Floor (TV movie)

 

Eskimo Day (TV movie)

 

The Ghost and the Darkness

1995

Sense and Sensibility

1994

A Business Affair

 

A Very Open Prison (TV movie)

 

All Things Bright and Beautiful

 

Measure for Measure (TV movie)

 

Priest

 

Royal Deceit

1993

An Exchange of Fire (TV movie)

 

In the Name of the Father

 

Resnick: Rough Treatment (TV movie)

1992

Resnick: Lonely Hearts (TV movie)

1991

Prime Suspect (TV movie)

1990

Paper Mask

1989

First and Last (TV movie)

1988

Shake Hands Forever (TV movie)

 

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (TV movie)

 

The Woman He Loved (TV movie)

1986

Sharma and Beyond

1985

Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (TV movie)

 

Parker

 

Sylvia

 

Wetherby

1984

Sakharov (TV movie)

 

Squaring the Circle (TV movie)

1976

The Shadow Line

Series
2023

The Full Monty

 

It's Not the Waking, It's the Rising (E08)

 

No Man Left Behind (E07)

 

Welcome to the Job of Your Dreams (E06)

  more episodes (5)
2020

Belgravia

 

Episode 6 (E06)

 

Episode 5 (E05)

 

Episode 4 (E04)

  more episodes (3)
2018

Watership Down

 

The Siege (E04)

 

The Escape (E03)

 

The Raid (E02)

 

The Journey (E01)

2017

The Kennedys: Decline and Fall - a.f.

 

Episode 1 - a.f. (E01)

2011

The Kennedys

 

My Brother's Keeper (E08)

 

Lancer and Lace (E07)

 

Cuban Missiles (E06)

  more episodes (5)
2008

John Adams

 

Reunion (E04)

 

Don't Tread on Me (E03)

 

Independence (E02)

1994

Martin Chuzzlewit

1992

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

 

Underbelly

1991

Lovejoy

 

One Born Every Minute (S02E06)

1989

The Lost Secret

1986

First Among Equals

1985

Screen Two

1983

Spyship

1982

All for Love

Documentaries
2012

Space Junk 3D - narrator

2004

A Look Inside 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (TV movie)

Short
2011

The Gruffalo's Child (TV movie)

2009

The Gruffalo (TV movie)

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