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).
103 movies · 30 shows
SAS: Red Notice
2021·5.8
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021·6.9
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018·6.3
Burden
2018·6.1
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018·6.2
The Happy Prince
2018·6.2
The Titan
2018·5.3
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016·7.1
Denial
2016·6.8
Snowden
2016·7.1
The Choice
2016·7.2
Jenny's Wedding
2015·5.6
Little Boy
2015·7.2
Bone in the Throat
2015·2.0
Unfinished Business
2015·5.4
Selma
2014·7.4
Felony
2014·5.7
Good People
2014·5.5
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014·8.0
The Lone Ranger
2013·6.1
Belle
2013·7.1
The Samaritan
2012·5.5
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012·7.0
WWII in 3D
2012·6.2
Space Junk 3D
2012·5.9
The Gruffalo's Child
2011·6.9
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011·7.1
The Conspirator
2011·6.6
The Green Hornet
2011·5.6
Burke & Hare
2010·6.1
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010·4.9
The Debt
2010·6.6
The Ghost Writer
2010·6.8
The Gruffalo
2009·7.4
44 Inch Chest
2009·5.4
Duplicity
2009·5.9
Valkyrie
2008·7.0
A Number
2008·5.0
RocknRolla
2008·6.9
Recount
2008·6.8
Cassandra's Dream
2007·6.3
Michael Clayton
2007·6.8
Dedication
2007·6.4
The Last Kiss
2006·6.1
The Night of the White Pants
2006·6.0
Ripley Under Ground
2005·5.6
Separate Lies
2005·5.8
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005·6.6
Batman Begins
2005·7.7
Piccadilly Jim
2004·6.6
A Good Woman
2004·6.3
Stage Beauty
2004·6.6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004·8.1
If Only
2004·7.1
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003·6.6
Normal
2003·6.7
An Angel for May
2002·6.3
Before You Go
2002·5.8
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002·6.8
The Gathering Storm
2002·6.7
In the Bedroom
2001·6.9
Black Knight
2001·5.5
Another Life
2001·5.7
Chain of Fools
2001·5.8
Essex Boys
2000·5.7
The Patriot
2000·7.2
Ride with the Devil
1999·6.4
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999·6.2
Shakespeare in Love
1998·6.8
Jilting Joe
1998·8.0
Rush Hour
1998·7.1
The Governess
1998·5.8
Oscar and Lucinda
1997·6.4
Cold Enough for Snow
1997·7.2
Wilde
1997·6.6
The Full Monty
1997·7.0
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997·6.3
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996·6.8
Crossing the Floor
1996·6.8
Eskimo Day
1996·8.0
Sense and Sensibility
1995·7.4
A Very Open Prison
1995·8.5
Priest
1995·6.3
Measure for Measure
1994·3.3
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994·8.0
A Business Affair
1994·4.8
Prince of Jutland
1994·5.4
In the Name of the Father
1993·7.9
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993·0.0
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992·0.0
Paper Mask
1990·5.7
Sometime in August
1990·8.0
First and Last
1989·7.0
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988·7.1
The Woman He Loved
1988·10.0
Sylvia
1986·7.3
Wetherby
1985·6.0
Parker
1985·6.3
Sakharov
1984·7.5
Sharma and Beyond
1984·7.0
Squaring the Circle
1984·5.0
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983·0.0
The Shadow-Line
1976·6.4