Acting
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).
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
Screen Two
1985 · TV
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · TV
Batman Begins
2005 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Movie
Prime Suspect
1991 · TV
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Movie
Lovejoy
1986 · TV
Rush Hour
1998 · Movie
Performance
1991 · TV
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Movie
The Patriot
2000 · Movie
Counterstrike
1990 · TV
Belgravia
2020 · TV
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
John Adams
2008 · TV
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 · TV
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 · Movie
Valkyrie
2008 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
2013 · Movie
The Green Hornet
2011 · Movie
The Kennedys
2011 · TV
SAS: Red Notice
2021 · Movie
Travelling Man
1984 · TV
In the Name of the Father
1993 · Movie
The Full Monty
2023 · TV
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Movie
Watership Down
2018 · TV
Snowden
2016 · Movie
David Copperfield
1999 · TV
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Movie
The Choice
2016 · Movie
RocknRolla
2008 · Movie
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Movie
The Debt
2010 · Movie
Black Knight
2001 · Movie
Michael Clayton
2007 · Movie
If Only
2004 · Movie
Stay Lucky
1989 · TV
The Titan
2018 · Movie
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · TV
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 · TV
Duplicity
2009 · Movie
The Full Monty
1997 · Movie
In the Bedroom
2001 · Movie
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Movie
Wilde
1997 · Movie
Wetherby
1985 · Movie
The Ghost Writer
2010 · Movie
Selma
2014 · Movie
Priest
1995 · Movie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012 · Movie
Unfinished Business
2015 · Movie
The Gruffalo
2009 · Movie
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Movie
Belle
2013 · Movie
First Among Equals
1986 · TV
The Gruffalo's Child
2011 · Movie
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Movie
Denial
2016 · Movie
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016 · Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 · Movie
Good People
2014 · Movie
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Movie
Little Boy
2015 · Movie
Strangers and Brothers
1984 · TV
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Movie
Burke & Hare
2010 · Movie
The Last Kiss
2006 · Movie
Recount
2008 · Movie
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Movie
Happy Families
1985 · TV
A Good Woman
2004 · Movie
The Happy Prince
2018 · Movie
Stage Beauty
2004 · Movie
The Conspirator
2011 · Movie
Jenny's Wedding
2015 · Movie
Underbelly
1992 · TV
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Movie
Chain of Fools
2001 · Movie
Essex Boys
2000 · Movie
Spyship
1983 · TV
Ripley Under Ground
2005 · Movie
Normal
2003 · Movie
A Business Affair
1994 · Movie
Burden
2018 · Movie
An Angel For May
2002 · TV
The Governess
1998 · Movie
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018 · Movie
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
Separate Lies
2005 · Movie
The Woman He Loved
1988 · Movie
Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021 · Movie
The Samaritan
2012 · Movie
Bone in the Throat
2015 · Movie
Space Junk 3D
2012 · Movie
The Night of the White Pants
2006 · Movie
44 Inch Chest
2009 · Movie
Crossing the Floor
1996 · Movie
Sharma and Beyond
1984 · Movie
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 · Movie
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Movie
Sakharov
1984 · Movie
An Angel for May
2002 · Movie
Dedication
2007 · Movie
Squaring the Circle
1984 · Movie
Felony
2014 · Movie
WWII in 3D
2012 · Movie
Sometime in August
1990 · Movie
Another Life
2001 · Movie
The Shadow-Line
1976 · Movie
Letting the Birds Go Free
1983 · Movie
Before You Go
2002 · Movie
A Number
2008 · Movie
Paper Mask
1990 · Movie
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 · Movie
Measure for Measure
1994 · Movie
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988 · Movie
Eskimo Day
1996 · Movie
Cold Enough for Snow
1997 · Movie
The Liar
· Movie
A Very Open Prison
1995 · Movie
First and Last
1989 · Movie
Parker
1985 · Movie
