Acting · Leeds, England, UK · Born February 5, 1948
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).
TVThe Full Monty
2023
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
MovieSAS: Red Notice
2021
as William Lewis
MovieDr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
TVBelgravia
2020
as Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst
TVWatership Down
2018
as Threarah (voice)
MovieDead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
as Leslie
MovieBurden
2018
as Tom Griffin
MovieThe Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Paul Scherrer
MovieThe Happy Prince
2018
as Father Dunne
MovieThe Titan
2018
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
MovieThis Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Alfie Stevenson
MovieDenial
2016
as Richard Rampton
MovieSnowden
2016
as Ewen MacAskill
MovieThe Choice
2016
as Dr. Shep
MovieJenny's Wedding
2015
as Eddie
MovieLittle Boy
2015
as Fr. Oliver
MovieBone in the Throat
2015
as Charlie
MovieUnfinished Business
2015
as Timothy McWinters
MovieSelma
2014
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
MovieFelony
2014
as Detective Carl Summer
MovieGood People
2014
as DI John Halden
MovieThe Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Author
MovieThe Lone Ranger
2013
as Cole
MovieBelle
2013
as Lord Mansfield
MovieThe Samaritan
2012
as Xavier
MovieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Graham Dashwood
MovieWWII in 3D
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSpace Junk 3D
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Gruffalo's Child
2011
as The Fox (voice)
MovieMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
MovieThe Conspirator
2011
as Reverdy Johnson
TVThe Kennedys
2011
as Joe Kennedy Sr.
MovieThe Green Hornet
2011
as James Reid
MovieBurke & Hare
2010
as Dr. Knox
MovieJackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Goebbels (voice)
MovieThe Debt
2010
as Stefan Gold
MovieThe Ghost Writer
2010
as Paul Emmett
MovieThe Gruffalo
2009
as Fox (voice)
Movie44 Inch Chest
2009
as Archie
MovieDuplicity
2009
as Howard Tully
MovieValkyrie
2008
as Friedrich Fromm
MovieA Number
2008
as Salter
MovieRocknRolla
2008
as Lenny Cole
MovieRecount
2008
as James Baker
TVJohn Adams
2008
as Benjamin Franklin
MovieCassandra's Dream
2007
as Howard
MovieMichael Clayton
2007
as Arthur Edens
MovieDedication
2007
as Rudy Holt
MovieThe Last Kiss
2006
as Stephen
MovieThe Night of the White Pants
2006
as Max Hagan
MovieRipley Under Ground
2005
as John Webster
MovieSeparate Lies
2005
as James Manning
MovieThe Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
as Father Moore
MovieBatman Begins
2005
as Carmine Falcone
MoviePiccadilly Jim
2004
as Bingley Crocker
MovieA Good Woman
2004
as Tuppy
MovieStage Beauty
2004
as Betterton
MovieEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Dr. Mierzwiak
MovieIf Only
2004
as Taxi Driver
MovieGirl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Pieter Van Ruijven
MovieNormal
2003
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
MovieAn Angel for May
2002
as Sam Wheeler
MovieBefore You Go
2002
as Frank
MovieThe Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Dr. Chasuble
MovieThe Gathering Storm
2002
as Sir Robert Vansittart
TVAn Angel For May
2002
MovieIn the Bedroom
2001
as Matt Fowler
MovieBlack Knight
2001
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
MovieAnother Life
2001
as Mr. Carlton
MovieChain of Fools
2001
as Bollingsworth
MovieEssex Boys
2000
as John Dyke
MovieThe Patriot
2000
as Gen. Cornwallis
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRide with the Devil
1999
as Orton Brown
MovieMolokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Brother Dutton
MovieShakespeare in Love
1998
as Hugh Fennyman
Jilting Joe
1998
as Wyatt
MovieRush Hour
1998
as Griffin
MovieThe Governess
1998
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
MovieOscar and Lucinda
1997
as Hugh Stratton
MovieCold Enough for Snow
1997
as Hugh Lloyd
MovieWilde
1997
as Marquess of Queensberry
MovieThe Full Monty
1997
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
MovieSmilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Prof. Loyen
MovieThe Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Sir Robert Beaumont
MovieCrossing the Floor
1996
as David Hanratty
MovieEskimo Day
1996
as Hugh
MovieSense and Sensibility
1995
as Mr. Dashwood
MovieA Very Open Prison
1995
as David Hanratty
MoviePriest
1995
as Father Matthew Thomas
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Seth Pecksniff
MovieMeasure for Measure
1994
as Duke Vincentio
MovieAll Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as Father McAteer
MovieA Business Affair
1994
as Bob
MoviePrince of Jutland
1994
as Hardvendel
MovieIn the Name of the Father
1993
as Appeal Prosecutor
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
as DI Charlie Resnick
An Exchange of Fire
1993
as President Slajek
TVThe Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
as Gerald Lacklander
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Buckingham (voice)
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
as DI Charlie Resnick
TVUnderbelly
1992
as Paul Manning
TVPerformance
1991
as Duke Vincentio
TVPrime Suspect
1991
as Peter Rawlins
MoviePaper Mask
1990
as Dr. Thorn
TVCounterstrike
1990
TECX
1990
MovieSometime in August
1990
as Dr. Middleton
MovieFirst and Last
1989
as Stephen
TVStay Lucky
1989
as Allon
MovieThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Silberbauer
MovieThe Woman He Loved
1988
as Ernest Simpson
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Robert Hathall
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Jake Normington
TVFirst Among Equals
1986
as Raymond Gould
TVLovejoy
1986
as Ashley Wilkes
Sylvia
1986
as Keith
TVHappy Families
1985
as Jack
MovieWetherby
1985
as Roger Braithwaite
MovieParker
1985
as Tom
TVMiss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Detective Inspector Neele
TVScreen Two
1985
as Dr. Middleton
TVTravelling Man
1984
as 'Granny' Jackson
MovieSakharov
1984
MovieSharma and Beyond
1984
as Vivian Archer
MovieSquaring the Circle
1984
as Rulewski
TVStrangers and Brothers
1984
as George Passant
TVSpyship
1983
as Martin Taylor
MovieLetting the Birds Go Free
1983
as Eddie
All for Love
1982
as Eddie
MovieThe Shadow-Line
1976
as Ransome
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Man Who Saved Paris
as Lester
MovieThe Liar
as Trefusis
