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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 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).
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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 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).
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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 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).
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 5, 1948
Died
December 30, 2023
Birthplace
Leeds, England, UK
Batman Begins
2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
Rush Hour
1998
The Patriot
2000
Little Boy
2015
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
The Liar
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Michael Clayton
2007
The Lone Ranger
2013
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Wilde
1997
Shakespeare in Love
1998
The Gruffalo
2009
Wetherby
1985
Dedication
2007
Sakharov
1984
Duplicity
2009
Valkyrie
2008
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Golden Globe Awards
1944
Prime Suspect
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Inspector Morse
1987
The Oscars
1953
Performance
1991
Screen Two
1985
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1985
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
John Adams
2008
Lovejoy
1986
Belgravia
2020
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
Watership Down
2018
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
David Copperfield
1999
Counterstrike
1990
The Kennedys
2011
Stay Lucky
1989
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