Tom Wilkinson
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 Emmynominated roles were as RoyRuth 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
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