Tom Wilkinson
05 February, 1948
| 1.86 m
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Biography
Popular British character actor Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and came from a long line of urban farmers. He was the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a few years when Wilkinson was a child; then, after he had returned to England, he attended and graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a degree in English and American Literature.Wilkinson first became active in film and television in the mid-1970s, but did not become familiar to an international audience until 1997. That was when he starred as one of six unemployed workers who strip for cash in Best Picture nominee Goło i wesoło (1997), and went on to win a BAFTA for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. That same year, he was featured in Oscar i Lucinda (1997) and Wilde. Historia pisarza (1997). Wilkinson was also shown to memorable effect as a theatre financier with acting aspirations in Best Picture winner Zakochany Szekspir (1998).Over the next few years, Wilkinson would become more popular, especially with American audiences, with such roles as General Cornwallis alongside Mel Gibson in the blockbuster Patriota (2000) and as the grief-stricken father, Matt Fowler, in the critically acclaimed Best Picture nominee Za drzwiami sypialni (2001). For his role in that movie, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.Since then, Wilkinson has made memorable appearances in Zakochany bez pamięci (2004), Batman - Początek (2005), Egzorcyzmy Emily Rose (2005), Walkiria (2008), Gra dla dwojga (2009), Autor widmo (2010), Dług (2010) and Hotel Marigold (2011), among others. Wilkinson also received his second Academy Award nomination for his acclaimed role in Michael Clayton (2007).Wilkinson won an Emmy Award for his work as Benjamin Franklin in HBO's John Adams (2008) mini-series. The same year, he received an Emmy nomination for his role in HBO movie Decydujący głos (2008), and has also received Emmy nominations for Normalny (2003) and Klan Kennedych (2011).Wilkinson had two children, Alice and... show more
Movies
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign mob.
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every way imaginable, and unimaginable.
It takes a tragedy to teach the young businessman Ian to put love ahead of work and open up to his musician girlfriend Samantha.
A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration.
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Discovering a stash of cash in their dead tenant's apartment, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary - the thief who stole it.
A 1930s American socialite creates a scandal in the expatriate high society of the Amalfi Coast of Italy when she forms a secretive relationship with a wealthy American unbeknownst to his young wife.
Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.