
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).

as William Lewis

as Dr. Bird (Voice)

as Leslie

as Tom Griffin

as Paul Scherrer

as Father Dunne

as Prof. Martin Collingwood

as Alfie Stevenson

as Richard Rampton

as Ewen MacAskill

as Dr. Shep

as Eddie

as Fr. Oliver

as Charlie

as Timothy McWinters

as President Lyndon B. Johnson

as Detective Carl Summer

as DI John Halden

as Author

as Cole

as Lord Mansfield

as Xavier

as Graham Dashwood

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as The Fox (voice)

as IMF Secretary (uncredited)

as Reverdy Johnson

as James Reid

as Dr. Knox

as Goebbels (voice)

as Stefan Gold

as Paul Emmett

as Fox (voice)

as Archie

as Howard Tully

as Friedrich Fromm

as Salter

as Lenny Cole

as James Baker

as Howard

as John Webster

as Arthur Edens

as Rudy Holt

as Stephen

as Max Hagan

as James Manning

as Father Moore

as Carmine Falcone

as Bingley Crocker

as Tuppy

as Betterton

as Dr. Mierzwiak

as Taxi Driver

as Pieter Van Ruijven

as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood

as Sam Wheeler

as Frank

as Dr. Chasuble

as Sir Robert Vansittart

as Matt Fowler

as Sir Knolte of Marlborough

as Mr. Carlton

as Bollingsworth

as John Dyke

as Gen. Cornwallis

as Orton Brown

as Brother Dutton

as Hugh Fennyman

as Wyatt

as Griffin

as Mr. Charles Cavendish

as Hugh Stratton

as Hugh Lloyd

as Marquess of Queensberry

as Gerald Arthur Cooper

as Prof. Loyen

as Sir Robert Beaumont

as David Hanratty

as Hugh

as Mr. Dashwood

as David Hanratty

as Father Matthew Thomas

as Duke Vincentio

as Buckingham (voice)

as Father McAteer

as Bob

as Hardvendel

as Appeal Prosecutor

as DI Charlie Resnick

as DI Charlie Resnick

as Dr. Thorn

as Dr. Middleton

as Stephen

as Silberbauer

as Ernest Simpson

as Keith

as Roger Braithwaite

as Tom

as Vivian Archer

as Rulewski

as Eddie

as Ransome

as Lester

as Trefusis