
Tom Wilkinson
Highest Rated: 100% Normal (2003)
Lowest Rated: 10% Unfinished Business (2015)
Birthday: Feb 05, 1948
Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Throughout his illustrious acting career, which included an Oscar-nominated performance for "In the Bedroom" (2001) which put him on the Hollywood map, Tom Wilkinson enjoyed wide prominence without having to suffer the burden of being a household name. True to his working class roots, Wilkinson remained relatively low-key and distinctly non-Hollywood, despite having starred in some of the new millennium's most significant films. He made his breakthrough the previous decade, however, starting with Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) and followed with "The Full Monty" (1997), a surprising hit in the United States despite its origins across the pond. He went on to play major roles in a wide array of films, from small independents like "In the Bedroom" and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002) to Hollywood blockbusters like "Rush Hour" (1998) and "Batman Begins" (2005). Wilkinson delivered a memorable turn as the inventor of an experimental memory-erasing technique in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004) and was a high-profile corporate attorney who loses his mind in "Michael Clayton" (2007). On cable, he was delightful as a roguish Benjamin Franklin in the acclaimed miniseries "John Adams" (HBO, 2008) and had an award-worthy turn as patriarch Joseph Kennedy in the miniseries "The Kennedys" (ReelzChannel, 2011), all which affirmed his status as one of acting's most respected and versatile talents.
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Filmography
Movies
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64% | 85% | SAS: Red Notice | William Lewis (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | Dr. Bird (Character) | - | 2021 |
50% | 97% | Burden | Tom Griffin (Character) | $134.1K | 2018 |
52% | 58% | Dead in a Week | Leslie (Character) | - | 2018 |
72% | 50% | The Happy Prince | Father Dunne (Character) | $464.5K | 2018 |
32% | 50% | The Catcher Was a Spy | Paul Scherrer (Character) | $706.6K | 2018 |
17% | 15% | The Titan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
61% | 74% | This Beautiful Fantastic | Alfie Stephenson (Character) | - | 2016 |
83% | 71% | Denial | Richard Rampton (Character) | $4.1M | 2016 |
11% | 62% | The Choice | Dr. Shep (Character) | $18.7M | 2016 |
61% | 70% | Snowden | Ewen MacAskill (Character) | $21.6M | 2016 |
24% | 78% | Little Boy | Father Oliver (Character) | $6.5M | 2015 |
10% | 26% | Unfinished Business | Timothy McWinters (Character) | $10.2M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bone in the Throat | Charlie (Character) | - | 2015 |
25% | 34% | Jenny's Wedding | Eddie (Character) | $2.3K | 2015 |
99% | 86% | Selma | President Lyndon Baines Johnson (Character) | $52.1M | 2014 |
12% | 22% | Good People | DI Halden (Character) | - | 2014 |
92% | 86% | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Author (Character) | $59.1M | 2014 |
30% | 51% | The Lone Ranger | Latham Cole (Character) | $89.3M | 2013 |
84% | 82% | Belle | Lord Mansfield (Character) | $10.7M | 2013 |
70% | 46% | Felony | Detective Carl Summer (Character) | - | 2013 |
26% | 40% | The Samaritan | Xavier (Character) | $1.7K | 2012 |
78% | 78% | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Graham Dashwood (Character) | $46.4M | 2011 |
44% | 43% | The Green Hornet | James Reid (Character) | $98.8M | 2011 |
84% | 70% | The Ghost Writer | Paul Emmett (Character) | $15.5M | 2010 |
33% | 35% | Burke & Hare | Dr. Knox (Character) | $947 | 2010 |
44% | 26% | Jackboots on Whitehall | Goebbels (Voice) | - | 2010 |
77% | 66% | The Debt | Stefan (Character) | $31.1M | 2010 |
56% | 61% | The Conspirator | Reverdy Johnson (Character) | $11.5M | 2010 |
41% | 36% | 44 Inch Chest | Archie (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Gruffalo | Fox (Voice) | - | 2009 |
65% | 37% | Duplicity | Howard Tully (Character) | $40.6M | 2009 |
60% | 71% | RocknRolla | Lenny Cole (Character) | $5.7M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 39% | A Number | Salter (Character) | - | 2008 |
79% | 81% | Recount | James Baker (Character) | - | 2008 |
62% | 65% | Valkyrie | Friedrich Fromm (Character) | $83.1M | 2008 |
91% | 69% | Michael Clayton | Arthur Edens (Character) | $49M | 2007 |
40% | 64% | Dedication | Rudy Holt (Character) | $91.2K | 2007 |
46% | 49% | Cassandra's Dream | Uncle Howard (Character) | $969.6K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 43% | The Night of the White Pants | Max Hagan (Character) | - | 2006 |
46% | 59% | The Last Kiss | Stephen (Character) | $11.6M | 2006 |
44% | 60% | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Father Moore (Character) | $75.1M | 2005 |
84% | 94% | Batman Begins | Carmine Falcone (Character) | $206.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Piccadilly Jim | Bingley Crocker (Character) | - | 2005 |
71% | 47% | Separate Lies | James Manning (Character) | $923.3K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Ripley Under Ground | John Webster (Character) | - | 2005 |
64% | 78% | Stage Beauty | Betterton (Character) | $776.7K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 85% | If Only | Taxi Driver (Character) | - | 2004 |
37% | 49% | A Good Woman | Tuppy (Character) | $223.1K | 2004 |
92% | 94% | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Dr. Mierzwiak (Character) | $34.1M | 2004 |
100% | 76% | Normal | Roy Applewood (Character) | - | 2003 |
72% | 68% | Girl With a Pearl Earring | Van Ruijven (Character) | $11.6M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Before You Go | Frank (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 75% | An Angel for May | Sam Wheeler (Character) | - | 2002 |
57% | 72% | The Importance of Being Earnest | Dr. Chasuble (Character) | $8.4M | 2002 |
83% | 82% | The Gathering Storm | Sir Robert Vansittart (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Chain of Fools | Bollingsworth (Character) | - | 2001 |
93% | 81% | In the Bedroom | Matt Fowler (Character) | $35.9M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Another Life | Mr. Carlton (Character) | - | 2001 |
14% | 34% | Black Knight | Knolte (Character) | $33.4M | 2001 |
17% | 62% | Essex Boys | John Dyke (Character) | - | 2000 |
62% | 81% | The Patriot | Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis (Character) | $113.3M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jilting Joe | Wyatt (Character) | - | 1999 |
63% | 76% | Molokai | Brother Joseph Dutton (Character) | - | 1999 |
64% | 66% | Ride With the Devil | Orton Brown (Character) | $630.8K | 1999 |
65% | 50% | The Governess | Mr. Charles Cavendish (Character) | $4M | 1998 |
61% | 78% | Rush Hour |
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$141.2M | 1998 |
92% | 80% | Shakespeare in Love | Hugh Fennyman (Character) | $100.2M | 1998 |
52% | 57% | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Prof. Loyen (Character) | $2.3M | 1997 |
66% | 65% | Oscar and Lucinda | Hugh Stratton (Character) | $1.6M | 1997 |
71% | 73% | Wilde | Marquess of Queensberry (Character) | $2.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Enough for Snow | Hugh Lloyd (Character) | - | 1997 |
96% | 79% | The Full Monty | Gerald (Character) | $45.9M | 1997 |
49% | 75% | The Ghost and the Darkness | Robert Beaumont (Character) | $38.6M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing the Floor | David Hanratty (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eskimo Day | Hugh (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Measure for Measure | Duke Vincentio (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Things Bright and Beautiful | Father McAteer (Character) | - | 1994 |
20% | 33% | A Business Affair | Bob (Character) | $2.8K | 1994 |
70% | 83% | Priest | Father Matthew Thomas (Character) | $3.8M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scales of Justice | Gerald Lacklander (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Resnick: Rough Treatment | D.I. Charlie Resnick (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Resnick: Lonely Hearts | Det. Insp. Charlie Resnick (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First & Last | Child (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Paper Mask | Dr. Thorn (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First Among Equals | Unknown (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Pocket Full of Rye | Detective Inspector Neele (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sylvia | Keith Henderson (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shadow Line | Ransome (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
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73% | 85% | Belgravia | Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Belgravia | Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kennedys | Joseph Kennedy Sr. (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | John Adams | Benjamin Franklin (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Prime Suspect | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovejoy | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE EPIX: BELGRAVIA | Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst (Character) |
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