Born Dec. 12, 1948, in Leeds, England, Tom Wilkinson worked as a character actor in television and film throughout the 1980s and '90s in movies such as In the Name of the Father and Sense and Sensibility. He went largely unnoticed until hitting it, er, big in 1997's The Full Monty.A slew of higher-profile parts soon followed, beginning with Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The Patriot (2000) before In the Bedroom (2001) garnered Wilkinson an Oscar nomination for his stunning portrayal of a grieving father. He later wowed critics and earned an Emmy nod as a Midwesterner who wants to undergo a sex change in the made-for-cable drama Normal (2003).
Wilkinson's impressive résumé includes a number of other noteworthy films: Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Batman Begins (2005), The Last Kiss (2006) and Michael Clayton (2007), which landed him an Oscar nomination. Another Emmy nod came with his turn in the HBO drama Recount, and his portrayal of Benjamin Franklin in the miniseries "John Adams" brought him his first Emmy and Golden Globe wins.
Michael ClaytonScreenwriter Tony Gilroy delivers a finely tuned directorial debut with this dramatic thriller about burned-out corporate lawyer Michael Clayton (George Clooney), a man who's built his career on cleaning up other people's messes. When a guilt-ridden colleague (Tom Wilkinson) threatens the settlement... Read More
ValkyrieWounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked... Read More
RocknRollaThandie Newton and Gerard Butler co-star in director Guy Ritchie's crime thriller about crooks from London's underworld who set out to nab millions of dollars left for the taking when a Russian mobster's real estate scam falls apart. Tom Wilkinson plays a powerful crime boss, with Jeremy Piven and... Read More
In the BedroomWhen a teenager's love affair with a single mother comes to a sudden and tragic end, the boy's parents must face their worst nightmare and embark on a dark and dangerous psychological journey. Read More
The Exorcism of Emily RoseAttorney Erin Bruner (Laura Linney) always manages to keep her emotions in check when she's in the middle of a case, but she finds herself unraveling when she decides to represent a priest (Tom Wilkinson) who's conducted an exorcism gone horribly awry. The highly charged case, in which Erin battles... Read More
