Tom Wilkinson

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Tom Wilkinson in Berlin (2009)

Tom Wilkinson OBE (* 5. February 1948 in Leeds as Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson ) is a British actor and, among other Golden Globe award winner.

Live and act

Wilkinson moved to Canada for a few years , then returned to England . He graduated from the University of Kent with a degree in English .

Wilkinson made his debut in the 1970s in the BBC - TV shows . In 1976 he worked in the Polish- British film production Die Schattenlinie by Andrzej Wajda . In the film Shakespeare in Love he starred in 1998 with Gwyneth Paltrow , Judi Dench and Joseph Fiennes and in 2000 in the war film The Patriot with Mel Gibson . For his role in In the Bedroom (2001) alongside Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei , he was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category and for a BAFTA Award .

In 2008, Wilkinson received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, this time for his role in the thriller Michael Clayton . In addition, Wilkinson was also active in the theater, including in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company . In 2009 he was awarded a Golden Globe for his role as Benjamin Franklin in the television miniseries John Adams .

Wilkinson has been married to actress Diana Hardcastle since 1988, with whom he has two children.

Wilkinson has no regular German speaker and was spoken by very different speakers in 56 films dubbed between 1976 and 2014. It has been dubbed most often (15 times) by Lutz Riedel (including in Batman Begins , The Lincoln Conspiracy and Grand Budapest Hotel ), who was first engaged in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love as Wilkinson's German voice. But even after 1998, Wilkinson has been dubbed by other speakers in 29 films so far.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

All or nothing :

  • BAFTA Award for the best supporting actor
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble
  • Nominated - MTV Movie Award for the best dance sequence

Shakespeare in Love :

  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble
  • Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor

In the bedroom :

  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (3rd Place)
  • Independent Spirit Award for the best actor
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (2nd place)
  • National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (3rd place)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
  • Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award (together with Sissy Spacek)
  • Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Nominated - American Film Institute Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for the best actor
  • Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor
  • Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble
  • Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

Michael Clayton :

  • London Critics Circle Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - London Critics Circle Film Award for Best British Actor
  • Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film
  • Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/22/awardsandprizes.news
  2. ^ Tom Wilkinson Facts. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Tom Wilkinson: down with the big boys
personal data
SURNAME Wilkinson, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilkinson, Thomas Geoffrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds