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Tom Wilkinson Biography (1948-)

Born in February, c. 1948, in Great Britain; married Diana Hardcastle (an actress), January 5, 1998; children: Alice, Molly. Addresses: Agent-- Gersh Agency, Inc., 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5302. Career: Actor. Awards, Honors: British Academy Award (BAFTA Award) nominations, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best television actor, 1994, for Martin Chuzzlewit, and 1997, for Cold Enough for Snow; British Academy Award, best supporting actor in a film, Screen ActorsGuild Award (with others), outstanding performance by a cast, and MTV MovieAward nomination, best dance sequence, all 1997, for The Full Monty; British Academy Award nomination, best supporting actor in a film, and ScreenActors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by a cast, both 1998, for Shakespeare in Love. Addresses: Agent: Gersh Agency, Inc., 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5302.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

February, 1948

Great Britain

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Ransome, Smuga Cienia(also known as The Shadow Line), Thames Television, 1976
• Vivian, Sharma and Beyond, Cinecom International, 1983
• Tom, Parker(also known as Bones), 1984
• Keith Henderson, Sylvia, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
• Roger Braithwaite, Wetherby, Zenith Productions/Greenpoint Films,1985
• Dr. Thorn, Paper Mask, Castle Hill, 1990
• Appeal prosecutor, In the Name of the Father, Universal, 1993
• Father McAteer, All Things Bright and Beautiful,1994
• Father Matthew Thomas, Priest, Miramax, 1994
• Bob, A Business Affair(also known as Astucias de Mujer andLiebe und Andere Geschaefte), Skouras Pictures, 1994
• Hardvenael, Prince of Jutland(also known as Royal Deceit, Amled, Prinsen af Jylland, and Prinsen af Jylland), 1994
• Mr. Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
• Himself, Belly Talkers,1995
• Beaumont, The Ghost and the Darkness, Paramount, 1996
• Professor Loyen, Smilla's Sense of Snow(also known as Smilla's Feeling for Snow, Fraulein Smillas Gespuer fuer Schnee, Froeken Smillas Fornemmelse for Sne, and Froeken Smillas Kaensla foerSnoe), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde, Sony Pictures Classics, 1997
• Hugh Stratton, Oscar and Lucinda, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Gerald Arthur Cooper, The Full Monty(also known as Eggs, Beansand Chippendales and No Man's Land), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Thomas Griffin/Juntao, Rush Hour, New Line Cinema, 1998
• Mr. Charles Cavendish, The Governess, Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
• Hugh Fennyman, Shakespeare in Love, Miramax, 1998
• Joseph Dutton, Molokai: The Story of Father Damien, Unapix Entertainment, 1999
• Orton Brown, Ride with the Devil, Universal, 1999
• Mr. Carlton, Another Life, Winchester Films, 1999
• General Sir Charles Cornwallis, The Patriot, Columbia, 2000
• John Dyke, Essex Boys, Pathe, 2000
• Bollingsworth, Chain of Fools, Warner Bros., 2000
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Martin, Spyship, BBC, 1983
• Seth Pecksniff, Martin Chuzzlewit(also known as Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit), BBC, 1994 then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS,1995
• Movies
• Sakharov,1984
• Rulewski, Squaring the Circle,1984
• Detective Inspector Neele, A Pocketful of Rye(also known as Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye), 1984
• Silberbauer, "The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank," General Foods Golden Showcase, CBS, 1988
• Ernest Simpson, The Woman He Loved, CBS, 1988
• Robert Hathall, Shake Hands Forever, TVS Television, 1988
• Stephen, First and Last, BBC, 1989
• D.I. Charlie Resnick, Resnick: Lonely Hearts,1992
• D.I. Charlie Resnick, Resnick: Rough Treatment,1992
• Gerald, Inspector Alleyn: Scales of Justice, BBC, then Arts and Entertainment, 1995
• Hugh Lloyd, Interview Day(also known as Eskimo Day), BBC, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1996
• David Hanratty, Crossing the Floor,1996
• Hugh Lloyd, Cold Enough for Snow,1997
• Wyatt, Jilting Joe, Romance Classics, 1997
• Specials
• Sir Charles Russell, Parnell and the Englishwoman, BBC, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1991
• Peter Rawlins, Prime Suspect(also known as Prime Suspect 1), BBC, then PBS, 1992
• "King Richard III," Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, HBO, 1996
• Narrator, David Copperfield, PBS, 1999
• Also appeared in Measure for Measure and A Very Open Prison.
• Episodic
• Jack, Happy Families, BBC, 1985
• Raymond Gould, First among Equals, PBS, 1987
• Jake Normington, "The Infernal Serpent," Inspector Morse, Series IV, BBC, later broadcast as an episode of Mystery, PBS, 1990
• Allon, "Gilding the Lily," Stay Lucky, Yorkshire Television, 1993
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared as Tom in Tom and Viv, Royal Court Theatre, London, England; appeared in the title role, King Lear, Royal Court Theatre; appeared in The Crucible, The Passion Play, and White Chameleon, all National Theatre, London; appeared in An Enemy of the People and Ghosts, both Young Vic Theatre, London; appeared in the title role,Henry V; also appeared in The Comedians, Hamlet, Henry IV, Peer Gynt, Three Sisters, and Uncle Vanya.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• USA Today, February 6, 1998 , p. 2D.