Tom Wilkinson
Gender: Male
Born: 12th December 1948 (currently 63 years old)
Nationality: England
TV programs: John Adams, Spyship, The Kennedys, TECX, Happy Families, Crime and Punishment (UK), Martin Chuzzlewit, First Among Equals, Lovejoy, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Stay Lucky, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Counterstrike, Inspector Morse
Movies: If Only, In the Bedroom, Normal, Sense and Sensibility, The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Full Monty, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Night of the White Pants, The Patriot, Cassandra's Dream, Wilde, Michael Clayton, Batman Begins, Essex Boys, The Governess, Stage Beauty, Black Knight, Priest, A Good Woman, Separate Lies, Rush Hour, The Last Kiss, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Jackboots on Whitehall, Wetherby, Shakespeare in Love, Sylvia, Recount, Duplicity, RocknRolla, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 44 Inch Chest, Valkyrie, The Debt, The Green Hornet, The Conspirator, Molokai: The Story of Father Damien, A Number, The Gruffalo, Burke and Hare, Dedication, Oscar and Lucinda, The Ghost Writer, Ripley Under Ground, The Ghost and the Darkness, Chain of Fools, The Gathering Storm, An Angel for May, Another Life, A Business Affair, In the Name of the Father, Before You Go, Prince of Jutland, Piccadilly Jim, The Samaritan, Jilting Joe, Paper Mask, Rush Hour, David Copperfield, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Sakharov, Ride with the Devil, Prime Suspect, Vivaldi, The Samaritan, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Little Boy
Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" Wilkinson, OBE (born 5 February 1948) is a British actor. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton. In 2009, he won Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Film for John Adams.
Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of Thomas Wilkinson, Sr., a farmer. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Canada, where they lived for several years before returning to England and running a pub in Cornwall. Wilkinson graduated from the University of Kent, where he was a member of T24 Drama Society (then named UKCD) and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Wilkinson currently lives in North London with his wife, actress Diana Hardcastle, and their two children, Alice and Mollie.
In 2011, Wilkinson and Hardcastle portrayed real life husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy in the mini series The Kennedys.
Wilkinson made his television debut in the mid-1970s and worked on several British television series, most notably the mini-series First Among Equals (1986). He first gained critical acclaim with his appearance as Mr. Pecksniff,
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