Biography
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson OBE (5 February 1948 – 30 December 2023) was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making his West End debut portraying Horatio in H...
Known For
Complete Filmography

SAS: Red Notice
2021
as William Lewis
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the tra...

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
2021
as Dr. Bird (Voice)
In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression involve seeking...

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
2018
as Leslie
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assur...

Burden
2018
as Tom Griffin
Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, un...

The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
as Paul Scherrer
Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

The Happy Prince
2018
as Father Dunne
In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was the most famous writer in London, and Bosie Douglas, son of the notorious Marquess of Queensberry, was his lover....

The Titan
2018
as Prof. Martin Collingwood
On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Alfie Stevenson
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a ...

Denial
2016
as Richard Rampton
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a reno...

Snowden
2016
as Ewen MacAskill
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

The Choice
2016
as Dr. Shep
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

Jenny's Wedding
2015
as Eddie
Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roo...

Little Boy
2015
as Fr. Oliver
An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love...

Bone in the Throat
2015
as Charlie
A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.

Unfinished Business
2015
as Timothy McWinters
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a rout...

Selma
2014
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Felony
2014
as Detective Carl Summer
Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one...

Good People
2014
as DI John Halden
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of thei...

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Author
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becom...

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward t...

The Lone Ranger
2013
as Cole
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is ...

Belle
2013
as Lord Mansfield
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in Engl...

The Samaritan
2012
as Xavier
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new sta...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Graham Dashwood
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Mari...

WWII in 3D
2012
as Narrator (voice)
For the first time, you will see dramatic moments of WWII that were captured in 3D with stereographs and then shuttered away in secret archives and at...

Space Junk 3D
2012
as Narrator (voice)
50 years after launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety of ear...

The Gruffalo's Child
2011
as The Fox (voice)
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores th...

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
as IMF Secretary (uncredited)
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...

The Conspirator
2011
as Reverdy Johnson
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she ...

The Green Hornet
2011
as James Reid
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. Afte...

Burke & Hare
2010
as Dr. Knox
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Goebbels (voice)
A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

The Debt
2010
as Stefan Gold
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that...

The Ghost Writer
2010
as Paul Emmett
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island aft...

The Gruffalo
2009
as Fox (voice)
The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Sn...

44 Inch Chest
2009
as Archie
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.

Duplicity
2009
as Howard Tully
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...

Valkyrie
2008
as Friedrich Fromm
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

A Number
2008
as Salter
A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.

RocknRolla
2008
as Lenny Cole
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their shar...

Recount
2008
as James Baker
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...

Cassandra's Dream
2007
as Howard
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Michael Clayton
2007
as Arthur Edens
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...

Dedication
2007
as Rudy Holt
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after ...

The Last Kiss
2006
as Stephen
Michael has a great job, has his 4 best friends, and is in love with a beautiful girl at 30. He loves Jenna but his life seems predictable until someo...

The Night of the White Pants
2006
as Max Hagan
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.

Ripley Under Ground
2005
as John Webster
After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name a...

Separate Lies
2005
as James Manning
Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
as Father Moore
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The pri...

Batman Begins
2005
as Carmine Falcone
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable t...

Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Bingley Crocker
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his d...

A Good Woman
2004
as Tuppy
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Er...

Stage Beauty
2004
as Betterton
Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because th...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Dr. Mierzwiak
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his me...

If Only
2004
as Taxi Driver
After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stri...

Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003
as Pieter Van Ruijven
This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl Wit...

Normal
2003
as Roy 'Ruth' Applewood
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

An Angel for May
2002
as Sam Wheeler
When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his fri...

Before You Go
2002
as Frank
The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sist...

The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Dr. Chasuble
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

The Gathering Storm
2002
as Sir Robert Vansittart
A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, mo...

In the Bedroom
2001
as Matt Fowler
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his ...

Black Knight
2001
as Sir Knolte of Marlborough
Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After nearly drowning in the moat, he awakens to find himself in 14th centu...

Another Life
2001
as Mr. Carlton
A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend ...

Chain of Fools
2001
as Bollingsworth
An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

Essex Boys
2000
as John Dyke
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper...

The Patriot
2000
as Gen. Cornwallis
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the s...

Ride with the Devil
1999
as Orton Brown
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Brother Dutton
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Hugh Fennyman
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...
Jilting Joe
1998
as Wyatt
Joe and Olivia are childhood sweethearts, about to embark on their wedding day. But, the so-called happiest day of their lives is over faster than the...

Rush Hour
1998
as Griffin
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete...

The Governess
1998
as Mr. Charles Cavendish
When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraw...

Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Hugh Stratton
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling...

Cold Enough for Snow
1997
as Hugh Lloyd
Doting parents must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships.

Wilde
1997
as Marquess of Queensberry
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment a...

The Full Monty
1997
as Gerald Arthur Cooper
Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997
as Prof. Loyen
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco...

The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
as Sir Robert Beaumont
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects resu...

Crossing the Floor
1996
as David Hanratty
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the oppos...

Eskimo Day
1996
as Hugh
Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they...

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mr. Dashwood
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

A Very Open Prison
1995
as David Hanratty
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murd...

Priest
1995
as Father Matthew Thomas
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.

Measure for Measure
1994
as Duke Vincentio
Modern dress adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994
as Father McAteer
A young boy's innocent observations leads the local priest to believe he has borne witness to a manifestation of the Virgin Mary. Set in an idyllic ru...

A Business Affair
1994
as Bob
This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when...

Prince of Jutland
1994
as Hardvendel
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

In the Name of the Father
1993
as Appeal Prosecutor
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in ...
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
as DI Charlie Resnick
A kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold Roy's shabby mansion. But nor was ...
An Exchange of Fire
1993
as President Slajek
Pavel Rhele is the ruthless head of a terrorist cell in a story of two fathers and two daughters whose relationships are suddenly subjected to public ...
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
as DI Charlie Resnick
Shirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is found twelve hours later in her own home. Just one of the many sordid domestic crimes hitting the city. ...

Paper Mask
1990
as Dr. Thorn
A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nu...

Sometime in August
1990
as Dr. Middleton
Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.

First and Last
1989
as Stephen
The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
1988
as Silberbauer
During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for tran...

The Woman He Loved
1988
as Ernest Simpson
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around t...
Sylvia
1986
as Keith
New Zealand chronicle of the life of noted writer and teacher, Sylvia Ashton-Warner. An interesting look at the unusual teaching methods she used whil...

Wetherby
1985
as Roger Braithwaite
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its resid...

Parker
1985
as Tom
An Aussie businessman is trying to find out why and by whom he was kidnapped and then later released with no explanation.

Sakharov
1984
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

Squaring the Circle
1984
as Rulewski
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

Letting the Birds Go Free
1983
as Eddie
A farm family catch a young man stealing eggs from their barn. Seemingly homeless, the man stays with them. Daughter Grace is disgusted by the strange...

The Shadow-Line
1976
as Ransome
Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a...
The Man Who Saved Paris
N/A
as Lester
The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light) afte...

The Liar
N/A
as Trefusis
Adrian Healey is clever, charming and witty, but above all he is an expert liar. His unparalleled ability to consummately cheat and deceive is a skill...