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Tom Wilkinson Biography

Birth Name:Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson

Birth Place:Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

For his services to drama, he was made an Officer of the order of the British Empire in the Queen's 2005 New Years Honours List
The University of Kent at Canterbury, awarded him with an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 2001
Was a member of the T24 Drama Society during his years at the University of Kent, where he earned a degree in English and American Literature
Quote: "There are no acting challenges in a good script, only in a bad script․"
Quote: "There is nothing in my life that's relevant․ Or put another way, everything in my life is relevant․ It all gets stored away and used․"
A versatile actor, he has played anything from an unemployed blue-collar worker who turns to stripping in the comedy "The Full Monty" to a grief-stricken father in "In the Bedroom․"
When he first became active in British film and television, he frequently played characters who suffered from emotional repression or illusions of grandeur
Has given stage performances at the Oxford Playhouse, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and London's West End
Became an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Has played both villains and heroes in stories about the American Revolution, playing the part of Gen․ Lord Charles Cornwallis in "The Patriot" and Benjamin Franklin in "John Adams․"

Awards

1995BAFTA TV Award-Best Actor: nominated
1998Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast: winner
1998BAFTA Film Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: winner
1998MTV Movie Award-Best Dance Sequence: nominated
1999Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast: winner
1999BAFTA Film Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2001ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
2001LAFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2001NYFCC Award-Best Actor: winner
2001NYFCO Award-Best Actor: winner
2001SEFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2001Special Jury Prize-Dramatic: winner
2002Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actor: winner
2002AFI Award-Actor of the Year - Male - Movies: nominated
2002Oscar-Best Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2002Actor-Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture: nominated
2002Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated
2002CFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002DFWFCA Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Male Lead: winner
2002Sierra Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002NSFC Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002OFTA Film Award-Best Actor: winner
2002OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
2002OFCS Award-Best Actor: nominated
2002VFCC Award-Best Actor: nominated
2003OFTA Television Award-Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
2004ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2004Golden Satellite Award-Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2004WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
2005Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2005INOCA-Best Ensemble Cast: nominated
2005OFTA Film Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
2006Movies for Grownups Award-Best Actor: nominated
2006ALFS Award-British Actor of the Year: nominated
2007Movies for Grownups Award-Best Grownup Love Story: winner
2007EDA Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2007ACCA-Best Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2007CFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2007DFWFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2007DFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2007SDFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2007Satellite Award-Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama: winner
2007SLFCA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2007VVFP Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008Movies for Grownups Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2008Oscar-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2008Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
2008BAFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
2008HFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008ALFS Award-British Supporting Actor of the Year: winner
2008ALFS Award-British Actor of the Year: nominated
2008Golden Nymph-Outstanding Actor - Mini Series: nominated
2008OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: winner
2008OFTA Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008OFCS Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: winner
2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
2008Prism Award-Performance in a Feature Film: nominated
2008Satellite Award-Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2008VFCC Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2009Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
2009Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2009Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: winner
2009IOFCP Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2010Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Supporting Actor of the Decade: nominated
2010Gold Derby TV Award-TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor of the Decade: nominated
2010SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble Performance: winner
2011Gold Derby TV Award-TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor: nominated
2011Golden Nymph-Mini-Series - Best Performance by an Actor: nominated
2011OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: nominated
2012British Independent Film Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2013Movies for Grownups Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2013Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2014BFCC Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2014DFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2014FFCC Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2014PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: nominated
2014SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
2014SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
2014SEFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2014WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
2014WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
2015Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2015COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2015FCCA Award-Best Actor - Supporting Role: nominated
2015GAFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2015GAFCA Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
2015Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2016IFJA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble of the Decade: nominated