Tom Wilkinson
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Wetherby (1985)
- Dir. David Hare
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench…
- Haunting psychodrama with Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench as guests at a dinner party that is overshadowed by a repressed tragedy which threatens to…
- Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
- Business Affair, A (1993)
- Dir. Charlotte Brandstom
Feat. Carole Bouquet, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Pryce…
- Would–be writer Carole Bouquet is caught between her husband (another struggling scribe) and publisher Christopher Walken. European…
- Prince of Jutland (Prince of Denmark) (1994)
- Dir. Gabriel Axel
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale…
- Retelling of the historical episode on which Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' was based, where a Danish prince feigns madness to avoid being murdered by his…
- Martin Chuzzlewit (Mini-series) (1994)
- Dir. Pedr James
Feat. Keith Allen, Paul Scofield, John Mills…
- BAFTA–winning, Emmy–nominated BBC adaptation of the great Charles Dickens satire of American life, death and family fortunes, starring…
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman…
- It all started here – The Jane Austen Revival, in a witty and engaging take on this classic tale of two sisters, one practical (Emma Thompson),…
- Full Monty, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape…
- British success story of the decade is small but perfected–formed tale of triumphant underdogs.
That it convinces that five pretty unsexy…
- Oscar and Lucinda (1998)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds…
- The Booker Prize–winning novel, by Australian literary wunderkind Peter Carey, is spun out into a sunlit daydream of unlikely personages and…
- Governess, The (1998)
- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- In possibly her most challenging role to date, Minnie Driver dons Victorian costume as a subversively intelligent Jewess who goes into service for a…
- Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999)
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. David Wenham, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…
- An earnest account of a Belgian priest’s heroic efforts in the Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai in the 1870s, distinguished by its intriguing tale…
- Charles Dickens Collection, The (The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend) (1999-2005)
- Feat. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Daniel Radcliffe…
- The BBC's twelve–DVD set offers eight acclaimed mini–series adaptations featuring the creme of Bitish stage and screen performers
- Patriot, The (2000)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson…
- Mel Gibson transplants the patriotic, anti–English fervour of BRAVEHEART into an American Revolutionary setting, playing real–life…
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl…
- Both deservingly nominated for Oscars, Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson hardly miss a beat as the middle–aged couple forced to deal with the…
- Before You Go (2001)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Julie Walters, Tom Wilkinson, Joanne Whalley…
- A lightly melancholic comedy, in which three sisters settle scores at their mother’s funeral.
The talents of the sparky threesome –…
- Importance of Being Earnest, The (2002)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Frances O’Connor…
- Second bite of the Oscar Wilde cherry by the director of AN IDEAL HUSBAND transcribes Wilde’s most delectable drawing–room farce with perfect…
- Gathering Storm, The (2002)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent…
- Critically acclaimed telemovie depicts the life of Winston Churchill during his 'wilderness years', the turbulent 1930s, centred by a mighty…
- Normal (2003)
- Dir. Jane Anderson
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Lange, Clancy Brown
- Tom Wilkinson takes on the brave role of an All–American husband and family man who one day tells his wife (Lange) that he "is a woman trapped…
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
- Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson…
- A superior dramatic conceit that speculates on the background to Johannes Vermeer's enigmatic 17th century portrait of the title.
Johannson plays…
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst…
- A miraculous, complex 'domestic fantasy' from the twin genius of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry, who find a satisfying narrative…
- A Good Woman (2004)
- Dir. Mike Barker
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Helen Hunt, Tom Wilkinson…
- An astute reprise of Oscar Wilde's play 'Lady Windemere's Fan', with its tale of class, adultery and bad publicity moved to the Amalfi coast in 1930s…
- Stage Beauty (2004)
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Rupert Everett…
- An unusual delve into the gender politics of English theatre in the Restoration period of the 1660s, when King Charles II (Everett) decided to end…
- Piccadilly Jim (2004)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Frances O’Connor, Brenda Blethyn…
- Adapted from P.G. Wodehouse’s comic novel, this tells the tale of an American scoundrel who flails about and fails on both sides of the Atlantic in…
- Exorcism of Emily Rose, The (2005)
- Dir. Scott Derrickson
Feat. Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott…
- An eerie tale based on true events concerns the supposed demonic possession of a girl (Carpenter) in the 1970s and the trial of a priest (Wilkinson)…
- Separate Lies (2005)
- Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett
- Tense tragedy of manners stars Tom Wilkinson as a complacent lawyer whose young wife (Watson) confesses to being tangled–up in a fatal…
- Last Kiss, The (2006)
- Dir. Tony Goldwyn
Feat. Zach Braff, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson…
- Well–intentioned remake of Gabriel Muccino’s award–winning Italian melodrama, with Zach Braff as an architect lodged between…
- Night of the White Pants, The (2006)
- Dir. Amy Talkington
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Selma Blair
- Intriguing comedy–drama in which middle–aged businessman Tom Wilkinson is thrown out of his house (and marriage) with only the clothes…
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson…
- Razor–sharp legal thriller involving a sprawling class–action law suit and alleged cover–up, George Clooney plays a humble legal…
- Cassandra's Dream (2007)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Woody Allen–directed suspense, rounding out his recent penchant for London–set thrillers, starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as…
- RocknRolla (2008)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton…
- Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
- Valkyrie (2008)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson…
- Hollywood crosses enemy lines with Tom Cruise perversely cast as a disaffected Nazi officer who leads a plot to assassinate Hitler.
Dispensing…