Tom Wilkinson
Born	Thomas Jeffery Wilkinson December 12, 1948 (1948-12-12) (age 59) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Personal life

Wilkinson was born Thomas Jeffery Wilkinson in Leeds, West Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Wilkinson, Sr. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of , a farmer. A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials ^[1][2] He moved with his family to Canada for several years when he was young, but returned to England, where he 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. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The University of Kent is a plate glass campus University in Kent, England. T24 Drama Society is the principle dramatics society of the University of Kent, based in Canterbury. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world Although the owner of several exotic properties around the world, Wilkinson currently lives in London with his wife, actress Diana Hardcastle, and his two children, Alice and Mollie.

Career

Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins. Carmine "The Roman" Falcone is a Fictional character in DC Comics ' Shared universe, the DC Universe, who made his debut in the Batman Begins is a 2005 American Superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by

Wilkinson made his television debut in the mid-1970s and worked on several British television series, first gaining critical acclaim with his appearance as Mr Pecksniff, in the BBC's 1994 adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Martin Chuzzlewit was a 1994 TV miniseries produced by the BBC. He made only the occasional film (including a brief appearance in 1995's Sense and Sensibility) until he became more prominent with The Full Monty in 1997. Sense and Sensibility is a 1995 British Drama film directed by Ang Lee. This article is about the film The Full Monty is a 1997 British Comedy film.

That success was followed up by Oscar and Lucinda, Wilde, Shakespeare in Love, The Patriot, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Normal, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Batman Begins, and Todd Field's In the Bedroom, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Separate Lies. Oscar and Lucinda is a Novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. Wilde is a 1997 British Biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert with Stephen Fry in the titular role Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright The Patriot is a 2000 War film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American drama and Romantic comedy by French director Michel Normal ( 2003) was a made-for-TV movie produced by HBO Films which became an official selection at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 horror / thriller Film directed by Scott Derrickson. Batman Begins is a 2005 American Superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by William Todd Field, known professionally as Todd Field In the Bedroom is a 2001 film written and directed by Todd Field, starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Separate Lies is a 2005 British Drama film directed by Julian Fellowes who also wrote the screenplay updating the 1951 novel In 2007 Wilkinson played the manic depressive attorney Arthur Edens in Michael Clayton and garnered much critical acclaim and a nomination for the academy award for Best Supporting Actor.

In the New Year Honours List published 31 December 2004, he was appointed an OBE for services to drama. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance.

In 2008, Wilkinson portrays American patriot Benjamin Franklin in the HBO mini-series John Adams. In the HBO movie, Recount, Wilkinson also portrays legendary American Statesman and lawyer, James A. Baker, in Baker's capacity as Chief Counsel to George W. An election recount takes place in the event that the initial vote tally during an Election is extremely close and that therefore a recount of the Ballots is See also James Addison Baker James Addison Baker III (born April 28 1930) is a American attorney politician political Bush during the 2000 U. S. Presidental Election controversy.

Filmography

References

External links

• Tom Wilkinson at the Internet Movie Database