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Tom Wilkinson
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English actor (1948–2023)
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Tom Wilkinson (1948–2023) was a British male artist whose professional career spanned from 1976 to 2023. He was associated with the drum and bass and electronic music genres. Wilkinson had two children.
As an author, he is credited with ten works, including *Beyond Compost*, *Emergency Money*, and *Jian zhu yu ren sheng*. His bibliography also includes *Más allá del compost* and a work titled *+*. Additionally, he is listed as having five works in a separate academic database.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geoffrey
- Family name
- Wilkinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leeds
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Diana Hardcastle
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Tom Wilkinson.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Tom Wilkinson
- date of birth
- 1948-02-05
- name in native language
- Tom Wilkinson
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- birth name
- Thomas Jeffery Wilkinson
- date of death
- 2023-12-30
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (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 Hamlet (1980) for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He returned to the West End playing Dr. Stockmann in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People (1988) receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival nomination.
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