Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson, OBE (born 5 February 1948 in Wharfedale, England) is a British actor.
Among his accomplishments, he was nominated twice for an Academy Award, for his roles in In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton, and later won Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Film for playing Benjamin Franklin in John Adams.
He is married to actress Diana Hardcastle and they have two children.
His films on TV Tropes include:
- In the Name of the Father (1993) as Grant Richardson
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) as Mr. Dashwood
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) as Robert Beaumont
- The Full Monty (1997) as Gerald Cooper
- The Full Monty (2023) as Gerald
- Rush Hour (1998) as Thomas Griffin/Juntao
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Hugh Fennyman
- Ride with the Devil (1999) as Orton Brown
- The Patriot (2000) as General Lord Cornwallis
- In the Bedroom (2001) as Matt Fowler
- Black Knight (2001) as Sir Knolte of Malborough
- The Gathering Storm (2002) as Sir Robert Vansittart
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) as Howard Mierzwiak
- Batman Begins (2005) as Carmine Falcone
- The Last Kiss (2006) as Stephen
- Michael Clayton (2007) as Arthur Edens
- Duplicity (2009) as Howard Tully
- Burke & Hare (2010) as Dr. Robert Knox
- The Green Hornet (2011) as James Reid
- The Kennedys (2011) as Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) as IMF Secretary
- The Lone Ranger (2013) as Latham Cole
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as the Author (older)
- Selma (2014) as Lyndon Johnson
- Denial (2016) as Richard Rampton
- This Beautiful Fantastic (2016) as Alfie Stephenson
- The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) as Paul Scherrer
- The Titan (2018) as Prof. Martin Collingwood
- Belgravia (2020) as Lord Brockenhurst
