Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson, OBE (5 February 1948 - 30 December 2023) was 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 was married to actress Diana Hardcastle and they had two children.
His works on TV Tropes include:
- In the Name of the Father (1993) as Grant Richardson
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) as Mr. Dashwood
- Eskimo Day (1996) as Hugh Lloyd
- 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
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (2004) as Pieter van Ruijven
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) as Howard Mierzwiak
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) as Father Richard Moore
- Batman Begins (2005) as Carmine Falcone
- The Last Kiss (2006) as Stephen
- Michael Clayton (2007) as Arthur Edens
- John Adams (2008) as Benjamin Franklin
- Valkyrie (2008) as Friedrich Fromm
- RocknRolla (2008) as Lenny Cole
- 44 Inch Chest (2009) as Archie
- 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) (4 episodes) as Lord Brockenhurst
