Tom Wilkinson

SAS: Red Notice (2021)

As: William Lewis

An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.

Stars: Andy Serkis | Tom Wilkinson | Sam Heughan | Tom Hopper | Ruby Rose

The Happy Prince (2018)

As: Father Dunne

THE HAPPY PRINCE tells the story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. This great man of letters, once one of the most famous authors in England, is now a superstar on the skids. As Oscar lies on his death bed, the past comes flooding back to him, transporting him to other times and places.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Rupert Everett

Stars: Colin Firth | Emily Watson | Colin Morgan | Rupert Everett | Edwin Thomas

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)

As: Leslie

William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Tom Edmunds

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Christopher Eccleston | Aneurin Barnard | Freya Mavor | Marion Bailey

The Titan (2018)

As: Prof. Martin Collingwood

On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Lennart Ruff

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Sam Worthington | Taylor Schilling | Agyness Deyn | Nathalie Emmanuel

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

As: Paul Scherrer

Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Ben Lewin

Stars: Mark Strong | Guy Pearce | Jeff Daniels | Sienna Miller | Paul Rudd

Burden (2018)

As: Tom Griffin

Burden, an orphan raised within the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to break away when the girl he falls in love with urges him to leave for a better life together. When the Klan seeks Mike out for vengeance, a black congregation led by the benevolent, Reverend Kennedy, takes Mike, his girlfriend and her son in, protects them and accepts them into their community.

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Andrew Heckler

Stars: Forest Whitaker | Andrea Riseborough | Garrett Hedlund | Tom Wilkinson | Usher Raymond

This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)

As: Alfie Stevenson

A young woman who dreams of being a children's author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Simon Aboud

Stars: Andrew Scott | Tom Wilkinson | Anna Chancellor | Jeremy Irvine | Jessica Brown Findlay

Denial (2016)

As: Richard Rampton

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Mick Jackson

Stars: Andrew Scott | Timothy Spall | Tom Wilkinson | Rachel Weisz | Jack Lowden

Snowden (2016)

As: Ewen MacAskill

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leo | Tom Wilkinson | Zachary Quinto | Shailene Woodley

The Choice (2016)

As: Dr. Shep

Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

Runtime: 111 min.

Directed by: Ross Katz

Stars: Alexandra Daddario | Maggie Grace | Teresa Palmer | Benjamin Walker | Tom Welling

Jenny's Wedding (2015)

As: Eddie

Jenny Farrell is getting married. But how will her straight-laced family react when they find out that the woman they thought was their daughter’s roommate is actually her fiancée? As the old-fashioned Farrells attempt to come to terms with the prospect of a surprise daughter-in-law, they face a difficult choice: either adapt with the times or risk being left behind.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: Mary Agnes Donoghue

Stars: Grace Gummer | Tom Wilkinson | Alexis Bledel | Katherine Heigl | Linda Emond

Bone in the Throat (2015)

As: Charlie

A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Graham Henman

Stars: Rupert Graves | Tom Wilkinson | John Hannah | Ed Westwick | Vanessa Kirby

Unfinished Business (2015)

As: Timothy McWinters

A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Ken Scott

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Vince Vaughn | James Marsden | Sienna Miller | Dave Franco

Little Boy (2015)

As: Fr. Oliver

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Alejandro Monteverde

Stars: Emily Watson | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | David Henrie | Michael Rapaport | Jakob Salvati

Selma (2014)

As: President Lyndon B. Johnson

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Ava DuVernay

Stars: Tim Roth | Tom Wilkinson | Carmen Ejogo | Oprah Winfrey | David Oyelowo

Good People (2014)

As: DI John Halden

Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to ...

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Henrik Ruben Genz

Stars: Anna Friel | James Franco | Tom Wilkinson | Kate Hudson | Omar Sy

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

As: Old Author

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Mathieu Amalric | Adrien Brody | F. Murray Abraham | Tony Revolori

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)

As: Himself (archive footage)

This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward the Rises finale and the culmination of nearly a decade of creative blood, sweat and tears. Candid, thoughtful and extensive, and comprised of ...

Runtime: 77 min.

Stars: Michael E. Uslan | Damon Lindelof | Emma Thomas | Jeff Jensen | Jeff Robinov

Felony (2013)

As: Detective Carl Summer

Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Matthew Saville

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Joel Edgerton | Jai Courtney | Melissa George | Sarah Roberts

Belle (2013)

As: Lord Mansfield

BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Amma Asante

Stars: Emily Watson | Tom Wilkinson | Sarah Gadon | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Sam Reid

The Lone Ranger (2013)

As: Latham Cole

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

Runtime: 150 min.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Stars: William Fichtner | Helena Bonham Carter | James Badge Dale | Armie Hammer | Johnny Depp

The Samaritan (2012)

As: Xavier

After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: David Weaver

Stars: Alan C. Peterson | Samuel L. Jackson | Tom Wilkinson | Luke Kirby | Ruth Negga

WWII in 3D (2012)

As: Narrator (voice)

A new documentary shows 3D footage of Nazi soldiers for the first time. It also features 3D images of occupied France shot by a brave citizen. For years, some remarkable images have languished deep in the archives of the Imperial War Museum, which features World War II in a manner that has never been seen before.

Runtime: 43 min.

Directed by: Garbriel Rotello

Stars: Tom Wilkinson

Space Junk 3D (2012)

As: Narrator

50 years after launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety of earth’s orbits. SPACE JUNK is a visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the solutions aimed at restoring our planet’s orbits. Experience mind-boggling collisions, both natural and man-made. Soar for the stunning depths of Meteor Crater to an ...

Runtime: 38 min.

Directed by: Melissa R. Butts

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Em Clark | Zach Clark | Kelby Cross | Howard Henley

The Gruffalo's Child (2011)

As: The Fox (voice)

A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!

Runtime: 27 min.

Directed by: Uwe Heidschötter | Johannes Weiland

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Rob Brydon | John Hurt | Shirley Henderson | Robbie Coltrane

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

As: IMF Secretary (uncredited)

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Brad Bird

Stars: Simon Pegg | Jeremy Renner | Michael Nyqvist | Tom Cruise | Paula Patton

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

As: Graham Dashwood

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Maggie Smith | Tom Wilkinson | Dev Patel | Bill Nighy | Judi Dench

Jackboots on Whitehall (2011)

As: Goebbels (voice)

A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Rory McHenry | Edward McHenry

Stars: Rosamund Pike | Ewan McGregor | Timothy Spall | Tom Wilkinson | Richard E. Grant

The Green Hornet (2011)

As: James Reid

Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring ...

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Michel Gondry

Stars: Cameron Diaz | Tom Wilkinson | Jay Chou | Seth Rogen | Christoph Waltz

Burke & Hare (2010)

As: Dr. Knox

Two 19th-century opportunists (Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis) become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist (Tom Wilkinson).

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: John Landis

Stars: Andy Serkis | Simon Pegg | Tom Wilkinson | Isla Fisher | Tim Curry

The Conspirator (2010)

As: Reverdy Johnson

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Robert Redford

Stars: Robin Wright | Kevin Kline | James McAvoy | Evan Rachel Wood | Alexis Bledel

The Debt (2010)

As: Stefan Gold

Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two ...

Runtime: 113 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Helen Mirren | Tom Wilkinson | Ciarán Hinds | Jessica Chastain | Sam Worthington

The Ghost Writer (2010)

As: Paul Emmett

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman Polanski's tense drama, the author realizes that his discovery threatens some very powerful people who will do anything to ensure that certain episodes from Lang's past ...

Runtime: 128 min.

Directed by: Roman Polański

Stars: Kim Cattrall | Ewan McGregor | Pierce Brosnan | Olivia Williams | Tom Wilkinson

The Gruffalo (2009)

As: Fox (voice)

The magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut.

Runtime: 27 min.

Directed by: Max Lang | Jakob Schuh

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Rob Brydon | John Hurt | Robbie Coltrane | James Corden

44 Inch Chest (2009)

As: Archie

Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Malcolm Venville

Stars: Ray Winstone | John Hurt | Tom Wilkinson | Ian McShane | Joanne Whalley

Duplicity (2009)

As: Howard Tully

Two romantically-engaged corporate spies team up to manipulate a corporate race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and enable them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together.

Runtime: 125 min.

Directed by: Tony Gilroy

Stars: Paul Giamatti | Tom Wilkinson | Clive Owen | Julia Roberts | Lisa Roberts Gillan

Valkyrie (2008)

As: Friedrich Fromm

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Stars: Kenneth Cranham | Carice van Houten | Bill Nighy | Kenneth Branagh | Tom Cruise

RockNRolla (2008)

As: Lenny Cole

When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Stars: Mark Strong | Idris Elba | Gerard Butler | Tom Wilkinson | Thandie Newton

A Number (2008)

As: Salter

A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.

Runtime: 76 min.

Directed by: James MacDonald

Stars: Rhys Ifans | Tom Wilkinson

Recount (2008)

As: James Baker

A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Jay Roach

Stars: Kevin Spacey | John Hurt | Ed Begley Jr. | Bob Balaban | Laura Dern

Michael Clayton (2007)

As: Arthur Edens

A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Tony Gilroy

Stars: George Clooney | Tom Wilkinson | Michael O'Keefe | Sydney Pollack | Danielle Skraastad

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

As: Howard

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Stars: Colin Farrell | Sally Hawkins | Ewan McGregor | Tom Wilkinson | Hayley Atwell

Dedication (2007)

As: Rudy Holt

A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Justin Theroux

Stars: Dianne Wiest | Mandy Moore | Tom Wilkinson | Martin Freeman | Billy Crudup

The Last Kiss (2006)

As: Stephen

Revolves around a young couple and their friends struggling with adulthood and issues of relationships and commitment. Based on the 2001 Italian film L'ultimo bacio, directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Tony Goldwyn

Stars: Jacinda Barrett | Zach Braff | Casey Affleck | Rachel Bilson | Michael Weston

The Night of the White Pants (2006)

As: Max Hagan

The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend.

Runtime: 87 min.

Directed by: Amy Talkington

Stars: Nick Stahl | Tom Wilkinson | Frances Fisher | Fran Kranz | Selma Blair

Ripley Under Ground (2005)

As: John Webster

After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Stars: Barry Pepper | Jacinda Barrett | Willem Dafoe | Tom Wilkinson | Alan Cumming

Separate Lies (2005)

As: James Manning

A cyclist is killed, swiped by a Range Rover in a village lane. James and Anne Manning become involved because the victim is the husband of their cleaner, Maggie. James, a solicitor in the city, soon comes to suspect William Bule, a millionaire playboy who has moved back to the village. William, pressed by James, confesses to the hit and run. But the confession is clouded by Anne's admission of her ...

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Julian Fellowes

Stars: Emily Watson | Tom Wilkinson | Rupert Everett | Richenda Carey | Hermione Norris

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

As: Father Moore

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

Runtime: 119 min.

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Stars: Laura Linney | Tom Wilkinson | Kenneth Welsh | Campbell Scott | Jennifer Carpenter

Batman Begins (2005)

As: Carmine Falcone

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

Runtime: 140 min.

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Michael Caine | Christian Bale | Gary Oldman | Liam Neeson | Katie Holmes

Stage Beauty (2004)

As: Betterton

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help ...

Runtime: 106 min.

Directed by: Richard Eyre

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Claire Danes | Billy Crudup | Derek Hutchinson | Mark Letheren

Piccadilly Jim (2004)

As: Bingley Crocker

Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: John McKay

Stars: Sam Rockwell | Tom Wilkinson | Frances O'Connor | Brenda Blethyn | Tobias Menzies

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

As: Dr. Howard Mierzwiak

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Runtime: 108 min.

Directed by: Michel Gondry

Stars: Elijah Wood | Kate Winslet | Mark Ruffalo | Jim Carrey | Kirsten Dunst

If Only (2004)

As: Taxi Driver

After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

Runtime: 92 min.

Directed by: Gil Junger

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Diana Hardcastle | Paul Nicholls | Lucy Davenport

A Good Woman (2004)

As: Tuppy

Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windemere's Fan

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: Mike Barker

Stars: Helen Hunt | Tom Wilkinson | Stephen Campbell Moore | Scarlett Johansson | Milena Vukotic

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

As: Pieter Van Ruijven

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Peter Webber

Stars: Cillian Murphy | Colin Firth | Tom Wilkinson | Scarlett Johansson | Judy Parfitt

Normal (2003)

As: Roy 'Ruth' Applewood

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Jane Anderson

Stars: Clancy Brown | Tom Wilkinson | Jessica Lange | Richard Bull | Hayden Panettiere

An Angel for May (2002)

As: Sam Wheeler

When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his friends' fate and his own, he will try to reorder the events and change their history.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Harley Cokeliss

Stars: Matthew Beard | Julie Cox | Anna Massey | Matthew McNulty | Charlotte Wakefield

Before you Go (2002)

As: Frank

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone ...

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Stars: Joanne Whalley | John Hannah | Julie Walters | Victoria Hamilton | Patricia Hodge

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

As: Dr. Chasuble

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Oliver Parker

Stars: Colin Firth | Tom Wilkinson | Rupert Everett | Reese Witherspoon | Judi Dench

The Gathering Storm (2002)

As: Sir Robert Vansittart

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Richard Loncraine

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Lena Headey | Albert Finney | Jim Broadbent | Linus Roache

In the Bedroom (2001)

As: Matt Fowler

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst ...

Runtime: 130 min.

Directed by: Todd Field

Stars: Nick Stahl | Tom Wilkinson | Marisa Tomei | Sissy Spacek | William Mapother

Black Knight (2001)

As: Sir Knolte of Marlborough

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: Gil Junger

Stars: Vincent Regan | Tom Wilkinson | Marsha Thomason | Daryl Mitchell | Martin Lawrence

Another Life (2001)

As: Mr. Carlton

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's ...

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Philip Goodhew

Stars: Nick Moran | Tom Wilkinson | Ioan Gruffudd | Imelda Staunton | Natasha Little

Chain of Fools (2000)

As: Bollingsworth

An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Patrick von Krusenstjerna | Pontus Löwenhielm

Stars: Elijah Wood | David Cross | Jeff Goldblum | Steve Zahn | Salma Hayek

Essex Boys (2000)

As: John Dyke

Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know that Billy has his eyes on Jason's own wife, Lisa. When an ecstasy deal goes bad, Jason vows revenge on the boss, while Billy looks to take out Jason. ...

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Terry Winsor

Stars: Sean Bean | Billy Murray | Tom Wilkinson | Charlie Creed-Miles | Alex Kingston

The Patriot (2000)

As: Gen. Cornwallis

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Runtime: 165 min.

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Stars: Mel Gibson | Heath Ledger | Logan Lerman | Joely Richardson | Rene Auberjonois

Ride with the Devil (1999)

As: Orton Brown

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning ...

Runtime: 138 min.

Directed by: Ang Lee

Stars: Skeet Ulrich | Tobey Maguire | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Jeffrey Wright | Jewel

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

As: Brother Dutton

The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: Paul Cox

Stars: David Wenham | Derek Jacobi | Jan Decleir | Sam Neill | Kate Ceberano

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

As: Hugh Fennyman

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Tom Wilkinson | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench

Rush Hour (1998)

As: Thomas Griffin

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Brett Ratner

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Jackie Chan | Tzi Ma | Chris Tucker | Ken Leung

The Governess (1998)

As: Mr. Charles Cavendish

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a gentile and finds employment with a family in faraway Scotland. Soon she and the family father, Charles, start a passionate secret affair.

Runtime: 115 min.

Directed by: Sandra Goldbacher

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Harriet Walter | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Minnie Driver | Florence Hoath

Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

As: Hugh Stratton

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They ...

Runtime: 132 min.

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Stars: Cate Blanchett | Richard Roxburgh | Ralph Fiennes | Tom Wilkinson | Ciarán Hinds

Cold Enough for Snow (1997)

As: Hugh Lloyd

Doting parents (Maureen Lipman, David Ross, Tom Wilkinson) must adjust to life without their children as their offspring leave for college and form relationships. Sequel to Eskimo Day.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Piers Haggard

Stars: Nicholas Le Prevost | Tom Wilkinson | Maureen Lipman | Anna Carteret | David Ross

Wilde (1997)

As: Marquess of Queensberry

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas.

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Brian Gilbert

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave | Jude Law | Jennifer Ehle | Gemma Jones | Stephen Fry

The Full Monty (1997)

As: Gerald Arthur Cooper

Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Peter Cattaneo

Stars: Mark Addy | Tom Wilkinson | Robert Carlyle | Steve Huison | William Snape

Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

As: Prof. Loyen

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th ...

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Bille August

Stars: Richard Harris | Tom Wilkinson | Julia Ormond | Jim Broadbent | Gabriel Byrne

The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

As: Sir Robert Beaumont

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the ...

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Stars: Val Kilmer | Emily Mortimer | Tom Wilkinson | Michael Douglas | John Kani

Eskimo Day (1996)

As: Hugh

Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Piers Haggard

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Maureen Lipman | Anna Carteret | Laura Howard | David Ross

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

As: Mr. Dashwood

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Ang Lee

Stars: Kate Winslet | Emma Thompson | Hugh Grant | James Fleet | Alan Rickman

A Very Open Prison (1995)

As: David Hanratty

The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor

Runtime: 55 min.

Directed by: Guy Jenkin

Stars: Ronald Pickup | Emily Mortimer | Tom Wilkinson | Peter Wingfield | Stephen Tompkinson

A Business Affair (1995)

As: Bob

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for Vanni. She writes another novel and Vanni tells her he doesn't think the book will sell. Both of their actions are an indication of their ...

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: Charlotte Brändström

Stars: Carole Bouquet | Christopher Walken | Jonathan Pryce | Sheila Hancock | Anna Manahan

Priest (1994)

As: Father Matthew Thomas

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Antonia Bird

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Robert Carlyle | Linus Roache | Cathy Tyson | Lesley Sharp

Prince of Jutland (1994)

As: Hardvendel

A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.

Runtime: 103 min.

Directed by: Gabriel Axel

Stars: Brian Cox | Christian Bale | Helen Mirren | Steven Waddington | Gabriel Byrne

In the Name of the Father (1993)

As: Appeal Prosecutor

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

Runtime: 133 min.

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Emma Thompson | John Lynch | Corin Redgrave | Daniel Day-Lewis

Paper Mask (1990)

As: Dr. Thorn

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Christopher Morahan

Stars: Mark Lewis Jones | Tom Wilkinson | Jimmy Yuill | Amanda Donohoe | Paul McGann

First and Last (1989)

The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.

Directed by: Alan Dossor

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Joss Ackland | Pat Heywood | Patricia Routledge | Bernard Gallagher

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)

As: Silberbauer

During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for transport to a Nazi labour camp. Miep Gies, Otto Frank's office assistant hides them in the attic above the office. The film tells the true story of Gies' struggle to keep the family hidden and safe, as the Nazis turn Amsterdam upside-down. Based upon Gies' ...

Runtime: 95 min.

Directed by: John Erman

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Paul Scofield | Mary Steenburgen | Victor Spinetti | Lisa Jacobs

The Woman He Loved (1988)

As: Ernest Simpson

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Charles Jarrott

Stars: Tom Wilkinson | Anthony Andrews | Olivia de Havilland | Jane Seymour | Lucy Gutteridge

Wetherby (1985)

As: Roger Braithwaite

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

Runtime: 102 min.

Directed by: David Hare

Stars: Ian Holm | Stuart Wilson | Vanessa Redgrave | Judi Dench | Tim McInnerny

Parker (1985)

As: Tom

An Aussie businessman is trying to find out why and by whom he was kidnapped and then later released with no explanation.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Jim Goddard

Stars: Bryan Brown | Cherie Lunghi | Bob Peck | Kurt Raab | Elizabeth Spriggs

Squaring the Circle (1984)

As: Rulewski

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

Directed by: Mike Hodges

Stars: Bernard Hill | John Woodvine | Richard Crenna | Roy Kinnear | Alec McCowen

The Shadow-Line (1976)

As: Ransome

Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent ...

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Andrzej Wajda

Stars: Marek Kondrat | Tom Wilkinson | John Bennett | Bernard Archard | Graham Lines

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets ()

As: Dr. Bird (Voice)

In the emotionally charged, wild and humorous world of sixteen year old James Whitman, his struggle to overcome anxiety and depression involve seeking advice from Dr. Bird - a giant imaginary pigeon therapist.

Directed by: Yaniv Raz

Stars: Jason Isaacs | David Arquette | Lisa Edelstein | Taylor Russell | Lucas Jade Zumann

Operation Mincemeat ()

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Colin Firth | Matthew Macfadyen | Kelly Macdonald | Mark Gatiss | Joe Flynn