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Tom Wilkinson: a life in pictures

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The British actor Tom Wilkinson, who starred in The Full Monty and played opposite George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Judi Dench and Jackie Chan, has died aged 75. We look back at some of his many roles

• Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75
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Compiled by Michael Williams

Sat 30 Dec 2023 15.21 EST Last modified on Sat 30 Dec 2023 16.08 EST

• As Arthur Edens with George Clooney in Michael Clayton (2007).

  Photograph: Castle Rock/Section Eight/Kobal/Shutterstock

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• As Hugh Fennyman with Geoffrey Rush in Shakespeare in Love (1998).

  Photograph: Cinetext Bildarchiv/Universal/Allstar

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• Wilkinson photographed for the Guardian in 2011 by Linda Nylind.

  Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

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• Playing King Lear opposite Cara Kelly as Cordelia in Max Stafford-Clark’s 1993 production at the Royal Court Theatre.

  Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian

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• As Gen Friedrich Fromm with Tom Cruise in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie (2008).

  Photograph: Mgm/Allstar

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• As Latham Cole in Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger (2013).

  Photograph: Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures/Allstar

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• As Graham Dashwood with Judi Dench and Bill Nighy in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011).

  Photograph: Fox Searchlight Pictures/Allstar

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• Wilkinson with his OBE in 2005.

  Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA

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• As Benjamin Franklin in the 2008 TV series John Adams.

  Photograph: More4/Allstar

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• As Father Moore with Laura Linney in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005).

  Photograph: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy

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• Wilkinson and Julia Sawalha as Seth and Mercy Pecksniff in the BBC’s 1994 production of Martin Chuzzlewit.

  Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

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• As Gerald alongside Hugo Speer and Mark Addy in The Full Monty (1997).

  Photograph: United Archives GmbH/Alamy

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• As Charles Cavendish with Minnie Driver in Sandra Goldbacher’s The Governess (1998).

  Photograph: Album/Alamy

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• Wilkinson and Hayden Panettiere as Roy ‘Ruth’ and Patty Ann Applewood in the TV movie Normal (2003).

  Photograph: Album/Alamy

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• As Archie in 44 Inch Chest (2009).

  Photograph: Cinematic/Alamy

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• As Dr Robert Knox in John Landis’s Burke and Hare (2011).

  Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy

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• As Bingley Crocker with Allison Janney in Piccadilly Jim (2004).

  Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy

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• As a prosecutor in Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father (1993).

  Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy

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• As Thomas Griffin in Rush Hour (1998).

  Photograph: Cinematic/Alamy

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• Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek as Matt and Ruth Fowler in Todd Field’s In the Bedroom (2001).

  Photograph: Album/Alamy

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• With his wife, Diana Hardcastle, at the 2002 Bafta awards.

  Photograph: Alan Davidson/Shutterstock

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• Tom Wilkinson, actor.

  Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

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