FrameThrower · Actors · Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
16 films · 1,315 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2015
Born 5 February 1948 · Leeds, England, UK · died 30 December 2023
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 16 films · 1,315 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2015
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1998
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture1999
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture1998
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2008
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead2002
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2007
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor2001
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,315 frames from the 16 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tom takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 16 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Tom takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Selma
2014 · President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Lone Ranger
2013 · Cole
The Debt
2010 · Stefan Gold
Duplicity
2009 · Howard Tully
Michael Clayton
2007 · Arthur Edens
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Pieter Van Ruijven
In the Bedroom
2001 · Matt Fowler
Rush Hour
1998 · Griffin
Unfinished Business
2015 · Timothy McWinters
Burke & Hare
2010 · Dr. Knox
Valkyrie
2008 · Friedrich Fromm
Batman Begins
2005 · Carmine Falcone
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Dr. Mierzwiak
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Sir Robert Vansittart
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Hugh Fennyman
Ride With The Devil
· Orton Brown
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,315 frames from Tom Wilkinson's 16 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.