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Tom Wilkinson is also the name of a proficient
quarterback that played for the Edmonton Eskimos
of the Canadian Football League|CFL.

Tom Wilkinson, Order of the British Empire|OBE,
born December 12, 1948, is an England|English
actor.  Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, he
moved with his family to Canada for several years
when he was young, but returned to England, where
he graduated from the University of Kent.

Wilkinson made his television debut in the
mid-1970s and worked on several British television
series, first gaining critical acclaim with his
appearance as Mr Pecksniff, in the BBC's 1994
adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit.  He made only the
occasional movie (including a brief appearance in
1995's Sense and Sensibility, until he hit it big
with the international hit The Full Monty in 1997.
 That success was followed up by Oscar and
Lucinda, Wilde, Shakespeare in Love, The Patriot,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Normal
(movie)|Normal, Batman Begins and In the Bedroom,
for which he was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actor.

In the New Year's Honours List published 31
December 2004 he was created an Order of the
British Empire|OBE for services to drama.

==Selected Filmography==
*The Night of the White Pants (2006)
*Batman Begins (2005)
*Ripley Under Ground (2005)
*A Good Woman (2004)
*Stage Beauty (2004)
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
*If Only (2004)
*Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
*Normal (movie)|Normal (2003) (TV)
*The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
*The Gathering Storm (2002)|The Gathering Storm
(2002) (TV)
*Black Knight (movie)|Black Knight (2001)
*In the Bedroom (2001)
*The Patriot (2000)
*Ride with the Devil (1999)
*Shakespeare in Love (1998)
*Rush Hour (movie)|Rush Hour (1998)
*Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
*Wilde (movie)|Wilde (1997)
*The Full Monty (1997)
*Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
*Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and
Sensibility (1995)
*Priest (movie)|Priest (1994)
*In the Name of the Father (1993)
*Prime Suspect (1991) (TV)

==External link==
* imdb name|id=0929489|name=Tom Wilkinson