"Acting for me is not that quid pro quo."

December 30, 2023 4:05 PM

Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75.
posted by clavdivs (32 comments total)

"I'm, um... I'm the money."

Damn shame. Loved him in everything I saw him in.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:11 PM on December 30, 2023 [4 favorites]

Oh so sad. I too loved him in everything I saw him in.
posted by supermedusa at 4:17 PM on December 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

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posted by lalochezia at 4:19 PM on December 30, 2023

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posted by gentlyepigrams at 4:41 PM on December 30, 2023

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posted by charris5005 at 4:43 PM on December 30, 2023

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posted by kinnakeet at 4:54 PM on December 30, 2023

This is a sad occurrence but a good excuse for those who haven't seen "Michael Clayton" to correct that.

There's more than one notable performance in that film but Wilkinson was robbed when he didn't win Best Supporting Actor for his part.
posted by Nerd of the North at 4:54 PM on December 30, 2023 [24 favorites]

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posted by EvaDestruction at 5:22 PM on December 30, 2023

Nthing. You might never believe a movie about lawyers could be as beautiful as Michael Clayton, but if you haven't see it I urge you. Wilkinson's performance is beautiful.
posted by supermedusa at 5:40 PM on December 30, 2023 [7 favorites]

loved him as Franklin in John Adams. Ben Franklin: Art of communication. (slyt. 1:36)
posted by clavdivs at 5:41 PM on December 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

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I don't know why I never knew Tom Wilkinson was British. For some reason I thought he was American. Guess that goes to show what a good actor he was.
posted by zardoz at 6:20 PM on December 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

I came in to mention his turn in Michael Clayton and am glad to see two others have already done so.

He was a master.

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posted by gauche at 6:32 PM on December 30, 2023 [3 favorites]

Take a look at this brief c.v. on Wikipedia. He was working constantly in both television and film beginning in the Seventies!

I'm glad to have seen so much of his work. He had a range that was broad within the specificness of who he was, which is a very interesting high complement, I hope.

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posted by hippybear at 6:39 PM on December 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

Damn, I loved him in everything I saw him in. He will be missed.

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posted by evilDoug at 7:36 PM on December 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

Oh gosh, I was such a fan. I loved him in everything I ever saw him in, which was...a lot. He was so underrated.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 7:53 PM on December 30, 2023 [1 favorite]

For some reason my now-wife showed me "In The Bedroom" while we were dating. Something about the seriousness of Tom Wilkinson's monologues really resonated with her.
posted by Catblack at 8:04 PM on December 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

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posted by obloquy at 8:40 PM on December 30, 2023

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posted by grumblemf at 10:56 PM on December 30, 2023

Another vote for Michael Clayton.
posted by Orthodox Humanoid at 11:34 PM on December 30, 2023 [2 favorites]

My pitch here is for the highly underrated Duplicity.
posted by praemunire at 1:38 AM on December 31, 2023 [1 favorite]

He's one of those actors who are so completely capable of encapsulating a part. I loved him in everything I saw him in.
posted by h00py at 2:55 AM on December 31, 2023 [2 favorites]

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posted by dragonplayer at 3:23 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by From Bklyn at 4:18 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by Joey Michaels at 5:37 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by detachd at 7:02 AM on December 31, 2023

"In the Bedroom" [key scene, major spoilers] was devastating and unforgettable. I had no idea he was British. So much talent, and such a body of work.
posted by mecran01 at 7:18 AM on December 31, 2023

analytically, academically, I knew he'd been in a lot, and then I look at the filmography and holy carp he's been in a LOT. LOL I forgot all about Rush Hour.

I didn't realize they had just started a TV series of TFM...

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posted by hearthpig at 8:15 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by gudrun at 9:15 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by smirkette at 11:42 AM on December 31, 2023

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posted by Gelatin at 4:34 AM on January 2

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posted by of strange foe at 1:18 PM on January 2

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Excellent actor. Nthing Michael Clayton.

That movie features an assassination scene that seemed the most realistic to me out of any assassination scene I've seen in any movie. Totally cold-blooded and businesslike. I figure that's how those types of operatives do their thing in real life when they don't want to be detected. (Not guns-a-blazin'.)
posted by cats are weird at 4:02 PM on January 3