Family of Oscar-nominated British announced his death on 30 December in a statement
The Oscar-nominated British actor Tom Wilkinson, best known for his role in The Full Monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced. His death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family.
The statement read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on 30 December. His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Wilkinson played Gerald Arthur Cooper in The Full Monty, the 1997 comedy about a group of redundant steelworkers from Sheffield who set up an all-male striptease act, and received a Bafta for best supporting actor for his performance.
He reprised the role of Gerald for a 2023 Disney+ series revisiting the characters 26 years on.
The actor had more than 130 film and TV credits, including the 1998 romcom Shakespeare in Love, Christopher Nolan’s 2005 superhero film Batman Begins, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Girl with a Pearl Earring.
He received six Bafta nominations in total as well as two Oscar nominations for Michael Clayton, a 2007 legal thriller starring George Clooney, and In the Bedroom, a 2001 domestic drama in which he played a bereaved father.
