Tom Wilkinson, Beloved Character Actor, Passes Away at Age 75

British actor Tom Wilkinson at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
British actor Tom Wilkinson at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

British actor Tom Wilkinson died on Saturday. He was 75, and per the Hollywood Reporter, his family say his death was at home and “sudden.”

Throughout his career, Wilkinson appeared in a number of genre films. He played Carmine Falcone in Batman Begins, Father Richard Moore in The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and the IMF secretary in Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. He also had roles in the 2011 Green Hornet movie, The Lone Ranger, and 2018's The Titan. He even had a brief period in video games—he reprised his role as Falcone for Batman Begins’ tie-in game, and voiced Thomas Pedre in the 2012 cult classic Sleeping Dogs.

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Wilkinson is survived by his wife Diana Hardcastle and their two children, and our thoughts go out to them at this time.


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