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Wilkinson won a Bafta for The Full Monty in 1997 and reprized the role of Gerald when a Disney+ streaming series revisited the characters 26 years later. In total he received six Bafta nominations and two Oscar nominations for “Michael Clayton” and “In The Bedroom”. He died on Saturday at home surrounded by his wife and family, it was announced.
With a total of more than 130 film and television roles, Wilkinson felt equally comfortable in period dramas such as “Sense and Sensibility” (1995) and “Belle” (2013) as well as in the role of a criminal mastermind in films such as “Rush Hour” (1998). alongside Jackie Chan or Guy Ritchie’s “RocknRolla” (2008).
He received an Emmy in 2008 for his role as US politician Benjamin Franklin in the miniseries John Adams and an Emmy nomination for his role as John F. Kennedy’s father Joe in “The Kennedys”. He played President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 2014 film “Selma” and appeared in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”
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