Tom Wilkinson is dead: The two-time Oscar-nominated actor in “Michael Clayton” and “In The Bedroom”, played Gerald in “The Full Monty”, was 75

British actor Tom Wilkinson, who won a Bafta for his work The Complete Monty and was nominated for an Oscar Michael Clayton And In the bedroom, died on Saturday at the age of 75. No reason was given.

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he passed away suddenly at home on December 30,” his agent said in a statement. “His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”

He also played in 1998 Shakespeare in loveChristopher Nolan’s 2005 Batman beginsand thriller of 2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

He also appeared in the Disney+ streaming series The Complete Montyin which he renamed his role as factory foreman Gerald Cooper.

His film resume includes: The Grand Budapest Hotel And Woman with a pearl earring of over 130 film and TV credits.

He also won an Emmy for his role as Benjamin Franklin in the 2008 miniseries John Adams and an Emmy nomination as John F. Kennedy’s father Joe The Kennedys. In 2014, he also played President Lyndon B. Johnson Selma.

Wilkinson was born in Leeds and was 18 when he was asked to direct a play. This started a career that saw him move to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). In 1986, he got his first major film role in a mini-series First among equals, based on the best-selling novel by Jeffrey Archer. It was a breakup in more ways than one: he met Diana Hardcastle and the couple married in 1988. They played husband and wife The Kennedys 2011 and 2014 action film Good people.

Being cast in the low budget film The Complete Monty became a highlight of his career, as the film was the highest-grossing British film up to that point.

Wilkinson received a Best Actor nomination for Todd Field’s 2001 American drama In the bedroomin which he played a grieving father.

He received his second Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Tony Gilroy’s 2007 legal thriller Michael Claytonstarring George Clooney.

Wilkinson’s other film credits are included Batman Begins, The Patriot, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Gathering Storm, Black Knight, Valkyrie, The Lone Ranger And Refusal.

He also voiced the fox in the TV adaptation of the children’s bestseller. The Gruffalo.

Wilkinson was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2005 for his services to drama.

George Clooney remembered his friend in a statement. “Tom made every project better. Made every actor better. He was the epitome of elegance and we will all miss him very much.”

Survivors include his wife, the actress Diana Hardcastle, and their two daughters, Alice and Mollie.