Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Tom Wilkinson (1948 - 2023)
Film Deaths[]
- Royal Deceit (Prince of Jutland) (1994) [Hardvendel, King of Danes]: Executed by hanging.
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) [Mr. Dashwood]: Dies of an unspecified illness, with his family gathered by his side.
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) [Professor Loyen]: Drowned or frozen to death when he falls into the icy water at the end of a fight with Gabriel Byrne (we later see his submerged body lying at the bottom of a pool containing a crashed meteroite).
- Rush Hour (1998) [Thomas Griffin/Juntao]: Falls to his death into a fountain at the end of a struggle with Jackie Chan, when Jackie's bomb vest tears while Tom is hanging onto it.
- If Only (2004) [Taxi Driver]: Plays an angel of death who returns to the afterlife on collecting Paul Nicholls' soul in a traffic accident.
- Stage Beauty (2004) [Thomas Betteneld]: Shot to death.
- Michael Clayton (2007) [Arthur Edens]: Injected between his toes with a drug overdose (to conceal the needle mark) by Robert Prescott and Terry Serpico, who arrange the scene to make it look like suicide.
- RocknRolla (2008) [Lenny Cole]: Devoured by crayfish after Mark Strong (when Mark discovers Tom let him go to prison) lowers Tom into the water.
- Valkyrie (2008) [General Friedrich Fromm]: Executed (off-screen); his death is mentioned in the on-screen text at the end of the movie.
- Jackboots on Whitehall (2010; animated) [Albert/Joseph Goebbels]: Providing the voice of two characters ("animated" through puppetry), "Goebbels" is killed in an explosion when Fiske (voiced by Dominic West) crashes his plane into the Hindenburg (killing also Richard Griffiths and Richard O'Brien). (Obviously, this bears no resemblance to the historic facts.) (Played for comic effect.)
- The Green Hornet (2011) [James Reid]: Injected with poison by David Harbour, who makes it look like an allergic reaction to a bee sting; shown in a flashback when Seth Rogen figures out what actually happened.
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) [IMF Secretary]: Shot in the head and throat by Vladimir Mashkov's men while Tom is talking to Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner in his car. After going into the water, Cruise then puts a flare on his body and lets it float, making the men shoot at it.
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) [Graham Dashwood]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart condition. We see his body lying in a hammock afterwards.
- The Lone Ranger (2013) [Latham Cole]: Drowns after being buried under a mass of silver ore when the train carriage he's riding on plummets off a bridge into a river, after Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer destroy the bridge using Tom’s own explosives.
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) [Author]: Dies (off-screen) between the scenes in 1985 and present day, where there is a statue in his honour.
- SAS: Red Notice (2021) [William Lewis]: Shot twice in the head and chest by Andy Serkis.
Television Deaths[]
- The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017; miniseries) [Joseph 'Joe' Kennedy]: Dies (off-screen) from complications of a stroke. Death only mentioned.
Video Game Deaths[]
- Sleeping Dogs (2012) [Thomas Pendrew]: Likely killed in prison (off-screen) by Triad members, after he's arrested by Will Yun Lee for the murder of James Hong. Tom is last seen protesting the nature of his arrest, implying his demise.
Gallery[]
Tom Wilkinson in Rush Hour
Tom Wilkinson's off-screen death in Valkyrie
Tom Wilkinson in The Green Hornet
Tom Wilkinson shot in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Tom Wilkinson in The Lone Ranger
Noteworthy Connections[]
- Mr. Diana Hardcastle