ACTOR

Tom Wilkinson

1948 - 2023

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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (5 February 1948 – 30 December 2023) was an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. In 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Wilkinson has received more than 6,896,053 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Tom Wilkinson is the 420th most popular actor (up from 706th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 872nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Actor.

Tom Wilkinson is most famous for his role as Michael Clayton in the 2007 film of the same name.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tom Wilkinson ranks 420 out of 13,578. Before him are Magda Schneider, Albert Finney, Ali MacGraw, Richard Dean Anderson, Randy Quaid, and William Shatner. After him are James Woods, Roy Scheider, Pamela Anderson, Bourvil, Donald Pleasence, and Jean Harlow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Tom Wilkinson ranks 45. Before him are Yoshihide Suga, John Bonham, Keke Rosberg, Ian McEwan, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and John Carpenter. After him are Elizabeth Blackburn, Grace Jones, Tony Iommi, Powers Boothe, Arie Haan, and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Among people deceased in 2023, Tom Wilkinson ranks 51. Before him are Martin Amis, Karel Schwarzenberg, Rosalynn Carter, Pervez Musharraf, Alan Arkin, and Federico Bahamontes. After him are Otar Iosseliani, David McCallum, Miroslav Blažević, Mircea Snegur, Lucile Randon, and Dick Fosbury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tom Wilkinson ranks 533 out of 8,785. Before him are Albert Finney (1936), Ronnie Wood (1947), Stanley Baldwin (1867), William Lassell (1799), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844). After him are Henry Every (1659), James Hutton (1726), Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), Donald Pleasence (1919), Graham Hill (1929), and Oliver Sacks (1933).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Tom Wilkinson ranks 67. Before him are John Cleese (1939), Trevor Howard (1913), Patrick Stewart (1940), Richard Griffiths (1947), Gerard Butler (1969), and Albert Finney (1936). After him are Donald Pleasence (1919), David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), Christian Bale (1974), Bill Nighy (1949), and Hugh Laurie (1959).

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