Full Monty star Tom Wilkinson dies at age of 75

Full Monty star Tom Wilkinson dies at age of 75

Published December 30,2023


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Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, who starred in “The Full Monty” a couple of group of unemployed metal staff who launched new careers as strippers died “suddenly” on Saturday.

The British actor’s demise was confirmed in an announcement launched by his agent on behalf of his household. He was 75.

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him.”

Wilkinson was nominated for Academy Awards for actor in a number one position for “In The Bedroom” in 2001, and for a supporting position in “Michael Clayton” in 2007.

He most lately reunited along with his Full Monty co-stars, Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, in a Disney+ sequence of the identical title.

The unique 1997 smash hit about an unlikely group of males stripping gained an Oscar for greatest unique musical or comedy rating and was nominated for 3 others, together with greatest image and greatest director.

Wilkinson’s character performed ex-foreman Gerald Cooper who was recruited to assist the unemployed males dance.

The actor additionally took a house greatest supporting actor Bafta for the position.

Wilkinson gained a 2009 Golden Globe and 2008 Emmy for his position as American political determine Benjamin Franklin in HBO sequence John Adams, reverse Paul Giamatti.

He was additionally identified for his roles in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens novel “Martin Chuzzlewit“, the 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”, the 2014 Wes Anderson comedy drama “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and 2011 ensemble comedy “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”.

Source: www.anews.com.tr