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Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson (February 5, 1948 – December 30, 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). Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before making his West End debut portraying Horatio in Hamlet (1980) for which he received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He returned to the West End playing Dr. Stockmann in the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People (1988) receiving a Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival nomination. Wilkinson received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Full Monty (1997) as well as two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actor for In the Bedroom (2001) and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clayton (2007). He became known as a character actor, acting in numerous films such as In the Name of the Father (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Patriot (2000), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Batman Begins (2005), Valkyrie (2008), The Ghost Writer (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Belle (2013), Selma (2014), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Denial (2016). In 2009 he won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for playing Benjamin Franklin in the HBO limited series John Adams (2008). His other Emmy-nominated roles were as Roy/Ruth Applewood in the HBO film Normal (2003), James Baker in the HBO film Recount (2008), and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in the limited series The Kennedys (2011).
Tom Wilkinson
Redeemer (voice)
for Redeemer (voice) in Pizza Tower (1990s)
Suggested by talalagirlg46
Every town needs a hero... even if he's a nervous, hot-tempered pizza chef?Enter Peppino Spaghetti,owner of a tiny pizzeria constantly under siege by the evil food mogal Pizzaface From his towering fortress- the dreaded Pizza Tower - Pizzaface plots to take over the world of one greasy slice at a time. But Peppino won't let that happen. With the help of his best friend Gustavo (and Gustavo trusty rat,Brick) Peppino dashes,smashes, and crushes thought wacky adventures, taking out bizarre villians like PepperMan, Noise, and the Cheese Knight.Each week,the trio must outwit Pizzaface's latest scheme to turn the world's food into his monstrous minions. Packed with slapstick comedy, zany chase sequence, and over-the-top cartoon physics, the show delivers a mix of action and laughs- think Teenage Mutant Turtles meets Adventures of Sonic the way, with a gooey layer of cheese on top. Tone: Bright, energetic, and sureal, with exaggerated animation, pizza-pun one-liners, and a rocking theme song kids couldn't get out of their heads. Episode Formula:Each episode sees Pizzaface unleashes a new bizarre creation to terrorize the city, while Peppino and friends use courage (and lots a chaos) to save the day - usually ending with Pizzaface yelling, "CURSTE YOU, PEPPINO!"
