Academy Award-Nominated BATMAN BEGINS Actor Tom Wilkinson Has Passed Away At The Age Of 75

Academy Award-Nominated BATMAN BEGINS Actor Tom Wilkinson Has Passed Away At The Age Of 75

Some very sad news to share this evening, as veteran Academy Award-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins, The Full Monty) has passed away at the age of 75...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 30, 2023 01:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman Begins

2023 is drawing to a close, and, unfortunately, we have one last bit of bad news (at least, we hope so) to share before the bells ring in the new year tomorrow night.

Reports are coming in that highly-respected British actor Tom Wilkinson has passed away at the age of 75.

The actor's death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family.

"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," the statement read. "The family asks for privacy at this time."

Wilkinson will be best-know to CBM fans for his supporting role as the villainous Gotham City mob boss Carmine Falcone in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, but his career spans almost six decades, with 130 film and TV credits to his name.

He won a BAFTA for 1997's The Full Monty, and reprised the role of Gerald for the recent Disney+ sequel series. He received six BAFTA nominations in total, as well as two Oscar nominations, for Michael Clayton and In The Bedroom.

Wilkinson also earned an Emmy for playing US political figure Benjamin Franklin in the 2008 mini-series John Adams, and an Emmy nomination as John F Kennedy's father Joe in The Kennedys. He played President Lyndon B. Johnson in 2014's Selma, and appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel and Girl with a Pearl Earring.

"For the first time in my life, I started doing something I knew how to do," Wilkinson said of starting his acting career at the age of 18. "I realised it wasn't necessarily just these southern middle-class types that got to be actors; it could possibly be people like me. And once I knew, I never changed my mind."

Our condolences to Wilkinson's friends and family during this very difficult time.

You can check out Wilkinson's most famous scene from Batman Begins below.

A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), a member of the mysterious League of Shadows. When Ducard reveals the League's true purpose -- the complete destruction of Gotham City -- Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine), his loyal butler, and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises, Batman is born.

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Jaspion
Jaspion - 12/30/2023, 1:48 PM
Rip Juntao.
Origame
Origame - 12/30/2023, 1:57 PM
@Jaspion - ah rush hour. He definitely did a good job there. Rip.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 12/30/2023, 4:20 PM
@Jaspion - That's where I knew him from. I knew he looked familiar when I saw Batman Begins. He still owes Carter gas money by the way
Pukasdcmarvel
Pukasdcmarvel - 12/30/2023, 4:56 PM
@Jaspion - oh yeah, rush hour! Love it, RIP.
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 12/30/2023, 5:14 PM
@Jaspion - the best.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/31/2023, 1:20 AM
@Jaspion - ?feature=shared
Kadara
Kadara - 12/30/2023, 1:51 PM
Oomph. It's always this time of the year when a lot of celebrities start passing away for some reason, at least that's what I noticed. Rest in peace.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/30/2023, 2:01 PM
@Kadara - Maybe they hold out for just one last Christmas with their families.
Kadara
Kadara - 12/30/2023, 3:39 PM
@ObserverIO - That's one sweet way to go, I'm going with this.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 12/30/2023, 1:54 PM
RIP.

He was outstanding in Batman Begins.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 12/30/2023, 1:55 PM
@kylo0607 - Such a pivotal scene the confrontation between him and Bruce in the movie.
cyclopsprime
cyclopsprime - 12/30/2023, 2:47 PM
@Knightrider - the first meeting
Knightrider
Knightrider - 12/30/2023, 4:31 PM
@cyclopsprime - Yeah, where he learns about the power of fear, what he has to lose as Bruce, and to be more than himself
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 12/30/2023, 1:54 PM
Sheesh. Rest easy. Prayers to the family. Death is never easy
TheLobster
TheLobster - 12/30/2023, 1:55 PM
Loved his performance in Batman Begins. RIP.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/30/2023, 1:56 PM
Fantastic actor, R.I.P

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/30/2023, 2:01 PM
@marvel72 - Such an amazing performance.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/30/2023, 2:40 PM
@marvel72 - Great performance, but no way in hell did he pass for an Italian, he should've played Lew Moxon or Rupert Thorne. Turturro's Carmine was more accurate IMO.
BLEECH
BLEECH - 12/30/2023, 5:16 PM
@soberchimera - More accurate but boring as shit
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/30/2023, 1:56 PM
He was a good foil for Bruce in the first film.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/30/2023, 1:57 PM
Genuine shame. I only saw Michael Clayton and In The Bedroom for the first times last year, and he was impeccable in both. Really solid character actor. Always enjoyed him as Falcone, but after getting exposed to more of his work my respect for him grew even more
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/30/2023, 2:03 PM
@tmp3 - I was gonna make a joke about "getting exposed" and his career-making turn in The Full Monty, but...
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/30/2023, 2:03 PM
The first real villain Bale's Batman put away in his career
S8R8M
S8R8M - 12/30/2023, 2:20 PM
I love his delivery of the line in BB, 'You don't know what it's like to be desperate.' As a person that struggles in life, you kinda agree with his motives. Because he is doing what he can to survive.
Incredible actor! Rest well, Sir!
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 12/30/2023, 2:28 PM
Damn, RIP sir!
Blergh
Blergh - 12/30/2023, 2:33 PM
RIP sir, great actor. 75 is nothing to scoff at but still
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/30/2023, 2:35 PM


Rip 🙏🏽
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 12/30/2023, 2:36 PM
Amazing Actor. RIP

CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 12/30/2023, 2:37 PM
Too many great roles to mention them all but I loved him in RocknRolla.
Sad news.
mountainman
mountainman - 12/30/2023, 8:03 PM
@CAPTAINPINKEYE - My favorite Guy Ritchie movie and he was amazing in it, as well as so many other roles.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 12/30/2023, 2:39 PM
The guy always killed it in any role he was in, but a personal favorite is his role in the bedroom. RIP
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 12/30/2023, 2:56 PM
That stinks. He was great in everything I’ve seen him in
PapaBear562
PapaBear562 - 12/30/2023, 2:56 PM
I was just watching Batman Begins just this morning. Rest in Peace kind sir, you will be missed!
Deadinside
Deadinside - 12/30/2023, 3:52 PM
@PapaBear562 - Interesting, as I started watching it just before opening this site & reading this news...!☮🙁
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 12/30/2023, 4:18 PM
@Deadinside @papabear562 - I watched it last night, weird.
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