Tag Archives: Tom Wilkinson

The Brit List: Top Ten British Character Actors in Movies Today

Michael Gambon in the HBO series 'Luck'. (HBO)

It’s well known among actors that while leading roles may afford the most screen time and biggest pay checks, supporting roles offer the greater acting challenges and often juiciest lines and scenes.

A Who’s Who Guide to ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

How many recognizable British stars, senior division, can you cram into one movie? The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel manages to feature more than a half dozen, and since most of these stars are getting on in years, better to praise them ...

UK Trailer for ‘Burke and Hare,’ Starring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis

Coming Soon has posted the British trailer for the Simon Pegg/Andy Serkis comedy, Burke & Hare, directed by John Landis. The film is “based on a true story” about two Irish grave-robbers, William Burke (Pegg) and William ...

Casting About: Tom Cruise Leads Cast of British Heavy-Hitters

Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Eddie Izzard will join Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh on the WWII drama, Valkyrie. The film will reunite two Usual Suspects collaborators, director Bryan Singer and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie.