Editing Tom Wilkinson (section)

==Early life and education==
Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson<ref name=tne>{{cite web|title=Honorary graduates 2000–09|publisher=University of Kent|year=2010|url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/hongrads/honorary-grad00.html|access-date=7 October 2010|archive-date=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006034207/http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/hongrads/honorary-grad00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> was born on 5 February 1948 in [[Leeds]], West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Marjorie and Thomas Wilkinson, a farmer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQR-FS2Q|title=Person Details for Thomas G Wilkinson, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837–2008" — FamilySearch.org|website=[[FamilySearch]]}}</ref><ref name=nau>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Mark|title='The thing you can't fake is that he has a moral authority ... he brings a sense of gravity, detail and intelligence'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 February 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/22/awardsandprizes.news|access-date=7 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=birth>Born January–March 1948, according to the ''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com</ref><ref>[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/tom_wilkinson_biog.html ''Tom Wilkinson Biography''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505120826/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/tom_wilkinson_biog.html |date=5 May 2009 }}. Tiscali.co.uk.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060721104432/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019318/bio ''Tom Wilkinson biography'']. Yahoo! Movies.</ref> At the age of 11, he moved with his family to [[Kitimat]], British Columbia, in Canada,<ref>Jackson, Alan (23 February 2008). [https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/i-didnt-get-where-i-am-today-without-9qt8qdkmcvk "I didn't get where I am today without&nbsp;..."]. ''The Times''.</ref> where they lived for five years before returning to the United Kingdom and running a pub in [[Cornwall]].<ref name=Moss5April2011/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E6DC1430F933A25750C0A9649C8B63|title=Oscar Films/View From Abroad; The Actor Next Door Quietly Savors His New Fame|work=The New York Times |access-date=24 July 2008 | first=Alan | last=Riding | date=10 March 2002}}</ref> Wilkinson graduated in English and American literature from the [[University of Kent]] at Canterbury.<ref name=Moss5April2011/> While at university, Wilkinson became preoccupied with acting and directing with the University of Kent Drama Society (now called T24 Drama Society). After finishing his degree, Wilkinson then attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London, graduating in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1822481.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Tom Wilkinson: Acting up In the Bedroom|access-date=24 July 2008 | date=15 February 2002}}</ref>