Editing Tom Wilkinson (section)

=== 2009–2023: Established actor ===
[[File:Tom Wilkinson TIFF 2016.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Wilkinson in 2016]]
During this time Wilkinson starred in a string of thrillers including ''[[Duplicity (2009 film)|Duplicity]]'' (2009), ''[[The Conspirator]]'' (2010), and ''[[The Debt (2010 film)|The Debt]]'' (2010). Also in 2010 he starred in the [[John Landis]] directed horror comedy ''[[Burke and Hare (2010 film)|Burke and Hare]]'' and portrayed a covert [[CIA]] agent in [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/01/isla-fisher-andy-serkis-tom-wilkinson-in-burke-and-hare-.html |title=Fisher, Serkis, Wilkinson in 'Burke and Hare' |publisher=Heatvisionblog.com |access-date=21 November 2010}}</ref> He gained acclaim portraying [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]], in the 2011 television miniseries ''[[The Kennedys (miniseries)|The Kennedys]]'', for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]].<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/2011-emmy-nominations-63r_n_898094.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 2011 Emmy Nominations List: 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations Announced] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307231841/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/2011-emmy-nominations-63r_n_898094.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 |date=7 March 2016 }}, ''[[Huffington Post]]'', 14 July 2011. Accessed 15 July 2011.</ref> He and his wife portrayed husband and wife [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.|Joe]] and [[Rose Kennedy]]. Earlier that year, he appeared in the comedy film ''[[The Green Hornet (2011 film)|The Green Hornet]]'' and the action film ''[[Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol]]''. The following year he acted in the British comedy ''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]'' starring opposite [[Judi Dench]], [[Bill Nighy]], [[Dev Patel]], and [[Maggie Smith]]. David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' praised his performance writing, "Observed with sensitivity and played with a deep well of sorrow by Wilkinson, this story breathes real tenderness into the movie's reflections on growing older and making peace with past mistakes".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/best-exotic-marigold-hotel-film-287357/|title= The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Film Review|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= 18 February 2012|access-date= 30 December 2023}}</ref> 

In 2013 he portrayed [[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield|Lord Mansfield]] in the costume drama ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]'' starring [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]]. The following year Wilkinson portrayed [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the 36th President of the United States, in [[Ava DuVernay]]'s historical drama film ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' (2014), and had a role in [[Wes Anderson]]'s comedy ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'' (2014).<ref name=TCM/><ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> He had a lead role alongside [[Vince Vaughn]] and [[Dave Franco]] in the comedy ''[[Unfinished Business (2015 film)|Unfinished Business]]'' (2015). In 2016, he portrayed journalist [[Ewen MacAskill]] in ''[[Snowden (film)|Snowden]]'' starring [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] and barrister [[Richard Rampton]] in ''[[Denial (2016 film)|Denial]]'' acting alongside [[Rachel Weisz]] and [[Timothy Spall]].<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/><ref name=AFI/> He briefly reprised his role as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. in ''[[The Kennedys: After Camelot]]'' (2017).<ref name=D'Arminio/> He voiced Threarah in the [[BBC One]] series ''[[Watership Down (2018 TV series)|Watership Down]]'' (2018), and played Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in the [[Julian Fellowes]] historical drama ''[[Belgravia (TV series)|Belgravia]]'' (2019).<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> His final appearance was in a television version of ''[[The Full Monty (TV series)|The Full Monty]]''.<ref name=":0" />