Tom Wilkinson was a Primetime Emmy Award winner who played “Benjamin Franklin” in the TV miniseries John Adams, “Arthur Edens” alongside George Clooney in Michael Clayton and “Matt Fowler” in In the Bedroom. Wilkinson was “John Kennedy Sr.” in the miniseries The Kennedys and portrayed “James A. Baker” in the HBO movie Recount. He has appeared in First Among Equals, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Batman Begins, Separate Lies, The Ghost Writer, and The Green Hornet. Wilkinson was a graduate of the University of Kent and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.