TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 11: Actor Tom Wilkinson attends the “Denial” premiere during the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 11, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
LONDON (AP) – Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said. He was 75.
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He is remembered by many in Britain and beyond for playing former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the 1997 comedy “The Full Monty,” about a group of unemployed steel workers who formed an unlikely male stripping act.
The actor was recognized for his services to drama in 2005 when he was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire.