Actor Tom Wilkinson will be missed as “one of the greats of not only his, but of any generation”, according to his The Full Monty co-star Robert Carlyle.

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson has been hailed as “British acting royalty” following his death at the age of 75.

Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson has died aged 75, his family has announced. The British actor, well known for his role in The Full Monty as former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper, died “suddenly” on Saturday.