British Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, best known for his role in The Full Monty, has died aged 75, his family have announced.

His death was confirmed in a statement shared by his agent on behalf of his family.

The statement read: “It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him.

“The family asks for privacy at this time.”

In an acting career spanning six decades, Wilkinson was nominated for Academy Awards for actor in a leading role for In The Bedroom in 2001, and actor in a supporting role for Michael Clayton in 2007.

He played Gerald Cooper in the hit 1997 British film The Full Monty about a group of former steel workers in Sheffield who form a male striptease act.

He most recently reunited with his co-stars, Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, in a Disney+ series of the same name.

The original film won an Oscar for best original musical or comedy score and was nominated for three others, including best picture and best director.

Wilkinson’s other most notable films include Batmam Begins, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.