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Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Acting
Born: Dec 31, 1937
From: Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Locked William 2025 6.18
Zero Contact Finley Hart 2022 4.0
The Son Anthony 2022 6.747
Armageddon Time Aaron Rabinowitz 2022 6.4
Thor Odin 2011 6.768
The Wolfman Sir John Talbot 2010 5.884
Beowulf Hrothgar 2007 5.915
Fracture Theodore Crawford 2007 7.261
All the King's Men Judge Irwin 2006 5.785
Bobby John Casey 2006 6.416
Alexander Old Ptolemy 2004 6.0
The Human Stain Coleman Silk 2003 6.0
Bad Company Oakes 2002 5.517
Hearts in Atlantis Ted Brautigan 2001 6.768
Mission: Impossible II Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited) 2000 6.144
Meet Joe Black William Parrish 1998 7.357
Amistad John Quincy Adams 1997 7.0
Nixon Richard Nixon 1995 6.858
The Road to Wellville Dr. John Harvey Kellogg 1994 5.579
Legends of the Fall Col. William Ludlow 1994 7.4
The Remains of the Day James Stevens 1993 7.362
Shadowlands C. S. 'Jack' Lewis 1993 6.89
Chaplin George Hayden 1992 7.423
Howards End Henry J. Wilcox 1992 6.995
The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter 1991 8.345
Desperate Hours Tim Cornell 1990 5.42
The Bounty Lieutenant William Bligh 1984 6.739
The Elephant Man Frederick Treves 1980 8.049
A Bridge Too Far Lt. Col. John D. Frost 1977 7.212
Victory at Entebbe Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin 1976 5.12
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1937
FromMargam, Port Talbot, …