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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1937 |
| From | Margam, Port Talbot, … |