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Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director and producer. He received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 1993. With his graduation from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and subsequent invitation by Laurence Olivier to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965, he earned a well-deserved reputation as one of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors. His film and television career is remarkable with a repertoire spanning several decades, with noteworthy roles including his performance in The Lion in Winter (1968), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Westworld (2016–2018), among others.
In addition to performing, Hopkins is also an accomplished composer and painter. Despite his demanding acting career, he has also found time to give back to his community, supporting various philanthropic groups, volunteering as a teacher and contributing towards several conservation and preservation initiatives. Despite his imposing on-screen presence, Hopkins is known for his quiet, understated approach to acting, favouring minimal rehearsals and preferring to let his performances evolve naturally, a truly unique acting style that has made him beloved by audiences and critics alike.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Philip Anthony Hopkins
Born: Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States
Birthday: December 31, 1937
Occupations: Actor, director, producer
Years Active: 1960-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Petronella Barker, Jennifer Lynton, Stella Arroyave
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Awards and Nominations Received by Anthony Hopkins
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actor)
AmistadMovies Featuring Anthony Hopkins
Transformers: The Last Knight
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: The Dark World
Thor
Howards End
The Father
The Silence of the Lambs
The Two Popes
The Wolfman
Noah
Hannibal
Red Dragon
Meet Joe Black
The Son
PET.E.R O'TOOLE: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
The World's Fastest Indian
Armageddon Time
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Alexander
Fracture
Amistad
360
Titus
Proof
Hitchcock
The Mask of Zorro
Surviving Picasso
The City of Your Final Destination
The Remains of the Day
The Bounty
Solace
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bobby
Freejack
The Human Stain
The Elephant Man
Legends of the Fall
Magic
RED 2
Hearts in Atlantis
Nixon
Bad Company
Collide
The Rite
The Virtuoso
Desperate Hours
The Edge
Elyse
Where Are You
Zero Contact
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire
Freud's Last Session
One Life
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
Mary
Locked
Bare Knuckles
Hannibal Lecter, l’icône du mal par excellence
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Spielberg
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England’s Fatal Flaw
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Nothing Like a Dame
King Lear
Where Are You
Unmasking Zorro
A Director’s Journey: The Making of ‘Red Dragon’
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker’s Journey
Spotswood
A Change of Seasons
Peter and Paul
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Little Eyolf
One Man’s War
The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
The Bunker
Othello
Arch of Triumph
Hollywood Wives
Mussolini and I
A Chorus of Disapproval
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Guilty Conscience
The Good Father
Blunt
84 Charing Cross Road
Across the Lake
Faroe Islands
The Dawning
Parkinson at 50
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
When Eight Bells Toll
Earth and the American Dream
The Looking Glass War
All Creatures Great and Small
The Lion in Winter
The Girl from Petrovka
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
To Be the Best
War & Peace
International Velvet
The Trial
Juggernaut
The Innocent
Red, White, and Zero
Instinct
Victory at Entebbe
The Three Sisters
Dark Victory
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Shadowlands
QB VII
Audrey Rose
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
The White Bus
Hamlet
August
Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon
Junket Whore
Career Timeline
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2024
One Life
Nicky Winton
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
Jimmy
Mary
King Herod
Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon
Self
2023
PET.E.R O'TOOLE: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire
Jimmy
Freud's Last Session
Sigmund Freud
2022
The Son
Anthony
Armageddon Time
Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz
Where Are You
Thomas
Zero Contact
Finley Hart
2021
The Father
Anthony
The Virtuoso
The Mentor
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Thor: Ragnarok
Odin
Collide
Spielberg
John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
The Wolfman
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
The City of Your Final Destination
Bare Knuckles
Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
Hannibal Lecter, l’icône du mal par excellence
Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
2007
Fracture
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’
Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Self
2001
Hannibal
Hearts in Atlantis
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England’s Fatal Flaw
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Self
Unmasking Zorro
Self
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker’s Journey
Self
1992
Howards End
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Freejack
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Self
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Spotswood
Errol Wallace
One Man’s War
Joel
The Making of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Self
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