Anthony Hopkins

Acting

Born Dec 31, 1937 (age 88) · Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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 of his generation." In 1991, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in its sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon. Other notable films include The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He received four more Academy Award nominations for The Remains of the Day (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997) and The Two Popes (2019) before winning a fourth BAFTA Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date. Since making his television debut with the BBC in 1967, Hopkins has continued to appear on television. In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace. In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen. In 2018, he starred in King Lear opposite Emma Thompson. In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Thor2011
as ⁨Odin⁩
Thor: Ragnarok2017
as ⁨Odin⁩
Thor: The Dark World2013
as ⁨Odin⁩
The Silence of the Lambs1991
as ⁨Dr. Hannibal Lecter⁩
How the Grinch Stole Christmas2000
as ⁨Narrator (voice)⁩
Mission: Impossible II2000
as ⁨Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Sir Edmund Burton⁩
as ⁨Methuselah⁩
as ⁨William Parrish⁩
as ⁨Professor Abraham Van Helsing⁩
as ⁨Dr. Hannibal Lecter⁩
as ⁨Hannibal Lecter⁩
as ⁨Ted Crawford⁩
as ⁨Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro⁩
as ⁨Bailey⁩
as ⁨Frederick Treves⁩
as ⁨Anthony⁩
as ⁨Old Ptolemy⁩
as ⁨Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI⁩
as ⁨Hrothgar (Voice)⁩
as ⁨Col. William Ludlow⁩
as ⁨Jimmy (voice)⁩
as ⁨John Clancy⁩
as ⁨Father Lucas Trevant⁩
as ⁨Sir John Talbot⁩
as ⁨Alfred Hitchcock⁩
as ⁨Jimmy (voice)⁩
as ⁨James Stevens⁩
as ⁨John Quincy Adams⁩
as ⁨Charles Morse⁩
as ⁨George Hayden⁩
as ⁨Nicholas Winton⁩
as ⁨Lt. Col. John D. Frost⁩
as ⁨Burt Munro⁩
as ⁨Alfie⁩
as ⁨Oakes⁩
as ⁨Robert Llewellyn⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ethan Powell⁩
as ⁨Freddy Heineken⁩
as ⁨Lieutenant William Bligh⁩
as ⁨Hagen Kahl⁩
as ⁨Ted Brautigan⁩
as ⁨William⁩
as ⁨Arthur Denning⁩
as ⁨Anthony⁩
as ⁨Henry J. Wilcox⁩
as ⁨Aaron Rabinowitz⁩
as ⁨Coleman Silk⁩
as ⁨The Mentor⁩
as ⁨John Casey⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Richard⁩
as ⁨Lester⁩ · Producer
as ⁨Richard Nixon⁩
as ⁨Ian McCandless⁩
as ⁨Judge Irwin⁩
as ⁨Corky Withers / Fats (voice)⁩
as ⁨C. S. 'Jack' Lewis⁩
as ⁨John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨John⁩
as ⁨Titus Andronicus⁩
as ⁨Tim Cornell⁩
as ⁨Frank P. Doel⁩
as ⁨King Herod⁩
as ⁨Dr. John Harvey Kellogg⁩
as ⁨Daniel Webster⁩
as ⁨Sigmund Freud⁩
as ⁨Elliot Hoover⁩
as ⁨Supt. John McCleod⁩
as ⁨Lear⁩
as ⁨Pablo Picasso⁩
as ⁨Felix Bonhoeffer⁩ · Director · Writer
as ⁨Sir⁩
as ⁨Philip Calvert⁩
as ⁨Adolf Hitler⁩
as ⁨Adam Gund⁩
as ⁨David Llyod George⁩
as ⁨Luca Antonelli⁩
Out Thu, Dec 3

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Thor2011
as ⁨Odin⁩
Thor: Ragnarok2017
as ⁨Odin⁩
Thor: The Dark World2013
as ⁨Odin⁩
The Silence of the Lambs1991
as ⁨Dr. Hannibal Lecter⁩
How the Grinch Stole Christmas2000
as ⁨Narrator (voice)⁩
Mission: Impossible II2000
as ⁨Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨Sir Edmund Burton⁩
as ⁨Methuselah⁩
as ⁨William Parrish⁩
as ⁨Professor Abraham Van Helsing⁩
as ⁨Dr. Hannibal Lecter⁩
as ⁨Hannibal Lecter⁩
as ⁨Ted Crawford⁩
as ⁨Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro⁩
as ⁨Bailey⁩
as ⁨Frederick Treves⁩
as ⁨Anthony⁩
as ⁨Old Ptolemy⁩
as ⁨Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI⁩
as ⁨Hrothgar (Voice)⁩
as ⁨Col. William Ludlow⁩
as ⁨Jimmy (voice)⁩
as ⁨John Clancy⁩
as ⁨Father Lucas Trevant⁩
as ⁨Sir John Talbot⁩
as ⁨Alfred Hitchcock⁩
as ⁨Jimmy (voice)⁩
as ⁨James Stevens⁩
as ⁨John Quincy Adams⁩
as ⁨Charles Morse⁩
as ⁨George Hayden⁩
as ⁨Nicholas Winton⁩
as ⁨Lt. Col. John D. Frost⁩
as ⁨Burt Munro⁩
as ⁨Alfie⁩
as ⁨Oakes⁩
as ⁨Robert Llewellyn⁩
as ⁨Dr. Ethan Powell⁩
as ⁨Freddy Heineken⁩
as ⁨Lieutenant William Bligh⁩
as ⁨Hagen Kahl⁩
as ⁨Ted Brautigan⁩
as ⁨William⁩
as ⁨Arthur Denning⁩
as ⁨Anthony⁩
as ⁨Henry J. Wilcox⁩
as ⁨Aaron Rabinowitz⁩
as ⁨Coleman Silk⁩
as ⁨The Mentor⁩
as ⁨John Casey⁩ · Executive producer
as ⁨Richard⁩
as ⁨Lester⁩ · Producer
as ⁨Richard Nixon⁩
as ⁨Ian McCandless⁩
as ⁨Judge Irwin⁩
as ⁨Corky Withers / Fats (voice)⁩
as ⁨C. S. 'Jack' Lewis⁩
as ⁨John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)⁩
as ⁨John⁩
as ⁨Titus Andronicus⁩
as ⁨Tim Cornell⁩
as ⁨Frank P. Doel⁩
as ⁨King Herod⁩
as ⁨Dr. John Harvey Kellogg⁩
as ⁨Daniel Webster⁩
as ⁨Sigmund Freud⁩
as ⁨Elliot Hoover⁩
as ⁨Supt. John McCleod⁩
as ⁨Lear⁩
as ⁨Pablo Picasso⁩
as ⁨Felix Bonhoeffer⁩ · Director · Writer
as ⁨Sir⁩
as ⁨Philip Calvert⁩
as ⁨Adolf Hitler⁩
as ⁨Adam Gund⁩
as ⁨David Llyod George⁩
as ⁨Luca Antonelli⁩
Out Thu, Dec 3