Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Date of Birth:

Dec 31, 1937

Place of Birth:

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Spielberg Spielberg

2017

Mary Mary

2024

Sly Sly

2023

Blackway Blackway

2015

Solace Solace

2015

Misconduct Misconduct

2016

RED 2 RED 2

2013

Othello Othello

1981

August August

1996

Collide Collide

2016

One Life One Life

2023

Cus & Mike Cus & Mike

1970

Heartland Heartland

1989

Elyse Elyse

2020

Poet Game Poet Game

1972

Blunt Blunt

1987

King Lear King Lear

2018

The Father The Father

2020

Hitchcock Hitchcock

2012

Amistad Amistad

1997

Fracture Fracture

2007

The Son The Son

2022

Instinct Instinct

1999

The Edge The Edge

1997

Titus Titus

1999

Magic Magic

1978

Proof Proof

2005

Red Dragon Red Dragon

2002

Freejack Freejack

1992

Hannibal Hannibal

2001

Locked Locked

2025

Beowulf Beowulf

2007

Thor Thor

2011

Alexander Alexander

2004

Nixon Nixon

1995

The Bounty The Bounty

1984

Bobby Bobby

2006

Chaplin Chaplin

1992

The Bunker The Bunker

1981

The Trial The Trial

1993

Slipstream Slipstream

2007

Noah Noah

2014

360 360

2012

The Rite The Rite

2011

Hamlet Hamlet

1969

Juggernaut Juggernaut

1974

Spotswood Spotswood

1992

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