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Anthony Hopkins

Acting

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins is an actor born on December 31, 1937 in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He is known for Thor, Thor: The Dark World and The Silence of the Lambs. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
December 31, 1937
Place of birth
Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Also known as
Philip Anthony Hopkins · Sir Anthony Hopkins

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 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.

Filmography

  1. 2025Lockedas William
  2. 2024Those About to Dieas Emperor Vespasian · 10 episodes
  3. 2024Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiveras Jimmy (voice)
  4. 2023One Lifeas Nicholas Winton
  5. 2023Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fireas Jimmy (voice)
  6. 2022The Sonas Anthony
  7. 2022Armageddon Timeas Aaron Rabinowitz
  8. 2021The Virtuosoas The Mentor
  9. 2021Marvel Studios Legendsas Odin (archive footage) (uncredited) · 3 episodes
  10. 2020The Fatheras Anthony
  11. 2020Mythic Questas Everlight Narrator (voice) · 1 episode
  12. 2019The Two Popesas Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
  13. 2017Thor: Ragnarokas Odin
  14. 2017Transformers: The Last Knightas Sir Edmund Burton
  15. 2016Westworldas Dr. Robert Ford · 20 episodes
  16. 2016Collideas Hagen Kahl
  17. 2016Misconductas Arthur Denning
  18. 2015Blackwayas Lester · Producer
  19. 2015Solaceas John Clancy
  20. 2015Kidnapping Mr. Heinekenas Freddy Heineken
  21. 2014Noahas Methuselah
  22. 2013Thor: The Dark Worldas Odin
  23. 2013RED 2as Bailey
  24. 2012Hitchcockas Alfred Hitchcock
  25. 2011Thoras Odin
  26. 2011The Riteas Father Lucas Trevant
  27. 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Strangeras Alfie
  28. 2010The Wolfmanas Sir John Talbot
  29. 2007Beowulfas Hrothgar (Voice)
  30. 2007Fractureas Ted Crawford
  31. 2006All the King's Menas Judge Irwin
  32. 2006Bobbyas John Casey · Executive producer
  33. 2005The World's Fastest Indianas Burt Munro
  34. 2005Proofas Robert Llewellyn
  35. 2004Alexanderas Old Ptolemy
  36. 2003The Human Stainas Coleman Silk
  37. 2002Red Dragonas Hannibal Lecter
  38. 2002Bad Companyas Oakes
  39. 2001Hearts in Atlantisas Ted Brautigan
  40. 2001Hannibalas Dr. Hannibal Lecter
  41. 2000How the Grinch Stole Christmasas Narrator (voice)
  42. 2000Mission: Impossible IIas Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
  43. 1999Instinctas Dr. Ethan Powell
  44. 1998Meet Joe Blackas William Parrish
  45. 1998The Mask of Zorroas Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
  46. 1997Amistadas John Quincy Adams
  47. 1997The Edgeas Charles Morse
  48. 1995Nixonas Richard Nixon
  49. 1994Legends of the Fallas Col. William Ludlow
  50. 1993The Remains of the Dayas James Stevens
  51. 1992Chaplinas George Hayden
  52. 1992Bram Stoker's Draculaas Professor Abraham Van Helsing
  53. 1992Howards Endas Henry J. Wilcox
  54. 1992Freejackas Ian McCandless
  55. 1991The Silence of the Lambsas Dr. Hannibal Lecter
  56. 1984The Bountyas Lieutenant William Bligh
  57. 1980The Elephant Manas Frederick Treves
  58. 1978Magicas Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
  59. 1977A Bridge Too Faras Lt. Col. John D. Frost
  60. 1968The Lion in Winteras Richard