Anthony Hopkins
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Locked as William
- 2024 · Mary as King Herod
- 2024 · Those About to Die as Emperor Vespasian
- 2024 · Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver as Jimmy (voice)
- 2024 · Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon as Self
- 2023 · Freud's Last Session as Sigmund Freud
- 2023 · One Life as Nicholas Winton
- 2023 · Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire as Jimmy (voice)
- 2023 · Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- 2022 · The Son as Anthony
- 2022 · Armageddon Time as Aaron Rabinowitz
- 2022 · Where Are You as Thomas
- 2022 · Zero Contact as Finley Hart
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Virtuoso as The Mentor
- 2021 · Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · The Father as Anthony
- 2020 · Elyse as Dr. Philip Lewis
- 2020 · Mythic Quest as Everlight Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Two Popes as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
- 2018 · King Lear as Lear
- 2018 · Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Spielberg as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Odin
- 2017 · Transformers: The Last Knight as Sir Edmund Burton
- 2016 · Westworld as Dr. Robert Ford
- 2016 · Collide as Hagen Kahl
- 2016 · Misconduct as Arthur Denning
- 2015 · The Dresser as Sir
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Solace as John Clancy
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
- 2014 · Noah as Methuselah
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Odin
- 2013 · RED 2 as Bailey
- 2012 · Hitchcock as Alfred Hitchcock
- 2012 · 360 as John
- 2011 · Thor as Odin
- 2011 · The Rite as Father Lucas Trevant
- 2010 · The Third Rule as Fabian Hogarth
- 2010 · The Wolfman as Sir John Talbot
- 2009 · The City of Your Final Destination as Adam Gund
- 2007 · Beowulf as Hrothgar
- 2007 · Shortcut to Happiness as Daniel Webster
- 2007 · Fracture as Theodore Crawford
- 2007 · Slipstream as Felix Bonhoeffer
- 2006 · All the King's Men as Judge Irwin
- 2006 · Bobby as John Casey
- 2005 · A Tribute To Ismail Merchant as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The World's Fastest Indian as Burt Munro
- 2005 · Proof as Robert Llewellyn
- 2004 · Alexander as Old Ptolemy
- 2003 · The Human Stain as Coleman Silk
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2002 · Red Dragon as Hannibal Lecter
- 2002 · Bad Company as Oakes
- 2001 · Hearts in Atlantis as Ted Brautigan
- 2001 · Unmasking Zorro as Self
- 2001 · Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
- 2000 · How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Mission: Impossible II as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
- 1999 · Titus as Titus Andronicus
- 1998 · Meet Joe Black as William Parrish
- 1998 · The Mask of Zorro as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The Edge as Charles Morse
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Surviving Picasso as Pablo Picasso
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Nixon as Richard Nixon
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Col. William Ludlow
- 1994 · Baseball as (voice)
- 1994 · Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- 1993 · Shadowlands as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
- 1993 · The Remains of the Day as James Stevens
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · The Trial as The Priest
- 1992 · Chaplin as George Hayden
- 1992 · Bram Stoker's Dracula as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · Howards End as Henry J. Wilcox
- 1991 · Charlie Rose as Self
- 1991 · The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- 1988 · The Tenth Man as Jean Louis Cheval
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · The Dawning as Cassius / Angus Barrie
- 1987 · 84 Charing Cross Road as Frank P. Doel
- 1985 · Screen Two as The Priest
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Jack Figg
- 1984 · The Bounty as Lieutenant William Bligh
- 1983 · Natural World as
- 1982 · Little Eyolf as Alfred Allmers
- 1980 · The Elephant Man as Frederick Treves
- 1978 · International Velvet as Captain Johnson
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
- 1976 · Victory at Entebbe as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
- 1976 · Dark Victory as Dr. Michael Grant
- 1975 · People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1975 · People's Choice Awards as Self - Accepting Award
- 1974 · The Girl from Petrovka as Kostya
- 1974 · Juggernaut as Supt. John McCleod
- 1970 · Play for Today as Alexander Tashkov
- 1970 · Play for Today as Bob Goodliffe
- 1970 · The Three Sisters as Andrey
- 1969 · Hamlet as Claudius
- 1969 · Department S as Greg Halliday
- 1969 · Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt as Wat Tyler
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1968 · The Lion in Winter as Richard
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Alfred Allmers
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Edmund Kean
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Andrey
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Astrov
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Eyes in the Trees as Dr. Addis
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Hrothgar
- 1967 · The White Bus as Brechtian
- Future · The King of Covent Garden as Georg Friedrich Händel
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Ieuan Davies
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Alfie
- 2010 · Bare Knuckles as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
- 2007 · The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' as Self
- 2001 · Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
- 2001 · Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- 1999 · Little Secret as Narrator
- 1999 · Instinct as Dr. Ethan Powell
- 1996 · August as Ieuan Davies
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- 1995 · Screen Actors Guild Awards as
- 1994 · The Road to Wellville as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
- 1993 · The Innocent as Glass
- 1992 · Freejack as Ian McCandless
- 1990 · Desperate Hours as Tim Cornell
- 1989 · Heartland as Jack
- 1988 · Across the Lake as Donald Campbell
- 1985 · The Good Father as Bill Hooper
- 1985 · Guilty Conscience as Arthur Jamison
- 1985 · Hollywood Wives as Neil Gray
- 1984 · Strangers and Brothers as Roger Quaife
- 1983 · Harty as Self
- 1982 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo
- 1981 · The Bunker as Adolf Hitler
- 1981 · Peter and Paul as Paul of Tarsus
- 1980 · A Change of Seasons as Adam Evans
- 1979 · Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as Captain Jones
- 1977 · Audrey Rose as Elliot Hoover
- 1976 · The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- 1974 · QB VII as Adam Kelno
- 1973 · Black and Blue as Hi
- 1972 · The Edwardians as
- 1972 · War & Peace as Pierre Bezukhov
- 1972 · Young Winston as David Llyod George
- 1972 · Poet Game as Hugh Saunders
- 1968 · Red, White, and Zero as Brechtian
- 1965 · The Man in Room 17 as Dr. Harding
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Siegfried
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Quasimodo
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jean Louis Chavel
- Future · A Visit to Grandpa’s as
- 2026 · The Housekeeper as Lord DeWithers
- 2025 · Maserati: The Brothers as Luca Antonelli
- 2019 · Love, Antosha as Self (voice)
- 2015 · Blackway as Lester
- 2015 · Kidnapping Mr. Heineken as Freddy Heineken
- 2012 · Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe as Self
- 2011 · Thor: From Asgard to Earth as Self
- 2010 · Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs as Self
- 2010 · Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence as Self
- 2007 · Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · The True Story of Hannibal as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' as Self
- 2001 · Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul as Self
- 2001 · The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey as Self
- 2001 · Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw as Self
- 2000 · The Many Faces of Zorro as Self
- 1999 · Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box as Narrator
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 1997 · Amistad as John Quincy Adams
- 1997 · Predators Killing for a Living as
- 1997 · The Lost Children of Berlin as Narrator
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1992 · To Be the Best as
- 1992 · Spotswood as Errol Wallace
- 1992 · Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. as Self
- 1991 · The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
- 1991 · One Man’s War as Joel
- 1989 · A Chorus of Disapproval as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn
- 1989 · Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
- 1989 · Faroe Islands as (voice)
- 1987 · Blunt as Guy Burgess
- 1985 · Mussolini and I as Count Galeazzo Ciano
- 1984 · Arch of Triumph as Dr. Ravic
- 1984 · Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
- 1983 · A Married Man as John Strickland
- 1981 · Othello as Othello
- 1978 · Magic as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
- 1975 · All Creatures Great and Small as Siegfried Farnon
- 1974 · The Arcata Promise as Theo Gunge
- 1974 · The Childhood Friend as Alexander Tashkov
- 1973 · The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family as Hi
- 1973 · A Doll's House as Torvald Helmer
- 1972 · The Man Outside as Albert Watts
- 1971 · The Ten Commandments as Steve
- 1971 · When Eight Bells Toll as Philip Calvert
- 1970 · Hearts and Flowers as Bob
- 1970 · The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens as Charles Dickens
- 1970 · The Looking Glass War as John Avery
- Future · Wife & Dog as
- Future · Cus & Mike as Cus D’Amato
- Future · Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess as Ben Windsor
- 1970 · Uncle Vanya as
- Future · Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary as Self