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