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Anthony Hopkins

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Composer / Actor | * 12/31/1937 (86) | Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales (United Kingdom (UK))
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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 1993. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He 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), Coriolanus, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In 1985, he received great acclaim and a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in the David Hare play Pravda. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. Hopkins early film roles include The Lion in Winter (1968), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Anthony Hopkins

Donostia Award BAFTA Fellowship 2x Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor British Academy Television Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Saturn Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play Knight Bachelor Golden Globe Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame European Film Award for Best Actor 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 4x Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor European Film Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Anthony Hopkins as Actor(139)

2023 Locked
as Nicholas Winton2023 One Life
as Cus D’Amato2023 Cus & Mike
as Sigmund Freud2023 Freud's Last Session
as Anthony2022 The Son
as Aaron Rabinowitz2022 Armageddon Time
as Finley Hart2022 Zero Contact
as Self (archive footage)2022 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Thomas Yorke2022 Where Are You
as The Mentor2021 The Virtuoso
as Dr. Philip Lewis2020 Elyse
as Anthony2020 The Father
as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI2019 The Two Popes
as Self (voice)2019 Love, Antosha
as Thomas2019 Now Is Everything
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2018 Nothing Like a Dame
as Lear2018 King Lear
as Odin2017 Thor: Ragnarok
as himself2017 Spielberg
as Sir Edmund Burton2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
as Arthur Denning2016 Misconduct
as Hagen Kahl2016 Collide
as Sir2015 The Dresser
as Lester2015 Blackway
as Freddy Heineken2015 Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
as John Clancy2015 Solace
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Methuselah2014 Noah
as Bailey2013 RED 2
as Older Man2012 360
as Alfred Hitchcock2012 Hitchcock
as Father Lucas Trevant2011 The Rite
as Odin2011 Thor
as Sir John Talbot2010 The Wolfman
as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)2010 Bare Knuckles
as Theodore Crawford2007 Fracture
as Felix Bonhoeffer2007 Slipstream
as Hrothgar2007 Beowulf
as Judge Irwin2006 All the King's Men
as John Casey2006 Bobby
as Robert Llewellyn2005 Proof
as Burt Munro2005 The World's Fastest Indian
as Old Ptolemy2004 Alexander
as Daniel Webster2003 Shortcut to Happiness
as Coleman Silk2003 The Human Stain
as Hannibal Lecter2002 Red Dragon
as Oakes2002 Bad Company
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter2001 Hannibal
as Ted Brautigan2001 Hearts in Atlantis
as Narrator (voice)2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Mission Commander Swanbeck (Uncredited)2000 Mission: Impossible II
as Dr. Ethan Powell1999 Instinct
as Titus Andronicus1999 Titus
as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro1998 The Mask of Zorro
as William Parrish1998 Meet Joe Black
as Charles Morse1997 The Edge
as John Quincy Adams1997 Amistad
as Pablo Picasso1996 Surviving Picasso
as Ieuan Davies1996 August
as Richard Nixon1995 Nixon
as himself1994 A Century of Cinema
as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg1994 The Road to Wellville
as Col. William Ludlow1994 Legends of the Fall
as Glass1993 The Innocent
as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis1993 Shadowlands
as The Priest1993 The Trial
as James Stevens1993 The Remains of the Day
as George Hayden1992 Chaplin
as Professor Abraham Van Helsing1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
as Errol Wallace1992 Spotswood
as Henry J. Wilcox1992 Howards End
as Ian McCandless1992 Freejack
as Joel1991 One Man’s War
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter1991 The Silence of the Lambs
as Tim Cornell1990 Desperate Hours
as Jack1989 Heartland
as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn1989 A Chorus of Disapproval
as Cassius / Angus Barrie1988 The Dawning
as Jean Louis Cheval1988 The Tenth Man
as Donald Campbell1988 Across the Lake
as Guy Burgess1987 Blunt
as Frank P. Doel1987 84 Charing Cross Road
as Dr. Ravic1985 Arch of Triumph
as Count Galeazzo Ciano1985 Mussolini and I
as Bill Hooper1985 The Good Father
as Lieutenant William Bligh1984 The Bounty
as Alfred Allmers1982 Little Eyolf
as Othello1981 Othello
as Adolph Hitler1981 The Bunker
as Adam Evans1980 A Change of Seasons
as Dr. Frederick Treves1980 The Elephant Man
as Captain Johnson1978 International Velvet
as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)1978 Magic
as Lt. Col. John D. Frost1977 A Bridge Too Far
as Elliot Hoover1977 Audrey Rose
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin1976 Victory at Entebbe
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Michael Grant1976 Dark Victory
as Siegfried Farnon1975 All Creatures Great and Small
as Alexander Tashkov1974 The Childhood Friend
as Supt. John McCleod1974 Juggernaut
as Torvald Helmer1973 A Doll's House
as David Llyod George1972 Young Winston
as Philip Calvert1971 When Eight Bells Toll
as Andrey1970 The Three Sisters
as John Avery1969 The Looking Glass War
as Claudius1969 Hamlet
as Richard1968 The Lion in Winter
as Brechtian1967 The White Bus

TV Shows/Series with Anthony Hopkins as Actor(39)

as Emperor Vespasian2024 Those About To Die
as Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)2021 Loki
as Everlight Narrator (voice)2020 Mythic Quest
as Dr. Robert Ford2016 Westworld
as himself2003 Celebrities Uncensored
as himself1997 The View
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as Various (voice)1994 Baseball
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Abel Magwitch1991 Great Expectations
as Jack Figg1985 A Woman of Substance
as Neil Gray1985 Hollywood Wives
as Himself - Reader1984 Six Centuries of Verse
as himself1983 Harty
as Paul of Tarsus1981 Peter and Paul
as Adam Kelno1974 QB VII
as David Lloyd George1972 The Edwardians
as Pierre Bezukhov1972 War and Peace
as Albert Watts1972 The Man Outside
as Greg Halliday1969 Department S
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Alfred Allmers1965 Play of the Month
as Astrov1965 Play of the Month
as Edmund Kean1965 Play of the Month
as Andrey1965 Play of the Month
as himself1952 Today
as Siegfried1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Quasimodo1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jean Louis Chavel1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Anthony Hopkins as Crew(9)

Production/Producer2020 Elyse
Sound/Music2020 Elyse
Production/Producer2015 Blackway
Directing/Director2007 Slipstream
Sound/Music2007 Slipstream
Writing/Writer2007 Slipstream
Production/Executive Producer2006 Bobby
Directing/Director1999 Return Journey
Directing/Director1996 August

Additional Information

Born: Friday, 12/31 1937 (December) in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 86 years + 79 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, West Monmouth School, Cowbridge Grammar School
Spouses (current/former): Stella Arroyave, Petronella Barker, Jennifer Lynton
Children: Abigail Hopkins
Student of: Richard Burton
Other names for Anthony Hopkins (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Philip Anthony Hopkins"
"Энтони Хопкинс"
"أنتوني هوبكنز"
"앤서니 홉킨스"
"アンソニー・ホプキンス"
"แอนโทนี ฮ็อปกินส์"
"安東尼·霍普金斯"
"Σερ Φίλιπ Άντονι Χόπκινς"
"Άντονι Χόπκινς"
"安东尼·霍普金斯"
"Sir Anthony Hopkins"
"Ентоні Гопкінс"
Anthony Hopkins frequently works together with these people:
Julie Harris (13x, Actress)
Tom Hanks (12x, Actor)
Ken Burns (12x, Crew)
Morgan Freeman (11x, Actor)
Samuel L. Jackson (11x, Actor)
Stan Lee (11x, Crew)
Naomi Watts (11x, Actress)
John Lithgow (11x, Actor)
Jennifer Garner (11x, Actress)
Helen Mirren (11x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/18/2024