Anthony Hopkins
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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.
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Credits
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
as Odin
Thor (2011)
as Odin
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
as Odin
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Sir Edmund Burton
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Meet Joe Black (1998)
as William Parrish
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
as Col. William Ludlow
The Lion in Winter (1968)
as Richard
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Alexander (2004)
as Old Ptolemy
The Father (2020)
as Anthony
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Frederick Treves
Fracture (2007)
as Theodore Crawford
Noah (2014)
as Methuselah
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
as Jimmy (voice)
RED 2 (2013)
as Bailey
The Edge (1997)
as Charles Morse
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
as Jimmy (voice)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Beowulf (2007)
as Hrothgar
Solace (2015)
as John Clancy
The Wolfman (2010)
as Sir John Talbot
Locked (2025)
as William
The Rite (2011)
as Father Lucas Trevant
One Life (2023)
as Nicholas Winton
Chaplin (1992)
as George Hayden
King Lear (2018)
as Lear
The Bounty (1984)
as Lieutenant William Bligh
Bad Company (2002)
as Oakes
Howards End (1992)
as Henry J. Wilcox
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as James Stevens
The Virtuoso (2021)
as The Mentor
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
as Burt Munro
Freud's Last Session (2023)
as Sigmund Freud
The Two Popes (2019)
as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
Titus (1999)
as Titus Andronicus
The Son (2022)
as Anthony
Instinct (1999)
as Dr. Ethan Powell
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
as Ted Brautigan
Wife & Dog (2026)
Actor
Blackway (2015)
as Lester
Bobby (2006)
as John Casey
Spielberg (2017)
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nixon (1995)
as Richard Nixon
Freejack (1992)
as Ian McCandless
Sly (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shadowlands (1993)
as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
The Dresser (2015)
as Sir
Love, Antosha (2019)
as Self (voice)
Juggernaut (1974)
as Supt. John McCleod
Collide (2016)
as Hagen Kahl
The Human Stain (2003)
as Coleman Silk
Zero Contact (2022)
as Finley Hart
Misconduct (2016)
as Arthur Denning
Armageddon Time (2022)
as Aaron Rabinowitz
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
The Bunker (1981)
as Adolf Hitler
Hitchcock (2012)
as Alfred Hitchcock
Mary (2024)
as King Herod
All the King's Men (2006)
as Judge Irwin
Audrey Rose (1977)
as Elliot Hoover
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
as Freddy Heineken
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
as Alfie
Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
as Daniel Webster
Hannibal (2001)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Red Dragon (2002)
as Hannibal Lecter
The Road to Wellville (1994)
as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
360 (2012)
as John
Proof (2005)
as Robert Llewellyn
Magic (1978)
as Corky Withers/Fats (voice)
Young Winston (1972)
as David Llyod George
Desperate Hours (1990)
as Tim Cornell
The Tenth Man (1988)
as Jean Louis Cheval
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Amistad (1997)
as John Quincy Adams
The Innocent (1993)
as Glass
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Trial (1993)
as The Priest
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Frank P. Doel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Quasimodo
Slipstream (2007)
as Felix Bonhoeffer
The Good Father (1985)
as Bill Hooper
All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
as Siegfried Farnon
Surviving Picasso (1996)
as Pablo Picasso
A Doll's House (1973)
as Torvald Helmer
Arch of Triumph (1984)
as Dr. Ravic
The Species (—)
as Charles Darwin
Dark Victory (1976)
as Dr. Michael Grant
Spotswood (1992)
as Errol Wallace
Poet Game (1972)
as Hugh Saunders
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
as Philip Calvert
The Housekeeper (—)
as Lord Grenville-Whithers
Bare Knuckles (2010)
as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
Where Are You (2022)
as Thomas
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
International Velvet (1978)
as Captain Johnson
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
A Visit to Grandpa’s (—)
Actor
The White Bus (1967)
as Brechtian
The Looking Glass War (1970)
as John Avery
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe (2012)
as Self
A Change of Seasons (1980)
as Adam Evans
Cus & Mike (—)
as Cus D’Amato
Guilty Conscience (1985)
as Arthur Jamison
Othello (1981)
as Othello
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
as Adam Gund
The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
as Kostya
One Man’s War (1991)
as Joel
The Dawning (1988)
as Cassius / Angus Barrie
Maserati: The Brothers (—)
as Luca Antonelli
Unmasking Zorro (2001)
as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001)
as Self
Little Eyolf (1982)
as Alfred Allmers
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
August (1996)
as Ieuan Davies
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
as Astrov
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (—)
as Hrothgar
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
as Self
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Three Sisters (1970)
as Andrey
Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon (2024)
as Self
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (1969)
as Wat Tyler
Elyse (2020)
as Dr. Philip Lewis
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)
as Captain Jones
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992)
as Self
Faroe Islands (1989)
as (voice)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Eyes in the Trees (—)
as Dr. Addis
The Many Faces of Zorro (2000)
as Self
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999)
as Narrator
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Across the Lake (1988)
as Donald Campbell
Heartland (1989)
as Jack
Hamlet (1969)
as Claudius
Blunt (1987)
as Guy Burgess
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001)
as Self
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
as Self / Ieuan Davies
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
as Brechtian
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003)
as Self
Hearts and Flowers (1970)
as Bob
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary (—)
as Self
Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence (2010)
as Self
Little Secret (1999)
as Narrator
The Third Rule (2010)
as Fabian Hogarth
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
as Self
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
as Charles Dickens
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw (2001)
as Self
The Arcata Promise (1974)
as Theo Gunge
Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011)
as Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010)
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
as Self
Dreaming Slipstream Dream (2008)
as Self
The Childhood Friend (1974)
as Alexander Tashkov
Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess (—)
as Ben Windsor
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)
as Self
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (1973)
as Hi
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
as Self
The King of Covent Garden (—)
as Georg Friedrich Händel
The Lost Children of Berlin (1997)
as Narrator
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
as Self