Anthony Hopkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

227

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-12-31 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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.

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Westworld

    Westworld

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Thor

    Thor

  • Mythic Quest

    Mythic Quest

  • Meet Joe Black

    Meet Joe Black

  • Thor: Ragnarok

    Thor: Ragnarok

  • Thor: The Dark World

    Thor: The Dark World

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula

    Bram Stoker's Dracula

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Transformers: The Last Knight

    Transformers: The Last Knight

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

    A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

  • Those About to Die

    Those About to Die

  • Alexander

    Alexander

  • Locked

    Locked

  • Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

    Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver

  • Fracture

    Fracture

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • RED 2

    RED 2

  • The Mask of Zorro

    The Mask of Zorro

  • One Life

    One Life

  • Legends of the Fall

    Legends of the Fall

  • Noah

    Noah

  • Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

  • Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

    Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

  • Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

    Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

  • Mary

    Mary

  • The Father

    The Father

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso

  • Howards End

    Howards End

  • Charlie Rose

    Charlie Rose

  • The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

    The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey

  • Shadowlands

    Shadowlands

  • Beowulf

    Beowulf

  • The World's Fastest Indian

    The World's Fastest Indian

  • Freud's Last Session

    Freud's Last Session

  • Baseball

    Baseball

  • Proof

    Proof

  • The Wolfman

    The Wolfman

  • A Bridge Too Far

    A Bridge Too Far

  • Poet Game

    Poet Game

  • Bobby

    Bobby

  • Titus

    Titus

  • The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

  • Surviving Picasso

    Surviving Picasso

  • Hitchcock

    Hitchcock

  • Elyse

    Elyse

  • Department S

    Department S

  • The Dawning

    The Dawning

  • Blackway

    Blackway

  • A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

    A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'

  • Audrey Rose

    Audrey Rose

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • The Dresser

    The Dresser

  • Solace

    Solace

  • Bare Knuckles

    Bare Knuckles

  • August

    August

  • Blunt

    Blunt

  • All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

  • International Velvet

    International Velvet

  • The Silence of the Lambs

    The Silence of the Lambs

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Chaplin

    Chaplin

  • Slipstream

    Slipstream

  • Dark Victory

    Dark Victory

  • The Bounty

    The Bounty

  • Armageddon Time

    Armageddon Time

  • King Lear

    King Lear

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • The Human Stain

    The Human Stain

  • Freejack

    Freejack

  • The Remains of the Day

    The Remains of the Day

  • Little Secret

    Little Secret

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • Today

    Today

  • Heartland

    Heartland

  • Harty

    Harty

  • Zero Contact

    Zero Contact

  • Shortcut to Happiness

    Shortcut to Happiness

  • Young Winston

    Young Winston

  • Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

  • The Two Popes

    The Two Popes

  • Othello

    Othello

  • Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

  • The Innocent

    The Innocent

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Little Eyolf

    Little Eyolf

  • The Rite

    The Rite

  • Hearts in Atlantis

    Hearts in Atlantis

  • Guilty Conscience

    Guilty Conscience

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Instinct

    Instinct

  • The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family

    The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family

  • Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon

    Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon

  • 360

    360

  • Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

    Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

  • Desperate Hours

    Desperate Hours

  • Victory at Entebbe

    Victory at Entebbe

  • The Edwardians

    The Edwardians

  • Sly

    Sly

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

  • The Son

    The Son

  • The Road to Wellville

    The Road to Wellville

  • Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

    Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

  • Hearts and Flowers

    Hearts and Flowers

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

  • The City of Your Final Destination

    The City of Your Final Destination

  • Marlon Brando: The Wild One

    Marlon Brando: The Wild One

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Hannibal

    Hannibal

  • The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

  • War & Peace

    War & Peace

  • Collide

    Collide

  • The Lion in Winter

    The Lion in Winter

  • The Third Rule

    The Third Rule

  • The Housekeeper

    The Housekeeper

  • Love, Antosha

    Love, Antosha

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • The Girl from Petrovka

    The Girl from Petrovka

  • Misconduct

    Misconduct

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • Across the Lake

    Across the Lake

  • Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  • 84 Charing Cross Road

    84 Charing Cross Road

  • A Visit to Grandpa’s

    A Visit to Grandpa’s

  • The Good Father

    The Good Father

  • The White Bus

    The White Bus

  • The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

    Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

  • Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt

    Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt

  • A Change of Seasons

    A Change of Seasons

  • Parkinson at 50

    Parkinson at 50

  • The Three Sisters

    The Three Sisters

  • A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

    A Tribute To Ismail Merchant

  • Ibelin

    Ibelin

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

    The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'

  • Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

    Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

  • Peter and Paul

    Peter and Paul

  • The Man in Room 17

    The Man in Room 17

  • Magic

    Magic

  • The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

    The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

  • Red Dragon

    Red Dragon

  • When Eight Bells Toll

    When Eight Bells Toll

  • Where Are You

    Where Are You

  • Eyes in the Trees

    Eyes in the Trees

  • QB VII

    QB VII

  • Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence

    Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence

  • The Looking Glass War

    The Looking Glass War

  • Six Centuries of Verse

    Six Centuries of Verse

  • The Many Faces of Zorro

    The Many Faces of Zorro

  • A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval

  • The Bunker

    The Bunker

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

  • A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • One Man’s War

    One Man’s War

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Red, White, and Zero

    Red, White, and Zero

  • The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

    The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

  • Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

    Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

  • To Be the Best

    To Be the Best

  • Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

    Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

  • Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

  • Mussolini and I

    Mussolini and I

  • Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • The King of Covent Garden

    The King of Covent Garden

  • Hollywood Wives

    Hollywood Wives

  • Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

    Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw

  • Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess

    Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Unmasking Zorro

    Unmasking Zorro

  • Thor: From Asgard to Earth

    Thor: From Asgard to Earth

  • Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

    Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

  • Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

    Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

  • The Childhood Friend

    The Childhood Friend

  • Spotswood

    Spotswood

  • Junket Whore

    Junket Whore

  • Wife & Dog

    Wife & Dog

  • The True Story of Hannibal

    The True Story of Hannibal

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

  • Predators Killing for a Living

    Predators Killing for a Living

  • A Married Man

    A Married Man

  • Maserati: The Brothers

    Maserati: The Brothers

  • The Man Outside

    The Man Outside

  • Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

    Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box

    Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box

  • Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

    Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

  • Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

  • The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

    The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

  • The Species

    The Species

  • Cus & Mike

    Cus & Mike

  • The Arcata Promise

    The Arcata Promise

  • Faroe Islands

    Faroe Islands

  • The Lost Children of Berlin

    The Lost Children of Berlin