Anthony Hopkins
Born 31/12/1937
(86 years old)
Margum, Port Talbot, Wales, UK
Biography
ANTHONY HOPKINS received an Academy Award® for his performance in “The Silence of the Lambs” and was subsequently nominated in the same category for his performances in “The Remains of the Day” and “Nixon.” He was also given the Best Actor Award by the British Academy for “The Remains of the Day.”
In 1993, he starred in Richard Attenborough’s “Shadowlands” winning numerous critics awards. In 1998, he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for Stephen Spielberg’s “Amistad.” Hopkins repeated his Oscar® winning role of Hannibal Lecter in Ridley Scott’s blockbuster “Hannibal” as well as Brett Ratner’s successful prequel “Red Dragon.” He also recorded the narration for the 2000 holiday season’s hit film “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
In 1998, he starred in “Meet Joe Black,” “Instinct,” “Titus” and “The Mask of Zorro.” In 1992 he appeared in “Howard’s End” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” before starring in “Legends of the Fall” and “The Road to Wellville.” He made his directorial debut in 1995 with “August,” an adaptation of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” for which he composed the musical score and also played Vanya. He starred in the title role of “Surviving Picasso” and with Alec Baldwin in “The Edge,” written by David Mamet and directed by Lee Tamahori. Among his recent films are also Stephen King’s “Hearts in Atlantis,” “Bad Company,” “The Human Stain,” “Proof” and “The World’s Fastest Indian.”
Earlier films include “84 Charing Cross Road,” “The Elephant Man,” “Magic” and “A Bridge Too Far.” “The Bounty” and “Desperate Hours” were his first two collaborations with Dino De Laurentis Company. On American television, he received two Emmy Awards for “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case” (1976) in which he portrayed Bruno Hauptmann, and “The Bunker” in which he portrayed Adolph Hitler. American television viewers earlier discovered Hopkins in the 1973 ABC production of Leon Uris’ “QB VII,” the first American mini-series.
Hopkins made his film debut in 1967, playing Richard the Lionheart in “The Lion in Winter,” starring Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn, garnering a British Academy Award nomination.
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2024 |
Those About to Die |
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Let the Games Begin (E10) |
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The Die Is Cast (E09) |
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All or Nothing (E08) |
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2021 |
Loki - a.f. |
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Glorious Purpose - a.f. (S01E01) |
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Mythic Quest |
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Everlight (S01E11) |
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2018 |
Westworld |
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The Passenger (S02E10) |
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Vanishing Point (S02E09) |
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Kiksuya (S02E08) |
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2016 |
Westworld |
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The Bicameral Mind (S01E10) |
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The Well-Tempered Clavier (S01E09) |
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Trace Decay (S01E08) |
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1989 |
Great Expectations |
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1985 |
Hollywood Wives |
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1984 |
Strangers and Brothers |
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1983 |
A Married Man |
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1974 |
Childhood |
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QB VII |
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1972 |
The Edwardians |
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The Man Outside |
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War and Peace |
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1971 |
The Ten Commandments |
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1965 |
BBC Play of the Month |
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2017 |
Jason Zhang feat. X Ambassadors - Torches - a.f. |
2016 |
Mudcrutch: I Forgive It All |
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2020 |
Elyse |
2015 |
Go with Me |
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2020 |
Elyse |
2007 |
Slipstream |
1996 |
August |
Director
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2007 |
Slipstream |
1996 |
August |
1990 |
Dylan Thomas: Return Journey |
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2007 |
Slipstream |