Anthony Hopkins
Biography
Anthony Hopkins was born on 31 December 1937, in Margam, Wales. Influenced by Richard Burton,
he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in
1957. In 1965, he moved to London and joined the National Theatre,
invited by Laurence Olivier, who could see the talent in Hopkins. In 1967, he made his first film for television, A Flea in Her Ear (1967) (TV).
From this moment on, he enjoyed a successful career in cinema and television. In 1968, he worked on The Lion in Winter (1968) with Timothy Dalton.
Many successes came later, and Hopkins' remarkable acting style reached
the four corners of the world. In 1977, he appeared in two major films:
A Bridge Too Far (1977) with James Caan, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould and Laurence Olivier, and Maximilian Schell. In 1980, he worked on The Elephant Man (1980). Two good television literature adaptations followed: Othello (1981) (TV) and "Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (#31.2)" (1982). In 1987 he was awarded with the Commander of the order of the British Empire. This year was also important in his cinematic life, with 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), acclaimed by specialists. In 1993, he was knighted.
In the 1990s, Hopkins made movies like Desperate Hours (1990) and Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993) (nominee for the Oscar), Legends of the Fall (1994), Nixon (1995) (nominee for the Oscar), Surviving Picasso (1996), Amistad (1997) (nominee for the Oscar), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Meet Joe Black (1998) and Instinct (1999). His most remarkable film, however, was The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor. He also got a BAFTA for this role. IMDb Mini Biography By: Emerenciano
| Acting | |
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| 2013 | Arabian Nights … Pharotu |
| 2012 | 360 … |
| 2011 | The Rite … Father Lucas |
| 2011 | Thor … Odin |
| 2011 | André Rieu: And The Waltz Goes On … Himself |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger … Alfie |
| 2010 | The Wolfman … Sir John Talbot |
| 2010 | The City Of Your Final Destination … Adam Gund |
| 2007 | Fracture … Theodore Crawford |
| 2007 | Slipstream … Felix Bonhoeffer |
| 2007 | Beowulf … Hrothgar |
| 2006 | All the King's Men … Judge Irwin |
| 2006 | Bobby … John Casey |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian … Burt Munro |
| 2005 | Proof … Robert |
| 2004 | Alexander … Old Ptolemy |
| 2004 | Shortcut to Happiness … Daniel Webster |
| 2003 | The Human Stain … Coleman Silk |
| 2002 | Bad Company … Officer Oakes |
| 2002 | The Edge … Charles Morse |
| 2002 | Red Dragon … Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
| 2001 | Hearts in Atlantis … Ted Brautigan |
| 2001 | Hannibal … Hannibal Lecter |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II … Mission Commander Swanbeck |
| 1999 | Instinct … Dr. Ethan Powell |
| 1999 | Titus … Titus Andronicus |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro … Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro |
| 1998 | Meet Joe Black … William Parrish |
| 1997 | Amistad … John Quincy Adams |
| 1996 | Surviving Picasso … Pablo Picasso |
| 1995 | Nixon … Richard Nixon |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville … Dr. John Harvey Kellogg |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall … Col. William Ludlow |
| 1993 | Shadowlands … C. S. 'Jack' Lewis |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day … Stephens |
| 1993 | The Trial … The Priest |
| 1993 | The Innocent … Glass |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula … Professor Van Helsing |
| 1992 | Freejack … Ian McCandless |
| 1992 | Spotswood … Errol Wallace |
| 1992 | Howards End … Henry J. Wilcox |
| 1992 | Chaplin … George Hayden |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs … Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
| 1990 | Desperate Hours … Tim Cornell |
| 1988 | Across the Lake … Donald Campbell |
| 1988 | The Tenth Man … Jean Louis Cheval |
| 1987 | The Good Father … Bill Hooper |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road … Frank P. Doel |
| 1985 | Guilty Conscience … |
| 1984 | The Bounty … Lieutenant William Bligh |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame … Quasimodo |
| 1981 | The Bunker … Adolph Hitler |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man … Dr. Frederick Treves |
| 1980 | A Change of Seasons … Adam Evans |
| 1978 | Magic … Corky Withers / Fats (Voice) |
| 1978 | International Velvet … Captain Johnson |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far … Lt. Col. John D. Frost |
| 1977 | Audrey Rose … Elliot Hoover |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe … Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin |
| 1974 | The Girl from Petrovka … Kostya |
| 1974 | Juggernaut … Supt. John McCleod |
| 1973 | A Doll's House … Torvald Helmer |
| 1972 | Young Winston … David Llyod George |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll … Philip Calvert |
| 1970 | The Looking Glass War … John Avery |
| 1969 | Hamlet … Claudius |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter … Richard |
| 1967 | The White Bus … Brechtian |
| 1900 | The Hannibal Lecter Collection … Hannibal Lecter |
| Writing | |
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| 2007 | Slipstream … Writer |
| Directing | |
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| 2007 | Slipstream … Director |
| Production | |
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| 2006 | Bobby … Executive Producer |