Anthony Hopkins

Acting

Born: 1937-12-31
From: Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Gender: Male
Height: 174.00 m
Popularity: 4.3

Also Known As

Philip Anthony HopkinsSir 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.

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Awards & Nominations33 won ยท 8 nominated

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Academy Award for Best Actor

The Father

2021
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European Film Award for Best Actor

The Father

2021
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Father

2021
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actor

The Father

2021
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Two Popes

2020
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BAFTA Fellowship

2008
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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

2006
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star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

2003
๐Ÿ† Won

Donostia Award

1998
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Amistad

1998
๐Ÿ† Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

Amistad

1997
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Nixon

1996
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David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

The Remains of the Day

1994
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Remains of the Day

1994
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National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

Shadowlands

1993
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National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

The Remains of the Day

1993
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

The Remains of the Day

1993
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London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year

The Remains of the Day

1993
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Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Shadowlands

1993
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Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

The Remains of the Day

1993
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

The Remains of the Day

1993
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Shadowlands

1993
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Academy Awards

1992
๐Ÿ† Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1992
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1992
๐Ÿ† Won

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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Saturn Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

The Silence of the Lambs

1991
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

The Bunker

1981
Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor

A Change of Seasons

1981
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Equus

1975
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British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

War and Peace

1973
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Saturn Awards

๐Ÿ† Won

Knight Bachelor

๐Ÿ† Won

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

๐Ÿ† Won

Golden Globe Awards

๐Ÿ† Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Acting204 titles

Directing2 titles

Writing1 title

Production3 titles

Sound4 titles