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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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
as Odin
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
as Odin
Thor (2011)
as Odin
Meet Joe Black (1998)
as William Parrish
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Sir Edmund Burton
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
as Jimmy (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
as Col. William Ludlow
The Father (2020)
as Anthony
Alexander (2004)
as Old Ptolemy
Noah (2014)
as Methuselah
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
as Jimmy (voice)
RED 2 (2013)
as Bailey
Solace (2015)
as John Clancy
The Wolfman (2010)
as Sir John Talbot
Fracture (2007)
as Ted Crawford
The Elephant Man (1980)
as Frederick Treves
One Life (2023)
as Nicholas Winton
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Beowulf (2007)
as Hrothgar (Voice)
The Rite (2011)
as Father Lucas Trevant
Locked (2025)
as William
All the King's Men (2006)
as Judge Irwin
The Remains of the Day (1993)
as James Stevens
The Two Popes (2019)
as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
The Virtuoso (2021)
as The Mentor
The Edge (1997)
as Charles Morse
The Son (2022)
as Anthony
The Human Stain (2003)
as Coleman Silk
The Lion in Winter (1968)
as Richard
Bad Company (2002)
as Oakes
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
as Burt Munro
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
as Ted Brautigan
Armageddon Time (2022)
as Aaron Rabinowitz
Chaplin (1992)
as George Hayden
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
as Alfie
Sly (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Lear (2018)
as Lear
Howards End (1992)
as Henry J. Wilcox
The Bounty (1984)
as Lieutenant William Bligh
The Dresser (2015)
as Sir
Freud's Last Session (2023)
as Sigmund Freud
Freejack (1992)
as Ian McCandless
The Road to Wellville (1994)
as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Hitchcock (2012)
as Alfred Hitchcock
Wife & Dog (2027)
Actor
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
as Frank P. Doel
Desperate Hours (1990)
as Tim Cornell
Proof (2005)
as Robert Llewellyn
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
as Freddy Heineken
Instinct (1999)
as Dr. Ethan Powell
Collide (2016)
as Hagen Kahl
Mary (2024)
as King Herod
Nixon (1995)
as Richard Nixon
Titus (1999)
as Titus Andronicus
Juggernaut (1974)
as Supt. John McCleod
Misconduct (2016)
as Arthur Denning
Surviving Picasso (1996)
as Pablo Picasso
Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
as Daniel Webster
Love, Antosha (2019)
as Self (voice)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
as Adam Gund
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blackway (2015)
as Lester
Zero Contact (2022)
as Finley Hart
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Shadowlands (1993)
as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
Maserati: The Brothers (2026)
as Luca Antonelli
Spielberg (2017)
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Bobby (2006)
as John Casey
360 (2012)
as John
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
as Philip Calvert
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Red Dragon (2002)
as Hannibal Lecter
Magic (1978)
as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Rose (1977)
as Elliot Hoover
The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
as Kostya
A Change of Seasons (1980)
as Adam Evans
Hannibal (2001)
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Slipstream (2007)
as Felix Bonhoeffer
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn
Spotswood (1992)
as Errol Wallace
The Tenth Man (1988)
as Jean Louis Cheval
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001)
as Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Quasimodo
The Bunker (1981)
as Adolf Hitler
The Looking Glass War (1970)
as John Avery
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992)
as Self
Arch of Triumph (1984)
as Dr. Ravic
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
as Siegfried Farnon
Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011)
as Self
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
The Innocent (1993)
as Glass
Across the Lake (1988)
as Donald Campbell
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
as Self
Young Winston (1972)
as David Llyod George
The Good Father (1985)
as Bill Hooper
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
A Doll's House (1973)
as Torvald Helmer
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003)
as Self
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon (2024)
as Self
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
as Self / Ieuan Davies
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
August (1996)
as Ieuan Davies
The Trial (1993)
as The Priest
Where Are You (2022)
as Thomas
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
as Self
Othello (1981)
as Othello
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (—)
as Hrothgar
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)
as Captain Jones
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (1969)
as Wat Tyler
One Man’s War (1991)
as Joel
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007)
as Self
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
as Charles Dickens
The Species (—)
as Charles Darwin
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
as Brechtian
Heartland (1989)
as Jack
The Housekeeper (—)
as Lord Grenville-Whithers
Eyes in the Trees (—)
as Dr. Addis
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
as Self
Guilty Conscience (1985)
as Arthur Jamison
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999)
as Narrator
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw (2001)
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001)
as Self
International Velvet (1978)
as Captain Johnson
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010)
as Self
Bare Knuckles (2010)
as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001)
as Self
The Many Faces of Zorro (2000)
as Self
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary (—)
as Self
Getting in Touch with your Inner Thor (2018)
as Self
A Visit to Grandpa’s (—)
as Grandpa
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (1973)
as Hi
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)
as Self
Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess (—)
as Ben Windsor
Faroe Islands (1989)
as (voice)
Unmasking Zorro (2001)
as Self
The White Bus (1967)
as Brechtian
The Third Rule (2010)
as Fabian Hogarth
The Three Sisters (1970)
as Andrey
Elyse (2020)
as Dr. Philip Lewis
Poet Game (1972)
as Hugh Saunders
Dark Victory (1976)
as Dr. Michael Grant
Hearts and Flowers (1970)
as Bob
Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence (2010)
as Self
Hamlet (1969)
as Claudius
The King of Covent Garden (—)
as Georg Friedrich Händel
Amistad (1997)
as John Quincy Adams
Little Eyolf (1982)
as Alfred Allmers
The Childhood Friend (1974)
as Alexander Tashkov
The Arcata Promise (1974)
as Theo Gunge
The Dawning (1988)
as Cassius / Angus Barrie
Dreaming Slipstream Dream (2008)
as Self
The Lost Children of Berlin (1997)
as Narrator
Uncle Vanya (1970)
as Astrov
2048 (—)
as Bryant
Blunt (1987)
as Guy Burgess
Cus & Mike (—)
as Cus D’Amato
Little Secret (1999)
as Narrator