Anthony Hopkins

Acting · Born 1937-12-31 in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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…

Filmography

• The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
• Meet Joe Black as William Parrish
• The Remains of the Day as James Stevens
• The Elephant Man as Frederick Treves
• Chaplin as George Hayden
• Legends of the Fall as Col. William Ludlow
• A Bridge Too Far as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
• Fracture as Theodore Crawford
• Amistad as John Quincy Adams
• Howards End as Henry J. Wilcox

TV

• Westworld as Dr. Robert Ford
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Department S as Greg Halliday
• The View as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• Today as Self
• War & Peace as Pierre Bezukhov
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Siegfried