Anthony Hopkins

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1937-12-31
Margam, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
1937-12-31
Margam, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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 thi
s 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:
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Movies
| (2011) Thor |
| (2011) The Rite |
| (2010) The City Of Your Final Destination |
| (2010) The Wolfman |
| (2010) You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger |
| (2007) Fracture |
| (2007) Slipstream |
| (2007) Beowulf |
| (2006) Bobby |
| (2006) All the King's Men |
| (2005) The World's Fastest Indian |
| (2005) Proof |
| (2004) The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| (2004) Alexander |
| (2003) The Human Stain |
| (2002) Bad Company |
| (2002) Red Dragon |
| (2001) Hearts in Atlantis |
| (2001) Hannibal |
| (1999) Titus |
| (1999) Instinct |
| (1998) The Mask of Zorro |
| (1998) Meet Joe Black |
| (1997) Amistad |
| (1997) The Edge |
| (1995) Nixon |
| (1994) The Road to Wellville |
| (1994) Legends of the Fall |
| (1993) The Trial |
| (1993) Shadowlands |
| (1993) The Remains of the Day |
| (1992) Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| (1992) Spotswood |
| (1992) Howards End |
| (1992) Freejack |
| (1992) Chaplin |
| (1991) The Silence of the Lambs |
| (1990) Desperate Hours |
| (1988) Across the Lake |
| (1987) 84 Charing Cross Road |
| (1987) The Good Father |
| (1985) Guilty Conscience |
| (1984) The Bounty |
| (1982) The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| (1981) The Bunker |
| (1980) A Change of Seasons |
| (1980) The Elephant Man |
| (1978) Magic |
| (1978) International Velvet |
| (1977) A Bridge Too Far |
| (1977) Audrey Rose |
| (1976) Victory at Entebbe |
| (1974) Juggernaut |
| (1974) The Girl from Petrovka |
| (1973) A Doll's House |
| (1972) Young Winston |
| (1971) When Eight Bells Toll |
| (1970) The Looking Glass War |
| (1969) Hamlet |
| (1968) The Lion in Winter |
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