Actor
Anthony Quinn
Born 21 April 1915 · Chihuahua, Mexico — died 3 June 2001
Anthony Quinn (1915–2001) was a Mexican-born American actor known for powerful, earthy performances in a career spanning over five decades. He won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and played his most celebrated role in Zorba the Greek. He also worked as a painter and writer.
Key films
La Strada (1954)
Fellini's acclaimed drama in which he played the brutish strongman Zampanò, a landmark of European art cinema.
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Earned him his first Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor, playing Eufemio Zapata.
Lust for Life (1956)
Won his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Paul Gauguin opposite Kirk Douglas.
Zorba the Greek (1964)
His signature role as the life-loving Alexis Zorba, which made him an international star.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)On Cinespective
Played Auda abu Tayi in David Lean's epic, a major role in one of cinema's most celebrated films.
Key awards
- 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Viva Zapata!)
- 1957 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Lust for Life)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 180
- 1936The Plainsman · as Cheyenne IndianActor
- 1936The Milky WayActor
- 1936Sworn Enemy · as Gangster (uncredited)Actor
- 1936Night Waitress · as GangsterActor
- 1937Daughter of Shanghai · as Harry MorganActor
- 1937Waikiki Wedding · as KimoActor
- 1937Swing High, Swing Low · as The DonActor
- 1937The Last Train from Madrid · as Capt. Ricardo ÁlvarezActor
- 1937Partners in Crime · as Nicholas MazaneyActor
- 1938Bulldog Drummond in Africa · as Henchman FordineActor
- 1938The Buccaneer · as BelucheActor
- 1938Dangerous to Know · as Nicolai KusoffActor
- 1938King of Alcatraz · as Lou GedneyActor
- 1938Hunted Men · as Mack McGloyneActor
- 1938Tip-Off Girls · as MartyActor
- 1939Union Pacific · as CordrayActor
- 1939Island of Lost Men · as Chang TaiActor
- 1939King of Chinatown · as Mike GordonActor
- 1939Television Spy · as ForbesActor
- 1940The Ghost Breakers · as Ramon Mederes / Francisco MederesActor
- 1940Road to Singapore · as CaesarActor
- 1940City for Conquest · as Murray BurnsActor
- 1940The Texas Rangers Ride Again · as Joe YumaActor
- 1940Parole Fixer · as Francis 'Big Boy' BradmoreActor
- 1940Emergency Squad · as Nick BullerActor
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On · as Crazy HorseActor
- 1941Blood and Sand · as Manolo de PalmaActor
- 1941Knockout · as Harry TregoActor
- 1941The Perfect Snob · as Alexander MorenoActor
- 1941Bullets for O'Hara · as Tony Van Dyne / Tony MillardActor
- 1941Thieves Fall Out · as Chic CollinsActor
- 1942The Black Swan · as WoganActor
- 1942Road to Morocco · as Mullay KasimActor
- 1942Larceny, Inc. · as Leo DexterActor
- 1943The Ox-Bow Incident · as Juan Martínez/Francisco MorezActor
- 1943Guadalcanal Diary · as Jesus ('Soose') AlverezActor
- 1944Buffalo Bill · as Chief Yellow HandActor
- 1944Irish Eyes Are Smiling · as Al JacksonActor
- 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster · as George CarrollActor
- 1944Ladies of Washington · as Michael RomanescueActor
- 1945Back to Bataan · as Captain Andres BonifacioActor
- 1945Where Do We Go from Here? · as Chief BadgerActor
- 1945China Sky · as Chen-TaActor
- 1945Road to Home · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1946The Imperfect Lady · as Jose MartinezActor
- 1947Sinbad the Sailor · as EmirActor
- 1947California · as Don Luís Rivera y HernandezActor
- 1947Tycoon · as Ricky VegasActor
- 1947Black Gold · as Charley EagleActor
- 1951Mask of the Avenger · as Viovanni LaroccaActor
- 1951The Brave Bulls · as Raul FuentesActor
- 1952Viva Zapata! · as Eufemio ZapataActor
- 1952Against All Flags · as Captain Roc BrasilianoActor
- 1952The World in His Arms · as PortugeeActor
- 1952The Brigand · as Prince RamónActor
- 1953Blowing Wild · as Ward 'Paco' ConwayActor
- 1953Seminole · as OsceolaActor
- 1953City Beneath the Sea · as Tony BartlettActor
- 1953Ride, Vaquero! · as José EsquedaActor
- 1953East of Sumatra · as KiangActor
- 1954La Strada · as ZampanòActor
- 1954Ulysses · as AntinousActor
- 1954Attila · as AttilaActor
- 1954The Long Wait · as Johnny McBrideActor
- 1954Angels of Darkness · as Francesco CasertoActor
- 1954Fatal Desire · as AlfioActor
- 1955The Naked Street · as Phil RegalActor
- 1955Seven Cities of Gold · as Capt. Gaspar de PortolaActor
- 1955The Magnificent Matador · as Luís SantosActor
- 1956Lust for Life · as Paul GauguinActor
- 1956The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as QuasimodoActor
- 1956Man from Del Rio · as Dave RoblesActor
- 1956The Wild Party · as Tom KupfenActor
- 1957The River's Edge · as Ben CameronActor
- 1957The Ride Back · as Bob CallenActor
- 1957Wild Is the Wind · as GinoActor
- 1957Van Gogh: Darkness into Light · as SelfActor
- 1958The BuccaneerDirector
- 1958Hot Spell · as Jack DuvalActor
- 1959Last Train from Gun Hill · as Craig BeldenActor
- 1959Warlock · as Tom MorganActor
- 1959The Black Orchid · as Frank ValenteActor
- 1960The Savage Innocents · as InukActor
- 1960Heller in Pink Tights · as Tom HealyActor
- 1960Portrait in Black · as Dr. David RiveraActor
- 1961The Guns of Navarone · as Col. Andrea StavrosActor
- 1961Barabbas · as BarabbasActor
- 1962Lawrence of Arabia · as Auda abu TayiActor
- 1962Requiem for a Heavyweight · as Lewis 'Mountain' RiveraActor
- 1964Zorba the Greek · as Alexis ZorbaActor
- 1964Behold a Pale Horse · as ViñolasActor
- 1964The Visit · as Serge MillerActor
- 1965A High Wind in Jamaica · as ChavezActor
- 1965Marco the Magnificent · as Kublai KhanActor
- 1966Lost Command · as Lt. Col. Pierre RaspeguyActor
- 1967Guns for San Sebastian · as Leon AlastrayActor
- 1967The 25th Hour · as Johann MoritzActor
- 1967The Happening · as Roc DelmonicoActor
- 1967The Rover · as PeyrolActor
- 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman · as Kiril LakotaActor
- 1968The Magus · as Maurice ConchisActor
- 1968The Movie Orgy · as Kubla Khan (archive footage)Actor
- 1969A Dream of Kings · as MatsoukasActor
- 1970The Secret of Santa Vittoria · as Italo BomboliniActor
- 1970A Walk in the Spring Rain · as Will CadeActor
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1970R.P.M. · as Prof. F.W.J. 'Paco' PerezActor
- 1970Flap · as Flapping EagleActor
- 1971The City · as Mayor Thomas Jefferson AlcalaActor
- 1971Voice of La Raza · as SelfActor
- 1972Across 110th Street · as Capt. Frank MattelliActor
- 1972Arruza · as NarratorActor
- 1972The Murder of Julius Caesar · as Julius CaesarActor
- 1973The Don Is Dead · as Don Angelo DiMorraActor
- 1973Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears · as Erastus 'Deaf' SmithActor
- 1974The Marseille Contract · as Steve VenturaActor
- 1976The Message · as HamzaActor
- 1976The Con Artists · as Philip BangActor
- 1976The Inheritance · as Gregorio FerramontiActor
- 1976The Making of an Epic: Mohammad, Messenger of God · as HimselfActor
- 1977Target of an Assassin · as Ernest Hobday 'Sailor' SladeActor
- 1978The Greek Tycoon · as Theo TomasisActor
- 1978Caravans · as ZulffiqarActor
- 1978The Children of Sanchez · as Jesús SánchezActor
- 1978Los hijos de SanchezActor
- 1979The Passage · as The BasqueActor
- 1980Quinn Running · as HimselfActor
- 1981Lion of the Desert · as Omar al-MukhtarActor
- 1981High Risk · as MarianoActor
- 1981The Salamander · as Bruno ManziniActor
- 1982Valentina · as Mosen JoaquínActor
- 1982Night of 100 Stars · as SelfActor
- 1982Regina Roma · as PapaActor
- 1983Rembetika · as NarratorActor
- 1988Onassis: The Richest Man in the World · as Socrates OnassisActor
- 1988Stradivari · as Antonio StradivariActor
- 1988Gregory Peck: His Own Man · as SelfActor
- 1989Ghosts Can't Do It · as ScottActor
- 1989A Man of Passion · as MauricioActor
- 1990Revenge · as Tiburon 'Tibey' MendezActor
- 1990The Old Man and the Sea · as SantiagoActor
- 1990Anthony Quinn: An Original · as SelfActor
- 199027 Wagons Full of Cotton · as NarratorActor
- 1991Jungle Fever · as Lou CarboneActor
- 1991Mobsters · as Don Giuseppe 'Joe the Boss' MasseriaActor
- 1991Only the Lonely · as Nick AcropolisActor
- 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1991A Star for Two · as Dr. Gabriel ToddActor
- 1993Last Action Hero · as Tony VivaldiActor
- 1994Hercules and the Lost Kingdom · as ZeusActor
- 1994Hercules and the Amazon Women · as ZeusActor
- 1994Hercules and the Circle of Fire · as ZeusActor
- 1994Hercules in the Underworld · as ZeusActor
- 1994Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur · as ZeusActor
- 1994Somebody to Love · as EmillioActor
- 1994This Can't Be Love · as Michael ReymanActor
- 1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her · as SelfActor
- 1995A Walk in the Clouds · as Don Pedro AragónActor
- 1995The Magician · as ErcoleActor
- 1996Gotti · as Neil DellacroceActor
- 1996Seven Servants · as ArchieActor
- 1996Ingrid Bergman Remembered · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1996O. Henry's Christmas · as Self - HostActor
- 1996John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All · as SelfActor
- 1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western · as SelfActor
- 1997The Mayor · as Antonio BaracanoActor
- 1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero · as SelfActor
- 2000Terra de canons · as Sr. de SicartActor
- 2000Oriundi · as Giuseppe PadovaniActor
- 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul · as SelfActor
- 2001The Making of Lawrence of Arabia · as SelfActor
- 2001Anthony Quinn: The Final Words · as SelfActor
- 2002Avenging Angelo · as Angelo AllieghieriActor
- 2002The Magic of Fellini · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema · as HimselfActor
- 2007Brando · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017This Is Bob Hope... · as actor in 'The Ghost Breakers' (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2018The Green FogActor
- 2021Fellinopolis · as Self - Actor (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.