Actor
Anthony Hopkins
Born 31 December 1937 · Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Sir Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, trained at RADA and brought into the National Theatre by Laurence Olivier. He is best known for chilling screen villain Hannibal Lecter and for restrained, psychologically precise performances. He has won two Best Actor Oscars, thirty years apart, and was knighted in 1993.
Key films
The Elephant Man (1980)
Early major film role as the surgeon Frederick Treves, opposite John Hurt, in David Lynch's acclaimed drama.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
His Hannibal Lecter won him the Best Actor Oscar and became one of cinema's most iconic villains.
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Quietly devastating turn as a repressed English butler, showing his gift for subtle restraint.
The Two Popes (2019)
Played Pope Benedict XVI in a late-career dialogue drama that earned him an Oscar nomination.
The Father (2020)
Portrayal of a man with dementia won him a second Best Actor Oscar.
Key awards
- 1992 Academy Award for Best Actor (The Silence of the Lambs)
- 1992 BAFTA Award for Best Actor (The Silence of the Lambs)
- 2006 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 2008 BAFTA Fellowship
- 2021 Academy Award for Best Actor (The Father)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 167
- 1967The White Bus · as BrechtianActor
- 1968The Lion in Winter · as RichardActor
- 1968Red, White, and Zero · as BrechtianActor
- 1969Hamlet · as ClaudiusActor
- 1969Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt · as Wat TylerActor
- 1970The Looking Glass War · as John AveryActor
- 1970Uncle Vanya · as AstrovActor
- 1970The Three Sisters · as AndreyActor
- 1970Hearts and Flowers · as BobActor
- 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens · as Charles DickensActor
- 1971When Eight Bells Toll · as Philip CalvertActor
- 1972Young Winston · as David Llyod GeorgeActor
- 1972Poet Game · as Hugh SaundersActor
- 1973A Doll's House · as Torvald HelmerActor
- 1973The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family · as HiActor
- 1974Juggernaut · as Supt. John McCleodActor
- 1974The Girl from Petrovka · as KostyaActor
- 1974The Childhood Friend · as Alexander TashkovActor
- 1974The Arcata Promise · as Theo GungeActor
- 1975All Creatures Great and Small · as Siegfried FarnonActor
- 1976Victory at Entebbe · as Prime Minister Yitzhak RabinActor
- 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · as Bruno Richard HauptmannActor
- 1976Dark Victory · as Dr. Michael GrantActor
- 1977A Bridge Too Far · as Lt. Col. John D. FrostActor
- 1977Audrey Rose · as Elliot HooverActor
- 1978Magic · as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)Actor
- 1978International Velvet · as Captain JohnsonActor
- 1979Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure · as Captain JonesActor
- 1980The Elephant Man · as Frederick TrevesActor
- 1980A Change of Seasons · as Adam EvansActor
- 1981The Bunker · as Adolf HitlerActor
- 1981Othello · as OthelloActor
- 1982The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as QuasimodoActor
- 1982Little Eyolf · as Alfred AllmersActor
- 1984The Bounty · as Lieutenant William BlighActor
- 1984Arch of Triumph · as Dr. RavicActor
- 1985Guilty Conscience · as Arthur JamisonActor
- 1985The Good Father · as Bill HooperActor
- 198784 Charing Cross Road · as Frank P. DoelActor
- 1987Blunt · as Guy BurgessActor
- 1988The Tenth Man · as Jean Louis ChevalActor
- 1988Across the Lake · as Donald CampbellActor
- 1988The Dawning · as Cassius / Angus BarrieActor
- 1989A Chorus of Disapproval · as Dafydd Ap LlewellynActor
- 1989Heartland · as JackActor
- 1989Faroe Islands · as (voice)Actor
- 1990Desperate Hours · as Tim CornellActor
- 1991The Silence of the Lambs · as Dr. Hannibal LecterActor
- 1991The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' · as SelfActor
- 1991One Man’s War · as JoelActor
- 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula · as Professor Abraham Van HelsingActor
- 1992Chaplin · as George HaydenActor
- 1992Howards End · as Henry J. WilcoxActor
- 1992Freejack · as Ian McCandlessActor
- 1992Spotswood · as Errol WallaceActor
- 1992Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies · as SelfActor
- 1992Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice)Actor
- 1993The Remains of the Day · as James StevensActor
- 1993Shadowlands · as C. S. 'Jack' LewisActor
- 1993The Trial · as The PriestActor
- 1993The Innocent · as GlassActor
- 1994Legends of the Fall · as Col. William LudlowActor
- 1994The Road to Wellville · as Dr. John Harvey KelloggActor
- 1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One · as SelfActor
- 1995Nixon · as Richard NixonActor
- 1996Surviving Picasso · as Pablo PicassoActor
- 1996AugustDirector
- 1996August · as Ieuan DaviesActor
- 1996AugustComposer
- 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · as SelfActor
- 1997Amistad · as John Quincy AdamsActor
- 1997The Edge · as Charles MorseActor
- 1997The Lost Children of Berlin · as NarratorActor
- 1998Meet Joe Black · as William ParrishActor
- 1998The Mask of Zorro · as Don Diego de la Vega / ZorroActor
- 1998Junket Whore · as SelfActor
- 1999Instinct · as Dr. Ethan PowellActor
- 1999Titus · as Titus AndronicusActor
- 1999Return JourneyDirector
- 1999Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box · as NarratorActor
- 1999Little Secret · as NarratorActor
- 2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2000Mission: Impossible II · as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)Actor
- 2000The Many Faces of Zorro · as SelfActor
- 2001Hannibal · as Dr. Hannibal LecterActor
- 2001Hearts in Atlantis · as Ted BrautiganActor
- 2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' · as SelfActor
- 2001Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal · as SelfActor
- 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul · as SelfActor
- 2001Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw · as SelfActor
- 2001Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' · as SelfActor
- 2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey · as SelfActor
- 2001Unmasking Zorro · as SelfActor
- 2002Red Dragon · as Hannibal LecterActor
- 2002Bad Company · as OakesActor
- 2003The Human Stain · as Coleman SilkActor
- 2003A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' · as SelfActor
- 2004Alexander · as Old PtolemyActor
- 2005The World's Fastest Indian · as Burt MunroActor
- 2005Proof · as Robert LlewellynActor
- 2005The True Story of Hannibal · as SelfActor
- 2005A Tribute To Ismail Merchant · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Bobby · as John CaseyActor
- 2006All the King's Men · as Judge IrwinActor
- 2007Fracture · as Ted CrawfordActor
- 2007Beowulf · as Hrothgar (Voice)Actor
- 2007Shortcut to Happiness · as Daniel WebsterActor
- 2007Slipstream · as Felix BonhoefferActor
- 2007SlipstreamDirector
- 2007SlipstreamComposer
- 2007The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2007Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends · as SelfActor
- 2008Dreaming Slipstream Dream · as SelfActor
- 2009The City of Your Final Destination · as Adam GundActor
- 2010The Wolfman · as Sir John TalbotActor
- 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · as AlfieActor
- 2010Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence · as SelfActor
- 2010Bare Knuckles · as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)Actor
- 2010Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs · as SelfActor
- 2010The Third Rule · as Fabian HogarthActor
- 2011Thor · as OdinActor
- 2011The Rite · as Father Lucas TrevantActor
- 2011Thor: From Asgard to Earth · as SelfActor
- 2012Hitchcock · as Alfred HitchcockActor
- 2012360 · as JohnActor
- 2013Thor: The Dark World · as OdinActor
- 2013RED 2 · as BaileyActor
- 2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips · as Self / Ieuan DaviesActor
- 2014Noah · as MethuselahActor
- 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film · as SelfActor
- 2015Solace · as John ClancyActor
- 2015Kidnapping Mr. Heineken · as Freddy HeinekenActor
- 2015Blackway · as LesterActor
- 2015The Dresser · as SirActor
- 2016Collide · as Hagen KahlActor
- 2016Misconduct · as Arthur DenningActor
- 2017Thor: Ragnarok · as OdinActor
- 2017Transformers: The Last Knight · as Sir Edmund BurtonActor
- 2017Spielberg · as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2017Mary and the Seven DwarfsComposer
- 2018King Lear · as LearActor
- 2018Nothing Like a Dame · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2018Getting in Touch with your Inner Thor · as SelfActor
- 2019The Two Popes · as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVIActor
- 2019Love, Antosha · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2020The Father · as AnthonyActor
- 2020Elyse · as Dr. Philip LewisActor
- 2021The Virtuoso · as The MentorActor
- 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Parkinson at 50 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022The Son · as AnthonyActor
- 2022Armageddon Time · as Aaron RabinowitzActor
- 2022Zero Contact · as Finley HartActor
- 2022Where Are You · as ThomasActor
- 2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba · as SelfActor
- 2023Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire · as Jimmy (voice)Actor
- 2023One Life · as Nicholas WintonActor
- 2023Sly · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2023Freud's Last Session · as Sigmund FreudActor
- 2024Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver · as Jimmy (voice)Actor
- 2024Mary · as King HerodActor
- 2024Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon · as SelfActor
- 2025Locked · as WilliamActor
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2026Maserati: The Brothers · as Luca AntonelliActor
- 2027Wife & DogActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.