Anthony Hopkins
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1937 in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Active Years
- 1944–2027 (84 Years)
- Total Credits
- 249 credits in database
Acting Born Dec 31, 1937 Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK 249 credits
Biography
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, film director, and producer born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales. Recognized as one of Britain's most prolific actors, he has built a career spanning over six decades across film, television, and theatre. Hopkins 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 holds an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship. 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 contributions to the motion picture industry.
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Career overview
After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1957, Hopkins pursued a career that has encompassed a wide range of performances on stage and screen. He is frequently noted for his ability to portray complex characters, including pathetic misfits and those on the fringes of insanity. His filmography includes appearances in The Lion in Winter and The Remains of the Day. With 229 known acting credits, Hopkins is widely recognized for his portrayal of the psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. This specific role is the one with which he is most identified and for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor. Throughout his extensive career, he has maintained a reputation as a highly recognizable figure in the entertainment industry. His professional journey began after being influenced by Richard Burton to study at the College of Music and Drama, eventually leading to a sustained presence in international cinema and television. His work continues to be defined by his versatility and long-standing commitment to the performing arts.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Wife & Dog
LockedLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Those About to DieRebel Moon - Part Two: The ScargiverMaryCreating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of FireOne LifeFreud's Last SessionSly
Welcome to WrexhamThe SonZero ContactArmageddon TimeWhere Are You
Marvel Studios LegendsThe VirtuosoHannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonyParkinson at 50
Mythic QuestThe FatherElyseElyse · ProducerElyse · Music
Love, AntoshaThe Two Popes
King LearNothing Like a Dame
Thor: RagnarokTransformers: The Last KnightSpielbergMary and the Seven Dwarfs · Original Music Composer
WestworldMisconductCollide
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSolaceKidnapping Mr. HeinekenBlackwayBlackway · Producer
Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsNoahRichard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Thor: The Dark WorldRED 2Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Hitchcock360Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
ThorThe RiteThor: From Asgard to Earth
The WolfmanYou Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerThe Third RuleBare KnucklesHannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence
The City of Your Final Destination
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
FractureBeowulfShortcut to HappinessSlipstreamSlipstream · Director
All the King's MenBobbyBobby · Executive Producer
The World's Fastest IndianNos Bastidores de HollywoodProofThe True Story of HannibalA Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Alexander
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowThe Human StainA Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'Celebrities Uncensored
Bad CompanyRed Dragon
Hearts in AtlantisHannibalUnmasking ZorroInside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
How the Grinch Stole ChristmasMission: Impossible IIThe Many Faces of Zorro
InstinctTitusLittle SecretSiegfried & Roy: The Magic BoxReturn Journey · Director
ParkinsonMeet Joe BlackThe Mask of ZorroJunket Whore
The ViewThe EdgePredators Killing for a LivingAmistadThe Lost Children of Berlin
Full Filmography
249 titles- Wife & Dog (2027)
- Locked (2025) as William
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025) as Self - (archive footage)
- Those About to Die (2024) as Emperor Vespasian
- Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) as Jimmy (voice)
- Mary (2024) as King Herod
- Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon (2024) as Self
- Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) as Jimmy (voice)
- One Life (2023) as Nicholas Winton
- Freud's Last Session (2023) as Sigmund Freud
- Sly (2023) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Welcome to Wrexham (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- The Son (2022) as Anthony
- Zero Contact (2022) as Finley Hart
- Armageddon Time (2022) as Aaron Rabinowitz
- Where Are You (2022) as Thomas
- Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022) as Self
- Marvel Studios Legends (2021) as Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Virtuoso (2021) as The Mentor
- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Parkinson at 50 (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Mythic Quest (2020) as Everlight Narrator (voice)
- The Father (2020) as Anthony
- Elyse (2020) as Dr. Philip Lewis
- Elyse (2020) Producer
- Elyse (2020) Music
- Love, Antosha (2019) as Self (voice)
- The Two Popes (2019) as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
- King Lear (2018) as Lear
- Nothing Like a Dame (2018) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) as Odin
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as Sir Edmund Burton
- Spielberg (2017) as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mary and the Seven Dwarfs (2017) Original Music Composer
- Westworld (2016) as Dr. Robert Ford
- Misconduct (2016) as Arthur Denning
- Collide (2016) as Hagen Kahl
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Solace (2015) as John Clancy
- Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) as Freddy Heineken
- Blackway (2015) as Lester
- Blackway (2015) Producer
- The Dresser (2015) as Sir
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
- Noah (2014) as Methuselah
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014) as Self
- Thor: The Dark World (2013) as Odin
- RED 2 (2013) as Bailey
- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013) as Self / Ieuan Davies
- Hitchcock (2012) as Alfred Hitchcock
- 360 (2012) as John
- Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe (2012) as Self
- Thor (2011) as Odin
- The Rite (2011) as Father Lucas Trevant
- Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011) as Self
- The Wolfman (2010) as Sir John Talbot
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) as Alfie
- The Third Rule (2010) as Fabian Hogarth
- Bare Knuckles (2010) as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
- Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence (2010) as Self
- Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010) as Self
- The City of Your Final Destination (2009) as Adam Gund
- Dreaming Slipstream Dream (2008) as Self
- Fracture (2007) as Ted Crawford
- Beowulf (2007) as Hrothgar (Voice)
- Shortcut to Happiness (2007) as Daniel Webster
- Slipstream (2007) as Felix Bonhoeffer
- Slipstream (2007) Director
- Slipstream (2007) Writer
- Slipstream (2007) Original Music Composer
- The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) as Self
- All the King's Men (2006) as Judge Irwin
- Bobby (2006) as John Casey
- Bobby (2006) Executive Producer
- The World's Fastest Indian (2005) as Burt Munro
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Proof (2005) as Robert Llewellyn
- The True Story of Hannibal (2005) as Self
- A Tribute To Ismail Merchant (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Alexander (2004) as Old Ptolemy
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- The Human Stain (2003) as Coleman Silk
- A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003) as Self
- Celebrities Uncensored (2003) as Self
- Bad Company (2002) as Oakes
- Red Dragon (2002) as Hannibal Lecter
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001) as Ted Brautigan
- Hannibal (2001) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Unmasking Zorro (2001) as Self
- Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001) as Self
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001) as Self
- Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001) as Self
- Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001) as Self
- The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001) as Self
- Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw (2001) as Self
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) as Narrator (voice)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000) as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
- The Many Faces of Zorro (2000) as Self
- Instinct (1999) as Dr. Ethan Powell
- Titus (1999) as Titus Andronicus
- Little Secret (1999) as Narrator
- Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (1999) as Narrator
- Return Journey (1999) Director
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Meet Joe Black (1998) as William Parrish
- The Mask of Zorro (1998) as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
- Junket Whore (1998) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Edge (1997) as Charles Morse
- Predators Killing for a Living (1997)
- Amistad (1997) as John Quincy Adams
- The Lost Children of Berlin (1997) as Narrator
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- August (1996) as Ieuan Davies
- August (1996) Director
- August (1996) Original Music Composer
- Surviving Picasso (1996) as Pablo Picasso
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996) as Self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA (1995) as Self
- Nixon (1995) as Richard Nixon
- Legends of the Fall (1994) as Col. William Ludlow
- Baseball (1994) as (voice)
- The Road to Wellville (1994) as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Remains of the Day (1993) as James Stevens
- Shadowlands (1993) as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
- The Innocent (1993) as Glass
- The Trial (1993) as The Priest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) as Professor Abraham Van Helsing
- Chaplin (1992) as George Hayden
- Howards End (1992) as Henry J. Wilcox
- Freejack (1992) as Ian McCandless
- Spotswood (1992) as Errol Wallace
- To Be the Best (1992) as Jack Figg
- Earth and the American Dream (1992) as Reader (voice)
- Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man, The Myth, The Movies (1992) as Self
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Charlie Rose (1991) as Self
- One Man’s War (1991) as Joel
- The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991) as Self
- Desperate Hours (1990) as Tim Cornell
- Heartland (1989) as Jack
- Great Expectations (1989) as Abel Magwitch
- A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn
- Faroe Islands (1989) as (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- The Play on One (1988) as Jack
- The Tenth Man (1988) as Jean Louis Cheval
- Across the Lake (1988) as Donald Campbell
- The Dawning (1988) as Cassius / Angus Barrie
- 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) as Frank P. Doel
- Blunt (1987) as Guy Burgess
- Sunday Premiere (1986) as Donald Campbell
- Screen Two (1985) as The Priest
- Screen Two (1985) as Guy Burgess
- A Woman of Substance (1985) as Jack Figg
- Hollywood Wives (1985) as Neil Gray
- Mussolini and I (1985) as Count Galeazzo Ciano
- Guilty Conscience (1985) as Arthur Jamison
- The Good Father (1985) as Bill Hooper
- The Bounty (1984) as Lieutenant William Bligh
- Six Centuries of Verse (1984) as Self - Reader
- Arch of Triumph (1984) as Dr. Ravic
- Natural World (1983)
- Harty (1983) as Self
- A Married Man (1983) as John Strickland
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) as Quasimodo
- Little Eyolf (1982) as Alfred Allmers
- Othello (1981) as Othello
- Peter and Paul (1981) as Paul of Tarsus
- The Bunker (1981) as Adolf Hitler
- The Elephant Man (1980) as Frederick Treves
- A Change of Seasons (1980) as Adam Evans
- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979) as Captain Jones
- Magic (1978) as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
- International Velvet (1978) as Captain Johnson
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as Lt. Col. John D. Frost
- Childhood (1977) as Dando
- Audrey Rose (1977) as Elliot Hoover
- Victory at Entebbe (1976) as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
- Dark Victory (1976) as Dr. Michael Grant
- The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) as Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Accepting Award
- All Creatures Great and Small (1975) as Siegfried Farnon
- Juggernaut (1974) as Supt. John McCleod
- QB VII (1974) as Adam Kelno
- The Girl from Petrovka (1974) as Kostya
- The Arcata Promise (1974) as Theo Gunge
- The Childhood Friend (1974) as Alexander Tashkov
- Black and Blue (1973) as Hi
- A Doll's House (1973) as Torvald Helmer
- The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (1973) as Hi
- The Edwardians (1972) as David Lloyd George
- War & Peace (1972) as Pierre Bezukhov
- Young Winston (1972) as David Llyod George
- The Man Outside (1972) as Albert Watts
- Poet Game (1972) as Hugh Saunders
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Ten Commandments (1971) as Steve
- When Eight Bells Toll (1971) as Philip Calvert
- Play for Today (1970) as Alexander Tashkov
- Play for Today (1970) as Bob Goodliffe
- The Looking Glass War (1970) as John Avery
- Biography (1970) as Danton
- The Three Sisters (1970) as Andrey
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) as Charles Dickens
- Hearts and Flowers (1970) as Bob
- Uncle Vanya (1970) as Astrov
- Department S (1969) as Greg Halliday
- Hamlet (1969) as Claudius
- Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (1969) as Wat Tyler
- 60 Minutes (1968) as Self
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- The Lion in Winter (1968) as Richard
- The Company of Five (1968) as Richard Mason
- Red, White, and Zero (1968) as Brechtian
- Omnibus (1967)
- The White Bus (1967) as Brechtian
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Andrey
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Alfred Allmers
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Edmund Kean
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Astrov
- The Man in Room 17 (1965) as Dr. Harding
- A Matter of Degree (1960) as Stephen
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Co-Host
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Today (1952) as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Siegfried
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Quasimodo
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Jean Louis Chavel
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
- The Housekeeper as Lord Grenville-Whithers
- The Species as Charles Darwin
- Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess as Ben Windsor
- Eyes in the Trees as Dr. Addis
- Maserati: The Brothers as Luca Antonelli
- A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf as Hrothgar
- Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary as Self
- A Visit to Grandpa’s as Grandpa
- The King of Covent Garden as Georg Friedrich Händel
- Cus & Mike as Cus D’Amato
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Anthony Hopkins best known for?
Anthony Hopkins is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Wife & Dog (2027), Locked (2025), Those About to Die (2024), Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024).
When and where was Anthony Hopkins born?
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937 in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.
How many credits does Anthony Hopkins have?
Anthony Hopkins has accumulated over 249 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2027.
What is Anthony Hopkins's background in cinema and television?
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, film director, and producer born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales. Recognized as one of Britain's most prolific actors, he has built a career spanning over six decades across film, television, and theatre. Hopkins is the recipient of numerous ac...
Anthony Hopkins by the numbers
249credits
181films
68TV series
1944–2027active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter — aged about 37
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Accepting Award — aged about 37
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Siegfried — aged about 13
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Quasimodo — aged about 13
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Jean Louis Chavel — aged about 13
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter — aged about 53
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