Hopkins was influenced and encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton, whom he met briefly at the age of 15. In 1965, got his chance to shine when the actor was struck down with appendicitis during a production of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death. In 1968, he got his break in The Lion in Winter playing Richard I.

His most famous role is the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992.

Hopkins has also been Oscar-nominated for The Remains of the Day (1993). Other such performances include Nixon (1995) and Amistad (1997). He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for The Silence of the Lambs and The Remains of the Day. He has played many famous historical and fictional characters including: Amistad, (1997), The Bounty, (1984), The Great Inimitable Mr Dickens, (1970), A Bridge Too Far, (1977), The Bunker, (1981) Shadowlands, 1993, The Mask of Zorro, (1998).

Public Name: Anthony Hopkins
Birth Name: Philip Anthony Hopkins
Date of Birth: December 31, 1937
Place of Birth: Margam, Wales

Filmography

• Harry and the Butler (2008)
• The City of Your Final Destination (2007)
• Beowulf (2007)
• Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
• Fracture (2007)
• Slipstream (2007)
• All the King's Men (2006)
• Bobby (2006)
• The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
• Proof (2005)
• Alexander (2004)
• The Human Stain (2003)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Bad Company (2002)
• Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
• Hannibal (2001)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Mission: Impossible II (2000)
• Titus (1999)
• Instinct (1999)
• Meet Joe Black (1998)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• Amistad (1997)
• The Edge (1997)
• Surviving Picasso (1996)
• August (1996)
• Nixon (1995)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• The Road to Wellville (1994)
• Shadowlands (1993)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Selected Exits (1993)
• The Innocent (1993)
• The Trial (1993)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Dracula (1992)
• To Be the Best (1992)
• Howards End (1992)
• Spotswood (1992)
• Freejack (1992)
• One Man's War (1991)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Desperate Hours (1990)
• "Great Expectations" (1989)
• Heartland (1989)
• The Tenth Man (1988)
• A Chorus of Disapproval (1988)
• Across the Lake (1988)
• The Dawning (1988)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
• The Good Father (1985)
• Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (1985)
• Arch of Triumph (1985)
• "Hollywood Wives" (1985)
• Guilty Conscience (1985)
• Blunt (1985)
• The Bounty (1984)
• Strangers and Brothers (1984)
• A Married Man (1983)
• "Play of the Month" (3 episodes, 1970-1982)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
• Othello (1981)
• Peter and Paul (1981)
• The Bunker (1981)
• A Change of Seasons (1980)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)
• Kean (1978)
• Magic (1978)
• International Velvet (1978)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Audrey Rose (1977)
• Victory at Entebbe (1976)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
• Dark Victory (1976)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
• Juggernaut (1974)
• The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
• "Play for Today" (2 episodes, 1970-1974)
• "QB VII" (1974) elno
• Possessions (1974)
• The Arcata Promise (1974)
• "Black and Blue" (1 episode, 1973)
• A Doll's House (1973)
• Lloyd George (1973)
• "War & Peace" (1972)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Poet Game (1972)
• "The Edwardians" (1972)
• When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
• Decision to Burn (1971)
• Danton (1970)
• "Department S" (1 episode, 1970)
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
• Hamlet (1969)
• The Looking Glass War (1969)
• The Lion in Winter (1968)
• The White Bus (1967)
• A Flea in Her Ear (1967)

Awards

• Cecil B. DeMille Award Lifetime achievement 2006
• San Sebastian Premio Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award 1998
• ShoWest Actor of the Year Award 1998
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "Amistad" 1997
• BAFTA Britannia Award 1995
• David di Donatello Prize Best Foreign Actor "The Remains of the Day" 1994
• BAFTA Award Best Actor "The Remains of the Day" 1993
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Remains of the Day" and "Shadowlands" 1993
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "The Remains of the Day" 1993
• BAFTA Award Best Actor "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991
• National Board of Review Award Best Supporting Actor "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991
• Oscar Best Actor "The Silence of the Lambs" 1991
• CableACE Award Actor (Movie/Mini-Series) "Mussolini" 1986
• Moscow Film Festival Best Actor Award "84 Charing Cross Road" 1986
• London Critics' Circle Award Best Actor "Pravda" 1985
• Olivier Award Best Actor "Pravda" 1985
• Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special "The Bunker" 1980 - 81
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Award Best Actor "Equus" 1977
• Outer Critics Circle Award Distinguished Performance "Equus" 1976
• American Authors and Celebrities Forum Award 1975
• Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play "Equus" 1975
• Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" 1975 - 76
• Society of Film and TV Arts Award Best Actor "War and Peace" 1973
• Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award Most Promising Newcomer 1971