Alfred Molina was born May 24, 1953 in London, UK. He is an English actor of both the stage and screen.

His first onscreen credit came in 1978 with a regular role in the British series, The Losers. Although his feature film debut was a small role in A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), his first credited role came with the blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), in which he played the double-crossing guide who almost gets the golden idol from Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford.

After that he starred in such films include Ladyhawke (1985), Enchanted April (1992), Chocolat (2000) and Frida (2002).

In 2006, he played the plum role of Bishop Aringarosa in the highly-touted The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks. Molina made his Broadway debut in Art in 1998, receiving a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award for his performance.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, British actress Jill Gascoine.

Filmography

• After.Life (2008)
• The Little Traitor (2007)
• "The Company" (2007)
• Silk (2007)
• The Ten Commandments (2007)
• The Moon and the Stars (2007)
• Orchids (2006)
• The Hoax (2006)
• As You Like It (2006)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2005)
• Joan of Arc (2005)
• Sian Ka'an (2005)
• Suchîmubôi (2004)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Crónicas (2004)
• "Justice League" (2 episodes, 2003)
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
• Luther (2003)
• Identity (2003)
• My Life Without Me (2003)
• Ape (2002)
• "Bram and Alice" (2 episodes, 2002)
• Plots with a View (2002)
• Frida (2002)
• Texas Rangers (2001)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
• Chocolat (2000)
• The Miracle Maker (2000)
• "Ladies Man" (1999)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Dudley Do-Right (1999)
• Pete's Meteor (1998)
• The Treat (1998)
• "The Wild Thornberrys" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Impostors (1998)
• Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples (1998)
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• A Further Gesture (1997)
• Anna Karenina (1997)
• The Place of Lions (1997)
• Scorpion Spring (1996)
• Before and After (1996)
• "Tracey Takes On..." (1 episode, 1996)
• Mojave Moon (1996)
• Species (1995)
• Dead Man (1995)
• The Perez Family (1995)
• The Steal (1995)
• Hideaway (1995)
• Nervous Energy (1995)
• Maverick (1994)
• White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
• Cabin Boy (1994)
• Requiem Apache (1994)
• When Pigs Fly (1993)
• The Trial (1993)
• "A Year in Provence" (1993)
• The Marshal (1993)
• Typhon's People (1993)
• When the Lies Run Out (1993)
• "Screen One" (2 episodes, 1992)
• Angels (1992)
• Enchanted April (1992)
• "Boon" (1 episode, 1991)
• "Ashenden" (1991)
• The Trials of Oz (1991)
• American Friends (1991)
• "El C.I.D." (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
• Not Without My Daughter (1991)
• Hancock (1991)
• Drowning in the Shallow End (1990)
• "Saracen" (1 episode, 1989)
• Virtuoso (1989)
• Revolutionary Witness (1989)
• "Nativity Blues" (1989)
• The Accountant (1989)
• Manifesto (1988)
• "Miami Vice" (1 episode, 1987)
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
• "Casualty" (1 episode, 1986)
• Eleni (1985)
• "C.A.T.S. Eyes" (1 episode, 1985)
• Number One (1985)
• Ladyhawke (1985)
• Water (1985)
• Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
• Meantime (1984)
• "Reilly: The Ace of Spies" (1983)
• Anyone for Denis? (1982)
• "Joni Jones" (1982)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
• "The Losers" (1978)

Awards

• National Board of Review Award Best Ensemble "Magnolia" 1999
• Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play "Art" 1998
• Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award Ensemble Performance "Art" 1998
• Theatre World Award "Molly Sweeney" 1996
• Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award Most Promising Newcomer "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" 1979