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Anthony Hopkins Biography
Anthony Hopkins is one of the famous Movie Actor, who was born on the memorable day of December 31 in the year 1937. Anthony Hopkins is a proud citizen of Wales.
Welsh actor best known for his portrayal of the ingenious serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also played roles in The Mask of Zorro, Nixonand Thor. He turned to TV in 2016 upon landing a starring role on HBO’s Westworld.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Anthony Hopkins continues to be an inspiration for many.
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First Name
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Last Name
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Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama; Cowbridge Grammar School; West Monmouth School
Family
His daughter, Abigail Hopkins, is a singer and actress. He married his third wife, Stella Arroyave, in 2003. He was married to Jennifer Lyntonfrom 1973 to 2002.
Height & Weight
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He was encouraged by actor Richard Burton to pursue acting at age 15.
Trivia
As a horror genre actor, he starred in Meet Joe Black, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Red Dragon.
Net Worth & Salary
Anthony Hopkins net worth is $160 Million.
Anthony Hopkins Timeline
1949
In 1949, to instil discipline, his parents insisted he attend Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School in Pontypool.
1950
Hopkins has been a patron of the YMCA centre in his home town of Port Talbot, South Wales, for more than 20 years, having first joined the YMCA in the 1950s.
1957
After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
1958
So was Peter O'Toole – they were wonderful, larger-than-life characters." After two years of his national service between 1958 and 1960, which he served in the British Army, Hopkins moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
1960
Hopkins made his first professional stage appearance in the Palace Theatre, Swansea, in 1960 with Swansea Little Theatre's production of Have a Cigarette.
1964
His first starring role in a film came in 1964 in Changes, a short directed by Drewe Henley, written and produced by James Scott and co-starring Jacqueline Pearce.
1965
He was then spotted by Laurence Olivier, who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965.
1966
He was married to actress Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
1967
Hopkins became Olivier's understudy, and filled in when Olivier was struck with appendicitis during a 1967 production of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death.
1968
Hopkins early film roles include The Lion in Winter (1968), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and The Elephant Man (1980).
1970
Dickens in 1970, and Pierre Bezukhov in the BBC's mini series War and Peace (1972), receiving the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in the latter.
1972
For his work on television, Hopkins received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace (1972).
1973
In 1973 he again portrayed David Lloyd George in the BBC miniseries The Edwardians which aired in the US in 1974 on Masterpiece Theatre.
1974
He then appeared in the comedy The Girl from Petrovka (1974) with Goldie Hawn and Hal Holbrook and also starred in the Richard Lester suspense film Juggernaut opposite Richard Harris and Omar Sharif.
1975
He next met Burton in 1975 as Burton prepared to take over Hopkins's role as the psychiatrist in Peter Shaffer's Equus, with Hopkins stating, "He was a phenomenal actor.
1976
He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) and The Bunker (1981).
1978
In 1978 he starred in the sequel to National Velvet (1944), entitled International Velvet with Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, which was directed by Bryan Forbes.
1979
In 1979, Hopkins appeared as Prospero in a production of The Tempest held at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
1980
In 1980, he starred in David Lynch's The Elephant Man as the English doctor Sir Frederick Treves, who attends to Joseph Merrick (portrayed by John Hurt), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
1981
In 1981, he starred in the CBS television film The Bunker portraying Adolf Hitler during weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the Battle of Berlin.
1982
The following year he starred as Quasimodo in the CBS television film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982).
1983
In 1983, Hopkins also became a company member of The Mirror Theater Ltd's Repertory Company.
1984
In 1984, he portrayed Deeley in Harold Pinter's play Old Times at the Roundabout Theatre in New York.
1985
In 1985, he received great acclaim and a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in the David Hare play Pravda.
1986
In 1986, he starred in David Hare's production of King Lear, Hopkins's favourite Shakespeare play, at the National Theatre.
1987
Other notable films include 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Mask of Zorro (1998), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Thor franchise (2011–2017).
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1988
In 1988, he was awarded an honorary D.
1989
The next year, he starred as Antony in the National Theatre production of Antony and Cleopatra opposite Judi Dench, and in 1989, Hopkins made his last appearance on stage in a West End production of M.
1990
In 1990, Hopkins directed a film about his Welsh compatriot, poet Dylan Thomas, titled Dylan Thomas: Return Journey, which was his directing debut for the screen.
1991
He won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for playing Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and an octogenarian with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner for the latter.
1992
The following year, After winning the Oscar for Silence of the Lambs, Hopkins was featured in Mark Joffe's film Spotswood and the science fiction film Freejack and also played supporting roles as Charlie Chaplin's biographer in Richard Attenborough's biographical drama Chaplin (1992) and Professor Van Helsing in Francis Ford Coppola's horror adaptation Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
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1993
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 1993.
1994
During this period, Hopkins had the chance to work with Bart the Bear in two films: Legends of the Fall (1994) and The Edge (1997).
1995
In 1995, he directed August, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya set in Wales.
1996
Hopkins, who previously starred with Moore in Surviving Picasso (1996), agreed to do the role approving of the script.
1997
In 1997, Hopkins narrated the BBC natural documentary series, Killing for a Living, which showed predatory behaviour in nature.
1998
He did so many of his own scenes with Bart." Hopkins was Britain's highest paid performer in 1998, starring in The Mask of Zorro and Meet Joe Black, and also agreed to reprise his role as Dr Hannibal Lecter for a fee of £15 million.
2000
In 2000, Hopkins narrated Ron Howard's live action remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
2001
Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter twice; in Ridley Scott's Hannibal (2001), and Red Dragon (2002).
2002
In an interview in 2002, he stated, "I was a poor learner, which left me open to ridicule and gave me an inferiority complex.
2003
In 2003, Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2004
Due to his contributions to Snowdonia, in addition to his film career, in 2004 Hopkins was named among the 100 Welsh Heroes in a Welsh poll.
2005
DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008.
2006
In 2006, Hopkins was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B.
2007
In 2007, he announced he would retire temporarily from the screen to tour around the world.
2008
In 2008, he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can bestow.
2010
On 24 February 2010, it was announced that Hopkins had been cast in The Rite, which was released on 28 January 2011.
2011
In 2011, Hopkins has said, "what I enjoy is uncertainty. .
2012
In a 2012 interview, Hopkins stated, "I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.
2013
He starred in the comedy action film Red 2 (2013) as the main antagonist Edward Bailey.
2014
In 2014, he portrayed Methuselah in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.
2015
Other notable projects include the BBC film The Dresser (2015), PBS's King Lear (2018), and the HBO series Westworld (2016–2018).
2016
Beginning in October 2016, Hopkins starred as Robert Ford in the HBO sci-fi series Westworld where he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
2017
Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in Transformers: The Last Knight, which was released in June 2017.
2018
To play another actor is fun because you know the ins and outs of their thinking – especially with someone like Sir, who is a diabolically insecure, egotistical man." He spoke again on the impact the role had on him in 2018, "When I was at the Royal National Theatre all those years ago, I knew I had something in me, but I didn't have the discipline.
2019
In 2019, Hopkins portrayed Pope Benedict XVI opposite Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis in Fernando Meirelles's The Two Popes.
2020
In 2020, Hopkins played a man struggling with Alzheimer's disease in The Father.
2021
In 2021, Hopkins won the Oscar for the Best Actor for The Father.
2022
In 2022 he acted in James Gray's semi-autobiographical coming of age drama Armageddon Time (2023).
