Mini Biography
Anthony Hopkins was born on 31 December 1937, in Margam, Wales. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, he moved to London and joined the National Theatre, invited by Laurence Olivier, who could see the talent in Hopkins. In 1967, he made his first film for television, A Flea in Her Ear (1967) (TV).
From this moment on, he enjoyed a successful career in cinema and television. In 1968, he worked on The Lion in Winter (1968) with Timothy Dalton. Many successes came later, and Hopkins' remarkable acting style reached the four corners of the world. In 1977, he appeared in two major films: A Bridge Too Far (1977) with James Caan, Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould and Laurence Olivier, and Maximilian Schell. In 1980, he worked on The Elephant Man (1980). Two good television literature adaptations followed: Othello (1981) (TV) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) (TV). In 1987 he was awarded with the Commander of the order of the British Empire. This year was also important in his cinematic life, with 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), acclaimed by specialists. In 1993, he was knighted.
In the 1990s, Hopkins made movies like Desperate Hours (1990) and Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993) (nominee for the Oscar), Legends of the Fall (1994), Nixon (1995) (nominee for the Oscar), Surviving Picasso (1996), Amistad (1997) (nominee for the Oscar), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Meet Joe Black (1998) and Instinct (1999). His most remarkable film, however, was The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor. He also got a BAFTA for this role.
Filmography
2014 Arabian Nights (pre-production)
2014 Solace (pre-production)
The Song of Names (pre-production)
Hemingway & Fuentes (pre-production)
2014 Noah (post-production)
2013 Thor: The Dark World (post-production)
2013 Red 2 (post-production)
2012 Hitchcock
2011 360
2011 Thor
2011 The Rite
2010 Bare Knuckles
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 The Third Rule (short)
2010 The Wolfman
2009 The City of Your Final Destination
2008 Immutable Dream of Snow Lion (short)
2008 Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (documentary)
2007 Beowulf: The Game (Video Game)
2007 Beowulf
2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
2007 Slipstream
2007 Fracture
2006 All the King's Men
2006 Bobby
2005 The World's Fastest Indian
2005 Proof
2004 Alexander
2003 The Human Stain
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV series documentary)
2003 Shortcut to Happiness
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Bad Company
2001 Hearts in Atlantis
2001 Hannibal
2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000 Mission: Impossible II
1999 Titus
1999 Instinct
1998 Meet Joe Black
1998 The Mask of Zorro
1997 Amistad
1997 The Edge
1996 Surviving Picasso
1996 August
1995 Nixon
1994 Legends of the Fall
1994 The Road to Wellville
1993 Shadowlands
1993 The Remains of the Day
1993 Selected Exits (TV movie)
1993 The Innocent
1993 The Trial
1992 Chaplin
1992 Dracula
1992 To Be the Best (TV movie)
1992 Howards End
1992 The Efficiency Expert
1992 Freejack
1991 Great Expectations (TV mini-series)
1991 One Man's War (TV movie)
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1990 Desperate Hours
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 Heartland (TV movie)
1988 The Tenth Man (TV movie)
1988 The Dawning
1988 Across the Lake (TV movie)
1987 84 Charing Cross Road
1987 Screen Two (TV series)
1985 The Good Father
1985 Mussolini and I (TV movie)
1985 Hollywood Wives (TV mini-series)
1985 Guilty Conscience (TV movie)
1984 Arch of Triumph (TV movie)
1984 Six Centuries of Verse (TV series)
1984 The Bounty
1984 Strangers and Brothers (TV series)
1983 A Married Man (TV series)
1970-1982 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV movie)
1981 Othello (TV movie)
1981 Peter and Paul (TV movie)
1981 The Bunker (TV movie)
1980 A Change of Seasons
1980 The Elephant Man
1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (TV movie)
1978 Magic
1978 International Velvet
1977 A Bridge Too Far
1977 Audrey Rose
1976 Victory at Entebbe (TV movie)
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (TV movie)
1976 Dark Victory (TV movie)
1975 All Creatures Great and Small (TV movie)
1974 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
1974 Juggernaut
1974 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
1974 The Girl from Petrovka
1970-1974 Play for Today (TV series)
1974 Childhood (TV series)
1974 QB VII (TV mini-series)
1974 Possessions (TV movie)
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
1973/I A Doll's House
1972-1973 War & Peace (TV mini-series)
1973 Lloyd George (TV movie)
1973 The Edwardians (TV mini-series)
1972 Young Winston
1972 The Man Outside (TV series)
1972 Poet Game (TV movie)
1971 The Ten Commandments (TV series)
1971 When Eight Bells Toll
1970 Biography (TV series)
1970 Department S (TV series)
1970 Great Performances (TV series)
1970 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (TV movie)
1969 The Looking Glass War
1969 Hamlet
1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
1968 The Company of Five (TV series)
1968 The Lion in Winter
1967 Red, White and Zero
1967 A Flea in Her Ear (TV movie)
1965 The Man in Room 17 (TV series)
