Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He 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 has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 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 achievements in the motion picture industry.
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He 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 has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 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 achievements in the motion picture industry.
After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989.
In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation." In 1991, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in its sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon. Other notable films include The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He received four more Academy Award nominations for The Remains of the Day (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997) and The Two Popes (2019) before winning a fourth BAFTA Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date.
Since making his television debut with the BBC in 1967, Hopkins has continued to appear on television. In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace. In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen. In 2018, he starred in King Lear opposite Emma Thompson. In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Housekeeper
Character:Lord DeWithers
Release Date:15/10/2026
Locked
Character:William
Release Date:20/03/2025
Mary
Character:King Herod
Release Date:12/12/2024
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
Character:Jimmy (voice)
Release Date:19/04/2024
Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon
Character:Self
Release Date:18/04/2024
Freud's Last Session
Character:Sigmund Freud
Release Date:22/12/2023
One Life
Character:Nicholas Winton
Release Date:21/12/2023
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
Character:Jimmy (voice)
Release Date:15/12/2023
Sly
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2022
The Son
Character:Anthony
Release Date:10/11/2022
Armageddon Time
Character:Aaron Rabinowitz
Release Date:28/10/2022
Where Are You
Character:Thomas
Release Date:21/10/2022
Zero Contact
Character:Finley Hart
Release Date:27/05/2022
Parkinson at 50
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2021
The Virtuoso
Character:The Mentor
Release Date:30/04/2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2021
The Father
Character:Anthony
Release Date:23/12/2020
Elyse
Character:Dr. Philip Lewis
Release Date:01/07/2020
The Two Popes
Character:Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
Release Date:27/11/2019
Love, Antosha
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:02/08/2019
King Lear
Character:Lear
Release Date:28/05/2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/05/2018
Spielberg
Character:John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:05/10/2017
Thor: Ragnarok
Character:Odin
Release Date:02/10/2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
Character:Sir Edmund Burton
Release Date:16/06/2017
Collide
Character:Hagen Kahl
Release Date:10/06/2016
Misconduct
Character:Arthur Denning
Release Date:05/02/2016
The Dresser
Character:Sir
Release Date:31/10/2015
Blackway
Character:Lester
Release Date:03/10/2015
Solace
Character:John Clancy
Release Date:03/09/2015
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Character:Freddy Heineken
Release Date:12/03/2015
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2014
Noah
Character:Methuselah
Release Date:07/03/2014
Thor: The Dark World
Character:Odin
Release Date:30/10/2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Character:Self / Ieuan Davies
Release Date:28/09/2013
RED 2
Character:Bailey
Release Date:18/07/2013
Hitchcock
Character:Alfred Hitchcock
Release Date:22/11/2012
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/2012
360
Character:John
Release Date:25/07/2012
Thor: From Asgard to Earth
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2011
Thor
Character:Odin
Release Date:21/04/2011
The Rite
Character:Father Lucas Trevant
Release Date:28/01/2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Character:Alfie
Release Date:22/09/2010
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2010
The Third Rule
Character:Fabian Hogarth
Release Date:23/04/2010
The Wolfman
Character:Sir John Talbot
Release Date:10/02/2010
Bare Knuckles
Character:Xavier Jonas (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/2010
Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2010
The City of Your Final Destination
Character:Adam Gund
Release Date:21/03/2009
Beowulf
Character:Hrothgar
Release Date:05/11/2007
The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/2007
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Character:Self
Release Date:12/09/2007
Shortcut to Happiness
Character:Daniel Webster
Release Date:13/07/2007
Fracture
Character:Theodore Crawford
Release Date:19/04/2007
Slipstream
Character:Felix Bonhoeffer
Release Date:10/02/2007
All the King's Men
Character:Judge Irwin
Release Date:10/09/2006
Bobby
Character:John Casey
Release Date:05/09/2006
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/10/2005
The World's Fastest Indian
Character:Burt Munro
Release Date:12/10/2005
Proof
Character:Robert Llewellyn
Release Date:05/09/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
The True Story of Hannibal
Character:Self
Release Date:02/01/2005
Alexander
Character:Old Ptolemy
Release Date:21/11/2004
The Human Stain
Character:Coleman Silk
Release Date:29/10/2003
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
Red Dragon
Character:Hannibal Lecter
Release Date:02/10/2002
Bad Company
Character:Oakes
Release Date:07/06/2002
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
Character:Self
Release Date:22/10/2001
Hearts in Atlantis
Character:Ted Brautigan
Release Date:28/09/2001
Unmasking Zorro
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2001
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2001
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2001
Hannibal
Character:Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Release Date:08/02/2001
Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Many Faces of Zorro
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/11/2000
Mission: Impossible II
Character:Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
Release Date:24/05/2000
Titus
Character:Titus Andronicus
Release Date:25/12/1999
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/10/1999
Little Secret
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/09/1999
Instinct
Character:Dr. Ethan Powell
Release Date:04/06/1999
Meet Joe Black
Character:William Parrish
Release Date:12/11/1998
Junket Whore
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/1998
The Mask of Zorro
Character:Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Release Date:16/07/1998
Amistad
Character:John Quincy Adams
Release Date:10/12/1997
The Edge
Character:Charles Morse
Release Date:06/09/1997
The Lost Children of Berlin
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1997
Surviving Picasso
Character:Pablo Picasso
Release Date:04/09/1996
August
Character:Ieuan Davies
Release Date:08/08/1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/1996
Nixon
Character:Richard Nixon
Release Date:22/12/1995
Legends of the Fall
Character:Col. William Ludlow
Release Date:23/12/1994
The Road to Wellville
Character:Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Release Date:28/10/1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Character:Self
Release Date:11/08/1994
Shadowlands
Character:C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
Release Date:25/12/1993
The Remains of the Day
Character:James Stevens
Release Date:05/11/1993
The Innocent
Character:Glass
Release Date:16/09/1993
The Trial
Character:The Priest
Release Date:18/06/1993
Chaplin
Character:George Hayden
Release Date:17/12/1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Character:Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Release Date:13/11/1992
Earth and the American Dream
Character:Reader (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1992
Howards End
Character:Henry J. Wilcox
Release Date:13/03/1992
Spotswood
Character:Errol Wallace
Release Date:23/01/1992
Freejack
Character:Ian McCandless
Release Date:17/01/1992
Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1992
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/1991
One Man’s War
Character:Joel
Release Date:20/04/1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Character:Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Release Date:14/02/1991
Desperate Hours
Character:Tim Cornell
Release Date:05/10/1990
A Chorus of Disapproval
Character:Dafydd Ap Llewellyn
Release Date:18/08/1989
Heartland
Character:Jack
Release Date:21/02/1989
Faroe Islands
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Tenth Man
Character:Jean Louis Cheval
Release Date:04/12/1988
Across the Lake
Character:Donald Campbell
Release Date:04/09/1988
The Dawning
Character:Cassius / Angus Barrie
Release Date:08/06/1988
84 Charing Cross Road
Character:Frank P. Doel
Release Date:13/02/1987
Blunt
Character:Guy Burgess
Release Date:11/01/1987
The Good Father
Character:Bill Hooper
Release Date:01/11/1985
Guilty Conscience
Character:Arthur Jamison
Release Date:02/04/1985
Arch of Triumph
Character:Dr. Ravic
Release Date:19/12/1984
The Bounty
Character:Lieutenant William Bligh
Release Date:04/05/1984
Little Eyolf
Character:Alfred Allmers
Release Date:19/07/1982
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character:Quasimodo
Release Date:02/02/1982
Othello
Character:Othello
Release Date:04/10/1981
The Bunker
Character:Adolf Hitler
Release Date:15/04/1981
A Change of Seasons
Character:Adam Evans
Release Date:01/12/1980
The Elephant Man
Character:Frederick Treves
Release Date:09/10/1980
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure
Character:Captain Jones
Release Date:21/11/1979
Magic
Character:Corky Withers/Fats (voice)
Release Date:08/11/1978
International Velvet
Character:Captain Johnson
Release Date:19/07/1978
A Bridge Too Far
Character:Lt. Col. John D. Frost
Release Date:15/06/1977
Audrey Rose
Character:Elliot Hoover
Release Date:06/04/1977
Victory at Entebbe
Character:Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Release Date:22/12/1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Character:Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Release Date:26/02/1976
Dark Victory
Character:Dr. Michael Grant
Release Date:05/02/1976
All Creatures Great and Small
Character:Siegfried Farnon
Release Date:27/07/1975
The Girl from Petrovka
Character:Kostya
Release Date:12/12/1974
Juggernaut
Character:Supt. John McCleod
Release Date:25/09/1974
The Arcata Promise
Character:Theo Gunge
Release Date:22/09/1974
The Childhood Friend
Character:Alexander Tashkov
Release Date:27/06/1974
The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family
Character:Hi
Release Date:21/08/1973
A Doll's House
Character:Torvald Helmer
Release Date:10/04/1973
Young Winston
Character:David Llyod George
Release Date:20/07/1972
Poet Game
Character:Hugh Saunders
Release Date:14/03/1972
When Eight Bells Toll
Character:Philip Calvert
Release Date:30/04/1971
Hearts and Flowers
Character:Bob
Release Date:03/12/1970
Uncle Vanya
Character:Astrov
Release Date:08/11/1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Character:Charles Dickens
Release Date:02/07/1970
The Three Sisters
Character:Andrey
Release Date:18/01/1970
The Looking Glass War
Character:John Avery
Release Date:02/01/1970
Hamlet
Character:Claudius
Release Date:21/12/1969
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
Character:Wat Tyler
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Lion in Winter
Character:Richard
Release Date:20/08/1968
Red, White, and Zero
Character:Brechtian
Release Date:30/01/1968
The White Bus
Character:Brechtian
Release Date:01/12/1967
Television Appearances
Those About to Die
Character:Emperor Vespasian
Marvel Studios Legends
Character:Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mythic Quest
Character:Everlight Narrator (voice)
Westworld
Character:Dr. Robert Ford
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Parkinson
Character:Self
Predators Killing for a Living
Character:
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Character:Self
Baseball
Character:(voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
To Be the Best
Character:Jack Figg
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self
Charlie Rose
Character:Self
Great Expectations
Character:Abel Magwitch
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Mussolini and I
Character:Count Galeazzo Ciano
Hollywood Wives
Character:Neil Gray
Screen Two
Character:The Priest
A Woman of Substance
Character:Jack Figg
Six Centuries of Verse
Character:Self - Reader
Natural World
Character:
Harty
Character:Self
A Married Man
Character:John Strickland
Peter and Paul
Character:Paul of Tarsus
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self - Accepting Award
QB VII
Character:Adam Kelno
Black and Blue
Character:Hi
The Edwardians
Character:David Lloyd George
War & Peace
Character:Pierre Bezukhov
The Man Outside
Character:Albert Watts
The Ten Commandments
Character:Steve
Play for Today
Character:Alexander Tashkov
Play for Today
Character:Bob Goodliffe
Department S
Character:Greg Halliday
60 Minutes
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Andrey
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Alfred Allmers
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Edmund Kean
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Astrov
The Man in Room 17
Character:Dr. Harding
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Host
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Co-Host
The Oscars
Character:Self
Today
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Siegfried
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Quasimodo
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Jean Louis Chavel
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
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