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 Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. 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).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) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982). 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 acted in 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 B.A.F.T.A. for this role.
Bio:
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. 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).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) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982). 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 acted in 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 B.A.F.T.A. for this role.
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Is proud of his improvisational touches as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) such as: the unnerving effect on Jodie Foster when he mocked her character's West Virginia accent; the distorion of the word "chianti" and the vile slurping sound he makes after he describes eating the "census-taker." Hopkins also notes that Hannibal never blinked his eyes when he spoke.Reads each script 250 times out loud before filming, and to exercise his memory, memorizes one new poem a week.Though dyslexic, he's always possessed a great memory for scripts.During filming of Amistad (1997), he astounded the cast and crew by memorizing a seven page speech in one go. Steven Spielberg was so impressed that he insisted on calling him "Sir Anthony" throughout the shoot rather than Tony.1975: Conquered his alcoholic addiction.Had a brush with death while shooting The Edge (1997) in Alberta, Canada. He fell in a river, and was rushed to hospital to be treated for hypothermia.His early ambition was to be a concert pianist.Volunteers at the Ruskins School of Acting in Santa Monica, California, where he teaches everything from Shakespeare to scenes, theory, and monologues.He included some unusual touches for Hannibal Lecter during his preparation for the role, among which were making Lecter's voice similar to the cutting warble of Katharine Hepburn and almost never blinking, a characteristic he picked up from watching tapes of convicted murderer Charles Manson.Served in the British Army's Royal Artillery regiment, as part of his 'National Service', where all young men aged 18-21 had to.join the armed forces for two years, after WW2 and was known as "Gunner Hopkins".4/12/00: Became a U.S. citizen, but is allowed to retain his British knighthood and the title of Sir.Piano virtuoso.Likes to be called "Tony."His Oscar-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in its compilation of the 100 Years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.Turned down the role of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins (2005).An accomplished painter, he has allowed some of his landscape paintings to be exhibited in San Antonio, Texas.His performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is ranked #15 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Was offered the lead role in Gandhi (1982) by Richard Attenborough. When Hopkins called his father to tell him, his father responded with: "Oh, its a comedy then is it!?".Is on the autistic spectrum and stimulates his senses by rubbing his hands together.His favorite horror film is Rosemary's Baby (1968).Diagnosed late in life as having Asperger's.He chose to play Prof. Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) because he was still riding the success of his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and wanted to pick a role as far removed from Lecter as possible.9/24/03: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.One of his greatest pleasures in past years on his frequent visits to the USA was to get in a car and drive across the country, enjoying its immensity as well as his own anonymity.As a child, he was very close to his maternal grandfather, who for some reason called him "George", while his father called him "Charlie".Pledged $1.6 million to help preserve 4,000 acres of Mt. Snowdon, Wales' highest peak.Is related to the poet William Butler Yeats on his mother's side of the family.He has been wanted very much in the James Bond franchise. First, he was in talks to play a villain in Timothy Dalton's unmade third film. Then he was the first choice of the villains in both Goldeneye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Then he was rumored for Albert Finney's role in Skyfall (2012).9/99: Was selected by an Entertainment Weekly on-line movie poll as the Best Modern Actor and the Best Villain for his role as Hannibal Lecter.He gave life to many historical figures in many movies and miniseries from presidents to writers and military leaders. His gallery of characters includes Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Nixon, John Quincy Adams, Charles Dickens, Adolf Hitler, Yitzhak Rabin, Pablo Picasso, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, David Lloyd George, Frederick Treves, Lieutenant Colonel Frost, Lieutenant William Bligh, Frank P. Doel, C.S. Lewis, Count Galeazzo Ciano, John Harvey Kellogg and Burt Munro.He's the only child of a couple who ran a bakery.He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours List for his services to drama.9/20/05: On The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), he said that he is most proud of The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Proof (2005).1/01: He ranked second in the Orange Film Survey of the greatest British films actors.Has played a King of England (Richard I, the Lionheart), a Prime Minister of England (David Lloyd George), and two U.S. Presidents (John Quincy Adams and Richard Nixon).Into the 1991 restoration of Spartacus (1960), scenes were reintroduced which had been cut from the picture's 1967 reissue. One such segment has Laurence Olivier, in the role of Marcus Crassus, attempting to seduce the slave Antoninus (played by Tony Curtis). But the original soundtrack for this segment had become lost. And so, Olivier having died in 1989, Anthony Hopkins imitated the voice of Olivier (whom Hopkins had understudied at the Old Vic) for the scene's re-created soundtrack. (The surviving Tony Curtis presumably supplied his own voice.)Quit smoking cigarettes using the Allen Carr method.In 1964 Hopkins composed a waltz named "And The Waltz Goes On", but he kept it in a drawer for many years until his wife contacted Dutch violinist and conductor Andr�� Rieu in 2010. Rieu arranged the piece and it premiered in Vienna in 2011 in the presence of Anthony Hopkins. Rieu included the waltz in his playlist for his next tour and produced a CD named after the waltz.Resides in Santa Monica, California.After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he served two years in the British Army before beginning his acting career.Was considered for the role of Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000).His parents were of half Welsh and half English descent. His paternal grandfather, Richard Arthur Thomas Hopkins, and his maternal grandmother, Sophia Phillips, were Welsh. His paternal grandmother, Emma Gardner, and his maternal grandfather, Thomas Frederick Yeates, were both English.Admitted that he felt very intimidated by the real Lt. Col. John Frost, who he played in the movie A Bridge Too Far (1977) when Frost visited the set one day to see how things were going.Ranked #12 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]He often accompanied his father, who always whistled while on his bakery rounds and he put that into his character in The World's Fastest Indian (2005).Became the oldest person to win an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role when he won for his performance for The Father (2020). Hopkins was 83 years old at the time of the ceremony.10/97: Ranked #57 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.Graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England.Is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, England, where he spent three seasons after graduating from RADA.Received his Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 11 years to the day of his father's death. |
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Anthony Hopkins |
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Actor,Composer,Producer (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actor,Composer,Producer |
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5' 9' (1.75 m) |
| Biography: |
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent. Influenced by Richard Burton, he decided to study at College of |
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Is proud of his improvisational touches as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) such as: the unnerving effect on Jodie Foster when he mocked her character's West Virginia accent; the distorion of the word "chianti" and the vile slurping sound he makes after he describes eating the "census-taker." Hopkins also notes that Hannibal never blinked his eyes when he spoke.Reads each script 250 times out loud before filming, and to exercise his memory, memorizes one new poem a week.Though dyslexic, he's always possessed a great memory for scripts.During filming of Amistad (1997), he astounded the cast and crew by memorizing a seven page speech in one go. Steven Spielberg was so impressed that he insisted on calling him "Sir Anthony" throughout the shoot rather than Tony.1975: Conquered his alcoholic addiction.Had a brush with death while shooting The Edge (1997) in Alberta, Canada. He fell in a river, and was rushed to hospital to be treated for hypothermia.His early ambition was to be a concert pianist.Volunteers at the Ruskins School of Acting in Santa Monica, California, where he teaches everything from Shakespeare to scenes, theory, and monologues.He included some unusual touches for Hannibal Lecter during his preparation for the role, among which were making Lecter's voice similar to the cutting warble of Katharine Hepburn and almost never blinking, a characteristic he picked up from watching tapes of convicted murderer Charles Manson.Served in the British Army's Royal Artillery regiment, as part of his 'National Service', where all young men aged 18-21 had to.join the armed forces for two years, after WW2 and was known as "Gunner Hopkins".4/12/00: Became a U.S. citizen, but is allowed to retain his British knighthood and the title of Sir.Piano virtuoso.Likes to be called "Tony."His Oscar-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was ranked #1 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in its compilation of the 100 Years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.Turned down the role of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins (2005).An accomplished painter, he has allowed some of his landscape paintings to be exhibited in San Antonio, Texas.His performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is ranked #15 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.Was offered the lead role in Gandhi (1982) by Richard Attenborough. When Hopkins called his father to tell him, his father responded with: "Oh, its a comedy then is it!?".Is on the autistic spectrum and stimulates his senses by rubbing his hands together.His favorite horror film is Rosemary's Baby (1968).Diagnosed late in life as having Asperger's.He chose to play Prof. Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) because he was still riding the success of his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and wanted to pick a role as far removed from Lecter as possible.9/24/03: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.One of his greatest pleasures in past years on his frequent visits to the USA was to get in a car and drive across the country, enjoying its immensity as well as his own anonymity.As a child, he was very close to his maternal grandfather, who for some reason called him "George", while his father called him "Charlie".Pledged $1.6 million to help preserve 4,000 acres of Mt. Snowdon, Wales' highest peak.Is related to the poet William Butler Yeats on his mother's side of the family.He has been wanted very much in the James Bond franchise. First, he was in talks to play a villain in Timothy Dalton's unmade third film. Then he was the first choice of the villains in both Goldeneye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Then he was rumored for Albert Finney's role in Skyfall (2012).9/99: Was selected by an Entertainment Weekly on-line movie poll as the Best Modern Actor and the Best Villain for his role as Hannibal Lecter.He gave life to many historical figures in many movies and miniseries from presidents to writers and military leaders. His gallery of characters includes Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Nixon, John Quincy Adams, Charles Dickens, Adolf Hitler, Yitzhak Rabin, Pablo Picasso, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, David Lloyd George, Frederick Treves, Lieutenant Colonel Frost, Lieutenant William Bligh, Frank P. Doel, C.S. Lewis, Count Galeazzo Ciano, John Harvey Kellogg and Burt Munro.He's the only child of a couple who ran a bakery.He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours List for his services to drama.9/20/05: On The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), he said that he is most proud of The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Proof (2005).1/01: He ranked second in the Orange Film Survey of the greatest British films actors.Has played a King of England (Richard I, the Lionheart), a Prime Minister of England (David Lloyd George), and two U.S. Presidents (John Quincy Adams and Richard Nixon).Into the 1991 restoration of Spartacus (1960), scenes were reintroduced which had been cut from the picture's 1967 reissue. One such segment has Laurence Olivier, in the role of Marcus Crassus, attempting to seduce the slave Antoninus (played by Tony Curtis). But the original soundtrack for this segment had become lost. And so, Olivier having died in 1989, Anthony Hopkins imitated the voice of Olivier (whom Hopkins had understudied at the Old Vic) for the scene's re-created soundtrack. (The surviving Tony Curtis presumably supplied his own voice.)Quit smoking cigarettes using the Allen Carr method.In 1964 Hopkins composed a waltz named "And The Waltz Goes On", but he kept it in a drawer for many years until his wife contacted Dutch violinist and conductor Andr�� Rieu in 2010. Rieu arranged the piece and it premiered in Vienna in 2011 in the presence of Anthony Hopkins. Rieu included the waltz in his playlist for his next tour and produced a CD named after the waltz.Resides in Santa Monica, California.After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he served two years in the British Army before beginning his acting career.Was considered for the role of Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents (2000).His parents were of half Welsh and half English descent. His paternal grandfather, Richard Arthur Thomas Hopkins, and his maternal grandmother, Sophia Phillips, were Welsh. His paternal grandmother, Emma Gardner, and his maternal grandfather, Thomas Frederick Yeates, were both English.Admitted that he felt very intimidated by the real Lt. Col. John Frost, who he played in the movie A Bridge Too Far (1977) when Frost visited the set one day to see how things were going.Ranked #12 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]He often accompanied his father, who always whistled while on his bakery rounds and he put that into his character in The World's Fastest Indian (2005).Became the oldest person to win an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role when he won for his performance for The Father (2020). Hopkins was 83 years old at the time of the ceremony.10/97: Ranked #57 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.Graduated from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England.Is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, England, where he spent three seasons after graduating from RADA.Received his Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 11 years to the day of his father's death. |
| Trademarks: |
Hair greased back and bold blue eyes
Often plays very proper and restrained British characters, as in The Remains of the Day (1993) and Shadowlands (1993).
Often plays malevolent real life individuals, William Bligh in The Bounty (1984), Adolf Hitler in The Bunker (1981), Richard Bruno Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), and Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995)
Character of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Often worked with Richard Attenborough |
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[on Gary Oldman] He is just like I was at his age.
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I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.
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[Interviewed on Inside the Actors Studio (1994)] I once asked a Jesuit priest what was the best short prayer he knew. He said, "Fuck it,' as in, "Fuck it; it's in God's hands."
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The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.
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[December 1998] To hell with this stupid show business, this ridiculous showbiz, this futile waste of life. I look back and see a desert wasteland. All those years spent in a fake environment. Everything was a fake. |
| Salaries: |
The Wolfman (2010) - $15,000,000
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Red Dragon (2002) - $20,000,000
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Hannibal (2001) - $15,000,000
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Mission: Impossible II (2000) - $5,000,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Composer,Producer |
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Hopkins was a member of the original National Theatre ensemble when it was formed in 1965, originally as an understudy to Laurence Olivier. His National Theatre credits include: Marc Anthony in Shakespeare's "Anthony & Cleopatra" (1987), th |
| Spouse: |
Stella Hopkins (March 1, 2003 - present) Jennifer Lynton (January 13, 1973 - April 30, 2002) (divorced)Petronella Barker (September 2, 1967 - 1972) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Abigail Hopkins |
| Parents: |
Muriel Anne Hopkins (Yeats)
Richard Arthur Hopkins |
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