Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE 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 Glob ... e 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Ricky Bobby: Sports Century | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Moving on the Edge | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | The Remains of the Day | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Schindler's List | Won |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Howards End | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Mrs Brown | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ford v Ferrari | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Father | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Elephant Man | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Remains of the Day | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Schindler's List | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Ricky Bobby: Sports Century | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | The Two Popes | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | The Two Popes | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | Howards End | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | The Edge | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | The Contender | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Gandhi | Won |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Silence of the Lambs | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | The Remains of the Day | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Howards End | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Howards End | Won |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | Bobby | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Anthony | Won |
War & Peace
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First Aired: Sep 29, 1972
Westworld
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Episodes: 20
First Aired: Oct 02, 2016
The Man Outside
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Episodes: 13
First Aired: May 12, 1972
Those About to Die
as Emperor Vespasian
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jul 18, 2024
The Edwardians
as David Lloyd George
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Nov 21, 1972
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jun 21, 1991
Mussolini and I
as Count Galeazzo Ciano
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First Aired: Sep 08, 1985
A Married Man
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First Aired: Jul 10, 1983
Hollywood Wives
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First Aired: Feb 17, 1985
Marvel Studios Legends
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First Aired: Jan 08, 2021
Baseball
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First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
QB VII
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 29, 1974
Peter and Paul
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First Aired: Apr 12, 1981
Department S
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1969
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Mythic Quest
as Everlight Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 2020
Play for Today
as Alexander Tashkov
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
BBC Play of the Month
as Andrey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Edmund Kean
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
BBC Play of the Month
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Quasimodo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jean Louis Chavel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
The Man In Room 17
as Dr. Harding
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 11, 1965
Play for Today
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
A Woman of Substance
as Jack Figg
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Jan 02, 1985
Predators Killing for a Living
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 03, 1997
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
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First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 13, 1993
Inside the Actors Studio
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 14, 1994
The Daily Show
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
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First Aired: May 25, 1992
Natural World
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 30, 1983
To Be the Best
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 02, 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
The View
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Today
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First Aired: Jan 14, 1952
Celebrities Uncensored
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First Aired: Jun 04, 2003
Black and Blue
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Harty
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First Aired: Sep 20, 1983
The BBC Television Shakespeare
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First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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The Edwardians
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People's Choice Awards
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Episodes: 1
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
Six Centuries of Verse
as Himself - Reader
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Tony Awards
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First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
The Dick Cavett Show
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
Charlie Rose
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People's Choice Awards
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1975
Tony Awards
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Golden Globe Awards
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Episodes: 1
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Parkinson
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1998
Golden Globe Awards
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Episodes: 1
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60 Minutes
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
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