Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director and film producer.
In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. ==Early life and education == Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in the Margam suburb of Port Talbot on 31 December 1937, the son of Annie Muriel (née Yeates) and baker Richard Arthur Hopkins.
In 1949, to instill discipline, his parents insisted he attend Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School in Pontypool.
The film received enormous critical acclaim, with critic Leonard Maltin calling it "extraordinarily good on every level." The following year, Hopkins reunited with Merchant-Ivory and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993), a film set in 1950s post-war Britain based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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. 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.
Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008. 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.
For the record, I didn't really know him at all." He enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, from which he graduated in 1957.
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. ==Acting career== === 1960s: Early work === Hopkins made his first professional stage appearance in the Palace Theatre, Swansea, in 1960 with Swansea Little Theatre's production of Have a Cigarette.
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. ==Acting career== === 1960s: Early work === Hopkins made his first professional stage appearance in the Palace Theatre, Swansea, in 1960 with Swansea Little Theatre's production of Have a Cigarette.
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. In 1968, Hopkins got his break in The Lion in Winter playing Richard the Lionheart, a performance which saw him nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
These compositions include The Masque of Time, given its world premiere with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in October 2008, and Schizoid Salsa. === Albums === On 31 October 2011, André Rieu released an album including a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964, at the age of 26.
Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008. 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.
In 1965, after several years in repertory, he was spotted by Laurence Olivier, who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in London.
He was married to Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
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.
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.
He made his small-screen debut in a 1967 BBC broadcast of A Flea in Her Ear.
Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter.
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. In 1968, Hopkins got his break in The Lion in Winter playing Richard the Lionheart, a performance which saw him nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
He has a daughter, actress and singer Abigail Hopkins (born 20 August 1968), from his first marriage.
Although he continued in theatre (most notably at the National Theatre as Lambert Le Roux in Pravda by David Hare and Howard Brenton and as Antony in Antony and Cleopatra opposite Judi Dench as well as in the Broadway production of Peter Shaffer's Equus) he gradually moved away from it to become more established as a television and film actor. === 1970s=== Hopkins portrayed Charles Dickens in the BBC television film The Great Inimitable Mr.
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.
He had moved to the United States once before, during the late 1970s, to pursue his film career, but returned to London in the late 1980s.
In 1972 he starred as British politician David Lloyd George in Young Winston, and in 1977 he played British Army officer John Frost in the World War II-set film A Bridge Too Far.
He was married to Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace.
He was married to Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
He next met Burton in 1975 as Burton prepared to take over Hopkins' role as the psychiatrist in Peter Shaffer’s Equus, with Hopkins stating, "He was a phenomenal actor.
I don't care one way or the other." Hopkins is a recovering alcoholic; he has stayed sober since he stopped drinking just after Christmas 1975.
In 1972 he starred as British politician David Lloyd George in Young Winston, and in 1977 he played British Army officer John Frost in the World War II-set film A Bridge Too Far.
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. Making a name for himself as a screen actor, Hopkins collaborated with director Richard Attenborough in Young Winston (1972), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Magic (1978).
In 1978 he starred in Attenborough's next project, a psychological horror film Magic about a demonic ventriloquist's puppet which received critical acclaim with Gene Siskel adding it as one of the best films of the year. === 1980s === 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.
In 1978 he starred in Attenborough's next project, a psychological horror film Magic about a demonic ventriloquist's puppet which received critical acclaim with Gene Siskel adding it as one of the best films of the year. === 1980s === 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.
He had moved to the United States once before, during the late 1970s, to pursue his film career, but returned to London in the late 1980s.
That year he also starred opposite Shirley MacLaine in A Change of Seasons and famously didn't get along with MacLaine, adding "she was the most obnoxious actress I have ever worked with." The film was an immense box office and critical failure. In 1983, Hopkins also became a company member of The Mirror Theater Ltd's Repertory Company.
In 1984, he starred opposite Mel Gibson in The Bounty as William Bligh, captain of the Royal Navy ship , in a more accurate retelling of the mutiny on the Bounty.
In 1985 Hopkins starred opposite Colin Firth in the Arthur Schnitzler play The Lonely Road at The Old Vic.
He remained an enthusiastic member of the company and the Mirror's Producing Artistic Director Sabra Jones visited him in London in 1986 to discuss moving Pravda to New York from the National Theatre.
In 1986 he starred in David Hare’s production of King Lear, Hopkins' favourite Shakespeare play, at the National Theatre.
As it was I had to settle for being an actor." In 1986, he released a single called "Distant Star", which peaked at No.
But I think the less one shows the better." ==Acting credits== ==Awards and honours== Hopkins was appointed a CBE in 1987 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to the arts" at Buckingham Palace in 1993.
In 1988, he was awarded an honorary D.Litt.
Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter.
In 1989, Hopkins made his last stage performance in a West End production of M.
Butterfly. === 1990s === Hopkins won acclaim among critics and audiences as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress.
During the 1990s, Hopkins had the chance to work with Bart the Bear in two films: Legends of the Fall (1994) and The Edge (1997).
The album consists of nine of his original works and film scores, with one of the pieces titled "Margam" in tribute to his home town near Port Talbot in Wales. == Directing == 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.
However, he decided to return to the US following his 1990s success.
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.
Butterfly. === 1990s === Hopkins won acclaim among critics and audiences as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress.
In the 1991 restoration of Spartacus, he recreated the voice of his late mentor Laurence Olivier in a scene for which the soundtrack had been lost.
Hopkins played Professor Van Helsing in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). In 1992, Hopkins starred in Merchant-Ivory's period film based on the E.
degree and in 1992 received an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales, Lampeter.
He has also been a patron of RAPt (Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) since its early days and in 1992 helped open their first intensive drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit at Downview (HM Prison), a women's prison in Surrey, England. Hopkins is an admirer of the late Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper.
In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.
Lewis in the 1993 British biographical film Shadowlands, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
But I think the less one shows the better." ==Acting credits== ==Awards and honours== Hopkins was appointed a CBE in 1987 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to the arts" at Buckingham Palace in 1993.
In the same year, as part of the restoration process for the Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus, Hopkins was approached to re-record lines from a scene that was being added back to the film; this scene featured Laurence Olivier and Tony Curtis, with Hopkins recommended by Olivier's widow, Joan Plowright to perform her late husband's part thanks to his talent for mimicry. In 1995, he directed August, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya set in Wales.
Prior to the campaign, Hopkins authored Anthony Hopkins' Snowdonia, which was published in 1995.
He was made a freeman of his home town, Port Talbot, in 1996. Hopkins has also been honored with various life time achievement awards for his work in film and television.
In 1997, Hopkins narrated the BBC natural documentary series, Killing for a Living, which showed predatory behaviour in nature.
Hopkins served as the Honorary Patron of The New Heritage Theatre Company in Boise, Idaho from 1997 to 2007, participating in fundraising and marketing efforts for the repertory theatre. Hopkins contributed toward the refurbishment of a £2.3 million wing at his alma mater, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, named the Anthony Hopkins Centre.
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. ===2000s=== In 2000, Hopkins narrated Ron Howard's live action remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
His interview on the 1998 relaunch edition of the British TV talk show Parkinson featured an impersonation of comedian Tommy Cooper.
In 1998 he donated £1 million towards the £3 million needed to aid the Trust's efforts in purchasing parts of Snowdon.
It opened in 1999. Hopkins is a prominent member of environmental protection group Greenpeace and as of early 2008 featured in a television advertisement campaign, voicing concerns about Japan's continuing annual whale hunt.
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. ===2000s=== In 2000, Hopkins narrated Ron Howard's live action remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Retaining his British citizenship, he became a naturalised American citizen on 12 April 2000, with Hopkins stating: "I have dual citizenship; it just so happens I live in America". Hopkins has been married three times.
In a 2002 interview he stated, "I was a poor learner, which left me open to ridicule and gave me an inferiority complex.
He was married to Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008. 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.
The film received favourable reviews and was a box office hit. In 2003, Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In a 2003 poll conducted by Channel 4 Hopkins was ranked seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars. ===2010s === On 24 February 2010, it was announced that Hopkins had been cast in The Rite, which was released on 28 January 2011.
Hopkins has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.
He was married to Petronella Barker from 1966 to 1972, Jennifer Lynton from 1973 to 2002, and Stella Arroyave since 2003.
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. 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.
Hopkins stated that his role as Burt Munro, whom he portrayed in his 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian, was his favourite.
In 2006, Hopkins was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B.
In 2006, Gwyneth Paltrow presented him with the Golden Globe Cecil B.
In 2007, he announced he would retire temporarily from the screen to tour around the world.
His first screenplay, an experimental drama called Slipstream, which he also directed and scored, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.
Hopkins served as the Honorary Patron of The New Heritage Theatre Company in Boise, Idaho from 1997 to 2007, participating in fundraising and marketing efforts for the repertory theatre. Hopkins contributed toward the refurbishment of a £2.3 million wing at his alma mater, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, named the Anthony Hopkins Centre.
Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008. 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.
In 2008, he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can bestow.
These compositions include The Masque of Time, given its world premiere with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in October 2008, and Schizoid Salsa. === Albums === On 31 October 2011, André Rieu released an album including a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964, at the age of 26.
DeMille award In 2008, Richard Attenborough presented Hopkins with the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
In 2008, he embarked on a weight loss programme, and by 2010, he had lost 80 pounds.
It opened in 1999. Hopkins is a prominent member of environmental protection group Greenpeace and as of early 2008 featured in a television advertisement campaign, voicing concerns about Japan's continuing annual whale hunt.
On 23 February 2008, as patron of the Tommy Cooper Society, he unveiled a commemorative statue in the entertainer's home town of Caerphilly.
In a 2003 poll conducted by Channel 4 Hopkins was ranked seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars. ===2010s === On 24 February 2010, it was announced that Hopkins had been cast in The Rite, which was released on 28 January 2011.
In 2008, he embarked on a weight loss programme, and by 2010, he had lost 80 pounds.
In a 2003 poll conducted by Channel 4 Hopkins was ranked seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars. ===2010s === On 24 February 2010, it was announced that Hopkins had been cast in The Rite, which was released on 28 January 2011.
In 2011, Hopkins has said, "what I enjoy is uncertainty.
You don't know." On 21 September 2011, Peter R.
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, was released in 2015. Hopkins portrayed Odin, the Allfather or "king" of Asgard, in the 2011 film adaptation of Marvel Comics' Thor and would go on to reprise his role as Odin in The Dark World in 2013, and again in 2017's Ragnarok.
These compositions include The Masque of Time, given its world premiere with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in October 2008, and Schizoid Salsa. === Albums === On 31 October 2011, André Rieu released an album including a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964, at the age of 26.
I really didn't and am very grateful to the Academy and thank you." He also paid tribute to fellow nominee Chadwick Boseman, who had died the previous year. == Composing == === Single === 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.
Hopkins had never heard his composition, "And the Waltz Goes On", before it was premiered by Rieu's orchestra in Vienna; Rieu's album was given the same name as Hopkins' piece. In January 2012, Hopkins released an album of classical music, entitled Composer, performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and released on CD via the UK radio station Classic FM.
On Christmas Eve 2012, he celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary by having a blessing at a private service at St Davids Cathedral in St Davids.
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, was released in 2015. Hopkins portrayed Odin, the Allfather or "king" of Asgard, in the 2011 film adaptation of Marvel Comics' Thor and would go on to reprise his role as Odin in The Dark World in 2013, and again in 2017's Ragnarok.
In 2014, he portrayed Methuselah in Darren Aronofsky's Noah.
In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen.
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, was released in 2015. Hopkins portrayed Odin, the Allfather or "king" of Asgard, in the 2011 film adaptation of Marvel Comics' Thor and would go on to reprise his role as Odin in The Dark World in 2013, and again in 2017's Ragnarok.
Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in The Last Knight, which was released in June 2017. In October 2015, Hopkins appeared as Sir in a BBC Two production of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser, alongside Ian McKellen, Edward Fox and Emily Watson.
In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. ==Early life and education == Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in the Margam suburb of Port Talbot on 31 December 1937, the son of Annie Muriel (née Yeates) and baker Richard Arthur Hopkins.
We got on so well and I suddenly felt at home, as though that lack of belonging was all in my imagination, all in my vanity". 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.
An overawed Spielberg couldn't bring himself to call Hopkins "Tony", and insisted on addressing him as Sir Anthony throughout the shoot. In a 2016 interview with the Radio Times, Hopkins spoke of his ability to frighten people since he was a boy growing up in Port Talbot, Wales.
Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, was released in 2015. Hopkins portrayed Odin, the Allfather or "king" of Asgard, in the 2011 film adaptation of Marvel Comics' Thor and would go on to reprise his role as Odin in The Dark World in 2013, and again in 2017's Ragnarok.
Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in The Last Knight, which was released in June 2017. In October 2015, Hopkins appeared as Sir in a BBC Two production of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser, alongside Ian McKellen, Edward Fox and Emily Watson.
In January 2017, in an interview with The Desert Sun, Hopkins reported that he had been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, but that he was "high end".
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. ==Early life and education == Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in the Margam suburb of Port Talbot on 31 December 1937, the son of Annie Muriel (née Yeates) and baker Richard Arthur Hopkins.
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.
Hopkins starred as Lear in the 2018 television film King Lear acting alongside Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, and Jim Broadbent which was broadcast on BBC Two on 28 May 2018.
Hopkins received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance. In 2019, Hopkins portrayed Pope Benedict XVI opposite Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis in Fernando Meirelles's The Two Popes.
In August 2019, the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim.
The film started streaming on December 20, 2019, by Netflix.
The performances of Pryce and Hopkins, as well as McCarten's screenplay, received high praise from critics, and all three men received nominations for their work at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and British Academy Film Awards. === 2020s=== In 2020, Hopkins played a man struggling with his memory in The Father.
The Father was released on 18 December 2020 by Sony Pictures Classics.
I think because I asked for help, which is a form of prayer." In January 2020, when asked if he was still agnostic, he responded, "Agnosticism is a bit strange.
In 2021, Hopkins won the Oscar for the Best Actor for The Father.
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