Anthony Hopkins

1937-

Biography: life and films

Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor. He was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK on 31st December 1937.

His best films as an actor include Anthony Harvey's The Lion in Winter (1968), David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1980), David Hugh Jones's 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), James Ivory's The Remains of the Day (1993) and Scott Goldstein's Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (2008), and whose best work as a film director include Dylan Thomas: Return Journey (1990), August (1996) and Slipstream (2007).

Anthony Hopkins has so far appeared in 69 films, supplied the music for 3 films, directed 3 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Attenborough (5 films), James Ivory (4), Roger Donaldson (2), Oliver Stone (2), Joe Johnston (2) and David Hugh Jones (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (45 films), Thriller (21), romance (14), Biography (12), history (8), Fantasy (8), crime-thriller (7), War (7), Horror (7), comedy-drama (6), comedy-romance (5), comedy (5), comedy-thriller (2) and Western (2).

Our average rating for Anthony Hopkins over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; m = musician; w = writer

The Lion in Winter (1968) [a]

Hamlet (1969) [a]

The Looking Glass War (1969) [a]

When Eight Bells Toll (1971) [a]

Young Winston (1972) [a]

Juggernaut (1974) [a]

The Girl from Petrovka (1974) [a]

A Bridge Too Far (1977) [a]

Audrey Rose (1977) [a]

International Velvet (1978) [a]

Magic (1978) [a]

A Change of Seasons (1980) [a]

The Elephant Man (1980) [a]

Othello [TV] (1981) [a]

The Bounty (1984) [a]

The Good Father (1985) [a]

84 Charing Cross Road (1987) [a]

A Chorus of Disapproval (1988) [a]

The Dawning (1988) [a]

Desperate Hours (1990) [a]

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey (1990) [d,m]

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) [a]

Chaplin (1992) [a]

Dracula (1992) [a]

Freejack (1992) [a]

Howards End (1992) [a]

Spotswood (1992) [a]

Shadowlands (1993) [a]

The Innocent (1993) [a]

The Remains of the Day (1993) [a]

The Trial (1993) [a]

Legends of the Fall (1994) [a]

The Road to Wellville (1994) [a]

Nixon (1995) [a]

August (1996) [a,d,m]

Surviving Picasso (1996) [a]

Amistad (1997) [a]

The Edge (1997) [a]

Meet Joe Black (1998) [a]

The Mask of Zorro (1998) [a]

Instinct (1999) [a]

Titus (1999) [a]

Hannibal (2001) [a]

Hearts in Atlantis (2001) [a]

Bad Company (2002) [a]

Red Dragon (2002) [a]

The Human Stain (2003) [a]

Alexander (2004) [a]

The Devil and Daniel Webster (2004) [a]

Proof (2005) [a]

The World's Fastest Indian (2005) [a]

All the King's Men (2006) [a]

Bobby (2006) [a]

Beowulf (2007) [a]

Fracture (2007) [a]

Slipstream (2007) [a,d,w,m]

The City of Your Final Destination (2007) [a]

Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (2008) [a]

Bare Knuckles (2009) [a]

The Wolf Man (2009) [a]

The Wolfman (2010) [a]

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) [a]

360 (2011) [a]

The Rite (2011) [a]

Thor (2011) [a]

Hitchcock (2012) [a]

Red 2 (2013) [a]

Noah (2014) [a]

Go with Me (2015) [a]

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) [a]



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