Anthony Hopkins
Hopkins repeated his Oscar winning role of Hannibal Lecter in Ridley Scott's blockbuster Hannibal as well as Brett Ratner's successful prequel Red Dragon. He also recorded the narration for the 2000 holiday season's hit film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
In 1998, he starred in Meet Joe Black, Instinct, Titus and The Mask of Zorro. In 1992 he appeared in Howard's End and Bram Stoker's Dracula before starring in Legends of the Fall and The Road to Wellville. He made his directorial debut in 1995 with August, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya for which he composed the musical score and also played Vanya. He starred in the title role of Surviving Picasso and with Alec Baldwin in The Edge, written by David Mamet and directed by Lee Tamahori. Among his recent films are also Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis, Bad Company, The Human Stain, Proof and The World's Fastest Indian.
Earlier films include 84 Charing Cross Road, The Elephant Man, Magic and A Bridge Too Far. The Bounty and Desperate Hours were his first two collaborations with Dino De Laurentis Company. On American television, he received two Emmy Awards for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) in which he portrayed Bruno Hauptmann, and The Bunker in which he portrayed Adolph Hitler. American television viewers earlier discovered Hopkins in the 1973 ABC production of Leon Uris' QB VII, the first American mini-series.
Hopkins made his film debut in 1967, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn, garnering a British Academy Award nomination.
Anthony Hopkins Facts
| Birth Name | Philip Anthony Hopkins |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | December 31, 1937 (72) |
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Birthplace | Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5' 8½" (1m74) |
| Awards | 1994 BAFTA Awards: Actor in a Leading Role (for Shadowlands) |
| 1992 Academy Awards: Best Actor (for The Silence of the Lambs) | |
| 1992 BAFTA Awards: Actor in a Leading Role (for The Silence of the Lambs) |