Anthony Hopkins

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Anthony Hopkins is considered to be one of the greatest actors ever

Dec 31, 1937

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: December 31, 1937
  • Nationality: British, American, Welsh
  • Famous: Alcoholics, Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, ISFJ, ISTJ
  • Spouses: Stella Arroyave, Jennifer Lynton
  • Known as: Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins
  • Childrens: Abigail Hopkins
  • Universities:
    • Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art
    • Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School
    • Cowbridge Grammar School

Anthony Hopkins born at

Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales

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Birth Place

Anthony Hopkins is the son of Richard Hopkins, a baker and his wife Muriel Anne. Growing up he was very close to his grandfather.

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Childhood & Early Life

He was dyslexic. He liked to paint and play the piano but was not interested in studies.

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Childhood & Early Life

His parents sent him to West Monmouth Boys School in 1949 to teach him some discipline. But he left the school after some months and continued his education at Cowbridge Grammar School.

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Childhood & Early Life

A chance meeting with Welsh actor Richard Burton made him realize his interest in acting, and he enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. He graduated in 1957.

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Childhood & Early Life

He served in the British Army for two years and went to London where he attended The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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Childhood & Early Life

He began his career in 1960 with the play ‘Have a Cigarette’ produced by the Palace Theatre, Swansea.

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Career

The celebrated British actor Sir Laurence Olivier recognized the potential of the young man and took him as an understudy at the Royal National Theatre in 1965.

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Career

He was having a successful time at the theatre, but soon got bored of the monotony. He desired to break into the world of television and films and acted in the televised broadcast of the play ‘A Flea in Her Ear’ in 1967.

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Career

He made his film debut as Richard the Lionheart in ‘The Lion in Winter’ in 1968. The movie was a huge success.

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Career

His performance got him noticed, and he received many movie offers. He appeared in three movies within the year 1969: ‘The Looking Glass War’, ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Department S’.

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Career

He is critically acclaimed for his role of the cold blooded serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the multiple Academy award winning film ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991). His character in the movie is considered the number one film villain of all times.

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Major Works

In the 1993 biographical movie ‘Shadowlands’, he was appreciated for his sensitive and poignant portrayal of the Oxford academic C.S.Lewis. This film earned him the BAFTA Award fro Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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Major Works

His award winning portrayal of the New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro in the biographical movie ‘The World’s fastest Indian’ (2005) is one of his personal favourites.

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Major Works