Actor

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Born December 31, 1937 (88 years old)

Birthplace Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Gender Male

Primary Focus Acting

Entertainment Industry Veteran • 1991

Anthony Hopkins

Celebrated for Actor & Distinctive Filmmaking

Total Titles 1

Avg Rating ★ 8.6

Lead Genre Drama

Career Span 1991

Anthony Hopkins Biography & Career Overview

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE is a two-time Academy Award-winning Welsh actor widely celebrated as one of the greatest and most versatile screen and stage performers of all time. Trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre, Hopkins achieved worldwide pop-culture immortality for his bone-chilling, brilliant portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme's psychological horror masterpiece The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Despite appearing on screen for only sixteen minutes, Hopkins won the Academy Award for Best Actor and created one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, later reprising the role in Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). In 2021, at age 83, Hopkins won his second Best Actor Oscar for his devastating, emotionally shattering portrayal of an elderly man succumbing to dementia in Florian Zeller's The Father, becoming the oldest acting Oscar winner in history. His illustrious body of work features acclaimed performances in The Remains of the Day, Nixon, Amistad, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Two Popes, Marvel's Thor franchise as King Odin, and HBO's landmark sci-fi series Westworld as Dr. Robert Ford. Hopkins is an undeniable acting titan whose presence commands absolute reverence.

Known For Highlights

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 ★ 8.6

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Anthony Hopkins at a Glance

Instant answers for Anthony Hopkins's place of birth, debut movie, hit movies list, and total movie count.

Birth Place & Origin

Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Where was Anthony Hopkins born? Born in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK on December 31, 1937.

Debut Movie (First Project)

The Silence of the Lambs

What was Anthony Hopkins's debut movie? Their earliest cataloged film was The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Hit Movies & Top Works

The Silence of the Lambs

What are Anthony Hopkins's hit movies? Top-rated masterpieces include The Silence of the Lambs.

Total Movies Count

1 Total Credits

How many total movies has Anthony Hopkins done? Catalog contains 1 movies and 0 series spanning 1991.

Chronological Archive

Anthony Hopkins Movies List & Filmography Timeline

Complete movies list, hit titles, and career trajectory of Anthony Hopkins arranged chronologically across all credited departments.

Career Span

1991

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Highest Rated

The Silence of the Lambs

★ 8.6 / 10 Masterpiece

Cumulative Gross

$273M

Lifetime Worldwide

Archive Scope

1 Verified Works

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Frequently Asked Questions: Anthony Hopkins

Instant answers for Anthony Hopkins's place of birth, debut movie, biography, hit movies list, and total movie count.

Anthony Hopkins is a celebrated actor renowned for landmark projects including The Silence of the Lambs. Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE is a two-time Academy Award-winning Welsh actor widely celebrated as one of the greatest and most versatile screen and stage performers of all time. On TonightOnScreen, Anthony Hopkins maintains an average critical rating of 8.6/10 across their filmography.

Anthony Hopkins was born in Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK on December 31, 1937 (currently 88 years old). Their place of birth and early upbringing provided the cultural foundation for an acclaimed cinema career spanning 1991.

Anthony Hopkins's official debut movie (first cataloged project) is The Silence of the Lambs, released in 1991 as Actor. This project launched their career timeline in the industry.

Anthony Hopkins's highest-rated project on TonightOnScreen is The Silence of the Lambs with a stellar rating of 8.6/10. Other blockbuster hit movies and critically acclaimed works include The Silence of the Lambs (8.6★).

Anthony Hopkins has worked on 1 total cataloged titles on TonightOnScreen spanning 1991, featuring 1 feature movies and 0 series (1 acting). Their most frequent genre is Drama.

You can explore Anthony Hopkins's complete movies list and filmography on TonightOnScreen. The interactive career timeline allows fans to filter their film roster by decade, view character roles, and inspect curator ratings.

Theatrical releases featuring Anthony Hopkins have generated over $272.7 million at the global box office, led by the worldwide blockbuster success of The Silence of the Lambs ($272.7M).