Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins has been acting since 1960. Between then and the 1970s, he appeared in the films The Lion in Winter (1968), Hamlet (1969), Young Winston (1972), Audrey Rose (1977) and playing Col. Frost in A Bridge Too Far (1977). In the 1980s, he had a starring role in the 1980 film The Elephant Man as Dr. Frederick Treves and in the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road.

In 1991, he was cast in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, a role he played again in both Hannibal (2001) and the prequel Red Dragon (2002). Other notable roles he had during the 1990s were Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Chaplin (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt (1994), The Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas (1998), and Meet Joe Black again with Pitt (1998).

The 2000s saw him in the films The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Fracture (2007), The Wolfman (2010), and The Rite (2011). In 2011 he co-starred with Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god Odin in the Marvel Studios film Thor (2011), then again for its 2013 sequel and the third film in 2017. Also in 2017, Hopkins played the role of Sir Edmund Burton, the last living member of the Order of the Witwiccans, in Transformers: The Last Knight.

Hopkins has had numerous roles where he plays real life people including Richard Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), C. S. "Jack" Lewis in Shadowlands (1993), Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in The Road to Wellville (1994), Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995), Pablo Picasso in Surviving Picasso (1996), John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997), Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock (2012), and Pope Benedict XVI in The Two Popes (2019). For his roles in Nixon and Amistad he was nominated for an Academy Award.

His television work includes appearances in Department S (1969), QB VII (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), Hollywood Wives (1985), and Great Expectations (1991). In 2015, he starred in the BBC television film The Dresser, and from 2016 to 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld.

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1967 Brechtian Short film 1968 Richard 1969 Hamlet Claudius 1970 Avery 1971 When Eight Bells Toll 1972 Young Winston 1973 1974 Kostya Juggernaut 1977 Audrey Rose 1978 Magic Charles "Corky" Withers / Voice of Fats International Velvet 1980 1984 1985 1987 84 Charing Cross Road 1988 1989 1990 Desperate Hours Dylan Thomas: Return Journey Introducer Also director 1991 1992 Freejack Spotswood Howards End Bram Stoker's Dracula Chaplin 1993 Shadowlands 1994 Legends of the Fall 1995 Nixon 1996 August Also director Surviving Picasso 1997 Amistad 1998 Meet Joe Black 1999 Instinct Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box Narrator (voice) Titus 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Uncredited cameo How the Grinch Stole Christmas (voice) 2001 Hannibal Hearts in Atlantis 2002 Bad Company Red Dragon 2003 2004 Alexander Ptolemy I Soter 2005 Proof Robert 2006 Bobby John Also executive producer All the King's Men 2007 Shortcut to Happiness Slipstream Also director and writer Fracture Beowulf Hrothgar Motion capture 2008 Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story Narrator (voice) Documentary Immutable Dream of Snow Lion Short film 2009 2010 Short film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2011 Father Lucas Thor Odin 360 John 2012 Hitchcock 2013 Red 2 Thor: The Dark World Odin 2014 Noah Methuselah 2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Solace Also executive producer Blackway Lester Also producer 2016 Misconduct Collide 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Thor: Ragnarok Odin 2019 Pope Benedict XVI Where Are You Thomas Yorke 2020 Elyse Also producer and composer 2021 Zero Contact 2022 Armageddon Time 2023 One Life Freud's Last Session Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of FireJimmy (voice) 2024 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Mary King Herod 2025 Locked William David Yarovesky, Christopher Leone, Sergio Navarretta Titles Tapped for Toronto Film Festival Sales Market 2026 Luca Antonelli Post-production 2027 Post-productionCosmo Jarvis, James Norton, Paddy Considine & Pip Torrens Round Out Cast Of Guy Ritchie's 'Wife & Dog' – EFM Dr. Addis Post-production Lord DeWithers Filming

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes 1965 Episode: "A Minor Operation" 1967 Television film 1969 Department S Episode: "A Small War of Nerves" ITV Sunday Night Drama Arnold Episode: "A Walk Through the Forest" 1970 Television film Danton Television film Play of the Month Astrov Episode: "Uncle Vanya" 1970, 1974 Play for Today Bob / Alexander Tashkov 2 episodes 1971 Great Performances Episode: "The Arcata Promise" 1972–1973 War and Peace 17 episodes 1972 Poet Game Television film 1973 The Edwardians Television miniseries; episode "Lloyd George" Black and Blue Hi Episode: "The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family" 1974 QB VII 3 episodes Possessions Dando Television film 1975 All Creatures Great and Small Television film 1976 Dark Victory Television film Television film Victory at Entebbe Television film 1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure Television film 1981 Television film Peter and Paul Paul of Tarsus Television film Othello Othello Television film Little Eyolf Afred Allmers Television play 1982 Quasimodo Television film 1983 4 episodes 1984 Strangers and Brothers 2 episodes Arch of Triumph Television film 1985 Hollywood Wives 3 episodes Guilty Conscience Television film Mussolini and I Count Television film 1987, 1993 Screen Two / Unnamed role 2 episodes 1988 Across the Lake Television film Television film 1989 Heartland Jack The Play on One BBC series episode Great Expectations 4 episodes 1991 One Man's War Television film To Be the Best Television film 1993 Selected Exits Television film 2007 American Masters Narrator (voice) Episode: "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends" 2015 Sir Television film 2016–2018 Westworld 17 episodes 2018 King Lear Lear Television film 2021 Mythic Quest Narrator (voice) Episode: "Everlight" 2024 Those About to Die Vespasian 7 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role(s) Venue 1964 Julius Caesar Metellus Cimber Royal Court Theatre 1966 A Provincial Life Boris Ivanov Blagovo A Flea in Her Ear Etienne Plucheux The Old Vic Juno and the Paycock Irregular Mobilizer 1967 The Three Sisters Andrei As You Like It Audrey 1971 The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria The Emperor A Woman Killed with Kindness Master John Frankford Coriolanus Coriolanus 1972 Macbeth Macbeth The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Chichester Festival Theatre 1974 Equus Dr. Martin Dysart Plymouth Theatre, Broadway 1977 Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles 1979 The Tempest Prospero Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 1981 The Arcata Promise Theo Gunge Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 1984 Old Times Deeley Roundabout Theatre Company, New York 1985 The Lonely Road Julian Fichtner The Old Vic Pravda Lambert Le Roux Royal National Theatre 1986 King Lear Lear 1987 Antony and Cleopatra Antony 1989 M. Butterfly Rene Gallimard Shaftesbury Theatre, West End2022AwakeningNarrator (voice)Awakening Theater, Wynn Las Vegas

Music videos Year Title Artist 2016 "I Forgive It All" Mudcrutch

See also List of awards and nominations received by Anthony Hopkins

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