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Biography

After a brilliant career on stage and film, Anthony Hopkins finally received wide public recognition-and genuine movie stardom-in the unlikely but compelling role of…more

Born

12/31/1937, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Birth Name

Philip Anthony Hopkins

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
  Henry Chadwick
- War and Peace
  Pierre Bezukhov
  - S 1: Ep 12 Fortunes of War
    12/16/72
  - S 1: Ep 2 Sounds of War
    10/7/72
- War and Peace
  Pierre
  - S 1: Ep 1 Name Day
    9/30/72
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 86 Show #2499
    1/23/06
  - S 8: Ep 92 Show #1550
    2/5/01
  - S 6: Ep 41 Show #1106
    11/2/98
  - S 5: Ep 182 Show #1044
    7/16/98
  - S 5: Ep 59 Show #0921
    12/10/97
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (58)

Role
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 43 Episode #5.043
    10/24/11
  - S 5: Ep 41 Episode #5.041
    10/21/11
  - S 4: Ep 106 Episode #4.106
    1/6/11
  - S 4: Ep 47 Episode #4.047
    10/29/10
  - S 4: Ep 31 Episode #4.031
    10/11/10
  - + 1 More Credits
- Piers Morgan Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 15 February 5, 2011 - Anthony Hopkins
    2/5/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 90 January 24, 2011
    1/24/11
  - S 20: Ep 33 October 17, 2007
    10/17/07
  - S 19: Ep 141 April 19, 2007
    4/19/07
  - S 18: Ep 91 January 24, 2006
    1/24/06
  - S 18: Ep 10 September 16, 2005
    9/16/05
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Andrew Marr Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 23 21st February, 2010
    2/21/10
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 62 November 15, 2007
    11/15/07
  - S 4: Ep 61 November 14, 2007
    11/14/07
  - S 3: Ep 66 April 18, 2007
    4/18/07
  - S 3: Ep 64 April 16, 2007
    4/16/07
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 10 Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jimmy Carr, Katy Brand, Foo Fighters.
    11/9/07
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 34 Anthony Hopkins/Yvonne Strahovski/Barry Manilow
    11/1/07
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 35 Marie Fodale, Andrew Talkish, Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Scherzinger
    10/24/07
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 31 Anthony Hopkins, Joe Buck, Mute Math
    10/17/07
  - S 13: Ep 72 Anthony Hopkins, Piper Perabo, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
    1/24/06
- Inside the Actors Studio
  himself
  - S 13: Ep 12 Anthony Hopkins (II)
    10/15/07
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 56: Ep 78 April 18, 2007
    4/18/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 189 Anthony Hopkins; Rose McGowan; Good Charlotte
    4/9/07
  - S 14: Ep 114 Show #3058
    12/12/05
- At The Movies
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 15th March, 2006
    3/15/06
- GMTV Today
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 50 Friday 10th March
    3/10/06
- GMTV
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 86 Friday 10th March
    3/10/06
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 3: Ep 16 Anthony Hopkins
    2/5/06
  - S 1: Ep 20 Oscars 2004
    2/29/04
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 13 Anthony Hopkins
    1/25/06
  - S 8: Ep 48 Anthony Hopkins
    10/23/03
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 2 Lance Armstrong and a Special Tribute to Luther Vandross with Usher and Patti Labelle
    9/20/05
- The Directors
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 27 Jonathan Demme
    10/4/03
- Liza and David
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Wedding
    10/15/02
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 13 Anthony Hopkins, David Alan Grier, Naked Trucker
    10/1/02
- Omnibus (UK)
  Interviewee
  - S 36: Ep 11 Anthony Hopkins: A Taste For Hannibal
    7/3/02
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 13 When Larry Met Joan
    11/3/01
  - S 35: Ep 9 Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
    3/31/01
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 73: Ep 1 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/01
  - S 68: Ep 1 The 68th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/96
  - S 67: Ep 1 The 67th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/95
  - S 66: Ep 1 The 66th Annual Academy Awards
    3/21/94
  - S 65: Ep 1 The 65th Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/93
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 108 Show #920
    2/8/01
  - S 3: Ep 46 Show #477
    11/9/98
  - S 2: Ep 60 Show #302
    12/9/97
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 26: Ep 1 The 26th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/9/00
  - S 22: Ep 1 The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards
    3/10/96
  - S 20: Ep 1 The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/94
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 Alan Davies, Anthony Hopkins
    12/3/98
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 Anthony Hopkins
    7/19/98
- Parkinson (1998)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Paul Merton, Barry Manilow, Anthony Hopkins
    1/9/98
- This Morning
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 9 Tuesday 9th January 1997
    1/9/97
- Heroes of Comedy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Tommy Cooper
    10/13/95
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 193 August 4, 1992
    8/4/92
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 11 Anthony Hopkins, Patricia Routledge, Shaun Young
    4/4/92
  - S 8: Ep 2 Clive Anderson, Catherine Deneuve, Anthony Hopkins
    1/19/91
  - S 3: Ep 1 Britt Ekland, Anthony Hopkins, Mel Smith.
    1/11/86
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 15 Show #1599
    2/26/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 29: Ep 81 Show #4311
    3/19/91
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 106 March 1, 1991
    3/1/91
- Omnibus (UK)
  Introduction
  - S 23: Ep 1 Laurence Olivier 1907-1989: A Tribute
    7/14/89
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Jean Louis Chavel
  - S 38: Ep 1 The Tenth Man
    12/4/88
- Play of the Month
  Alfred Allmers
  - S 15: Ep 3 Little Eyolf
    7/19/82
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Quasimodo
  - S 31: Ep 2 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    2/4/82
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Othello
  - S 1: Ep 19 Othello
    10/4/81
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 194 August 7, 1979
    8/7/79
  - S 17: Ep 54 Week of December 4, 1978
    12/4/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 185 June 15, 1979
    6/15/79
  - S 5: Ep 35 October 31, 1978
    10/31/78
- Over Easy
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 43 January 10, 1979
    1/10/79
- Play of the Month
  Edmund Kean
  - S 14: Ep 1 Kean
    11/26/78
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 2 Film 78 Episode 2
    2/12/78
  - S 2: Ep 8 Film '73 Episode 8
    4/17/73
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Siegfried
  - S 26: Ep 5 All Creatures Great and Small
    3/29/77
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Siegfried Farnon
  - S 24: Ep 3 All Creatures Great and Small
    2/4/75
- Omnibus (UK)
  Marek
  - S 8: Ep 34 Find Me
    12/8/74
- Play for Today
  Alexander Tashkov
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Childhood Friend
    6/27/74
- Black and Blue
  Hi
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Middle-Of-The-Road Roadshow For All The Family
    8/21/73
- Hollywood Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Post Game
    4/6/71
- Play for Today
  Bob
  - S 1: Ep 8 Hearts and Flowers
    12/3/70
- Play of the Month
  Astrov
  - S 6: Ep 3 Uncle Vanya
    11/8/70
- Department S
  Greg Halliday
  - S 1: Ep 26 A Small War of Nerves
    3/3/70
- Play of the Month
  Andrei
  - S 5: Ep 4 Three Sisters
    1/18/70
- The Man in Room 17
  Dr Harding
  - S 1: Ep 8 A Minor Operation
    7/30/65

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Trivia
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- In 2008, Sir Anthony was featured in a show by photographer Simon Annand. The pictures included in the exhibition are of the 30 minutes before an actor steps on the stage in theatres.
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- In a poll conducted for Virgin media by Onepoll.com, fellow actors Sir Sean Connery and Sir Anthony Hopkins were voted Britain's favourite actor.
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- In 1996, 1998, and 2007, Anthony Hopkins was nominated for SAG Awards. In 1996, Anthony was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Nixon. In 1998, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role" for Amadeus. In 2007, he was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture" for Bobby.
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Quotes
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- Anthony: I was in North London, I remember, doing a play, and the news came through that Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. I thought, 'The world has completely gone insane.'
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- Anthony: I said, 'I can't play Nixon. I'm not an American'.
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- Anthony: (on working with Gwyneth Paltrow) I was so glad that I did it (the film). I think it was probably one of those more satisfying films to be in. Working with Gwyneth is, I think, one of the greatest experiences because she's a spectacularly good actress.
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