Sir Anthony Hopkins

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.

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.

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.

Anthony resides in the Pacific Palisades area of LA. In April 2000 he took out dual citizenship with America.

After graduating from the Cardiff College of Music and Drama, Anthony was called for National Service in 1958.

Anthony's father ran a bakery business, 'A. R. Hopkins and Son' in Port Talbot.

Anthony won the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2006.

In 1998, Anthony received the ShoWest Award for Actor of the Year at the ShoWest Convention, USA.

In 2002, Anthony received the Master Screen Artist Tribute at the USA Film Festival.

In 1994, Anthony won the SEFCA Award for Best Actor for his role in The Remains of the Day.

In 2003, Anthony received his Star on the Walk of Fame. It's located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 1995, Anthony won the Bronze Wrangler Award for Theatrical Motion Picture for the film Legends of the Fall.

In 1992, Anthony won a Saturn Award for Best Actor for The Silence of the Lambs.

Anthony appeared in a TV commercial (voiceover) for Agilent Technologies in 1999.

In 1992, Anthony narrated Jeff Wayne's musical version of Spartacus on a double-album.

Anthony appeared in a TV commercial for Barclays Bank in 2000.

In 2000, Anthony received $5,000,000 for his role in the film Mission: Impossible II.

Anthony earned $15,000,000 for his appearance in the film Hannibal.

In 2002, Anthony earned $20,000,000 for his appearance in Red Dragon.

Anthony is a Member of the RADA Council.

Anthony is related to the poet William Butler Yeats on his mother's side of the family.

Anthony is a noted piano virtuoso.

Anthony is often compared with fellow Welshman Richard Burton.

Anthony's parents were Richard Arthur and Muriel Hopkins.

Anthony is 5'8½" tall.

Anthony has been nominated for 6 Golden Globes as of 1998, but has never won.

Anthony volunteers at the Ruskins School of Acting in Santa Monica, California, where he teaches everything from Shakespeare to scenes, theory, and monologues.

Anthony received his Academy Award for The Silence of the Lambs eleven years to day of his father's death.

Anthony passed on the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Anthony became a U.S. citizen on April 12, 2000, but is allowed to retain his British knighthood and the title of Sir.

One of Anthony's greatest pleasures in past years on his frequent visits to the USA, was to get in a car and drive across the country, enjoying its immensity as well as his own anonymity.

In the 1991 restoration of Spartacus, scenes were reintroduced which had been cut from the picture's 1967 reissue. One such segment has Laurence Olivier, in the role of Marcus Crassus, attempting to seduce the slave Antoninus (played by Tony Curtis). But the original soundtrack for this segment had become lost. And so, Olivier having died in 1989, Anthony Hopkins imitated the voice of Olivier (whom Hopkins had understudied at the Old Vic) for the scene's re-created soundtrack. (The surviving Tony Curtis presumably supplied his own voice.)

Anthony conquered his alcoholic addiction in 1975.

Anthony was knighted in the 1993 New Year Honors List.

Anthony received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Wales on July 16, 1988.

Anthony was awarded Commander, Order of the British Empire in 1987.

Anthony is proud of his improvisational touches as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, such as: the unnerving effect on Jodie Foster when he mocked her character's West Virginia accent; the distorion of the word "chianti" and the vile slurping sound he makes after he describes eating the "census-taker." Hopkins also notes that Hannibal never blinked his eyes when he spoke.

Anthony has been married twice: Petronella Barker (1968-1972), and Jennifer Lynton (Jan. 13, 1973-April 30, 2002). He has one daughter, Abigail, with Barker.