Actor Anthony Hopkins full name was Philip Anthony Hopkins. He was a Welsh actor, director and producer. He was one of Britain’s most recognizable and high-profile actors. He mostly known for his performances on screen and stage.
Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in the Margam district of Port Talbot. He was the son of Annie Muriel (Mother) and baker Richard Arthur Hopkins (Father).
In Anthony Hopkins career he received numerous accolades, including 2 Academy Awards, 4 BAFTA Awards, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Olivier Award.
Anthony Hopkins received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005. The BAFTA Fellowship for his lifetime achievement in 2008. In the year 1993, Anthony Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama.
Anthony Hopkins has stated that his father’s working-class values would always influence his life. He was not interested to study well in his school. He always preferred to immerse himself in artistic pursuits such as painting, drawing or playing the piano rather than attend to his studies.
Anthony Hopkins’ parents sent him to Jones West Monmouth Boys School in Pontypool in the year of 1949 to instill discipline. He remained there for 5 terms before attending Cowbridge Grammar School in the Vale of Glamorgan.
After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Actor Anthony Hopkins was inspired by fellow Welsh actor Richard Burton, whom he met at the age of 15.
2 years Anthony Hopkins served in the British Army for national service between the years of 1958 and 1960.
Anthony Hopkins became a naturalized American citizen on April 12, 2000, while retaining his British citizenship.
Anthony Hopkins got 1st married with the actress Petronella Barker. They are married in the year of 1966 & divorced in the year of 1972.
Anthony Hopkins 2nd life partner name is actress Jennifer Lynton. They are married in the year of 1973 & divorced in the year of 2002.
Finally Anthony Hopkins married with actress Stella Arroyave in the year of 2003.
Anthony Hopkins was spotted by actor Laurence Olivier. He was invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in the year of 1965.
Productions at the National included “King Lear,” one of Hopkins’ favorite Shakespeare plays, as well as “Coriolanus,” “Macbeth,” and “Anthony and Cleopatra.”
Anthony Hopkins received great acclaim a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in the David Hare “Pravda” (Play). In the year 1989, his last stage play was the West End production of “M. Butterfly”.
Anthony Hopkins films included “The Lion in Winter” in 1968, “A Bridge Too Far” in 1977, and “The Elephant Man” in 1980.
Hopkins won 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor for “The Silence of the Lambs” in the year of 1991 and “The Father” in the year of 2020.
Anthony Hopkins was the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date.
Hopkins’ other Oscar-nominated films include “The Remains of the Day” in 1993, “Nixon” in 1995, “Amistad” in 1997, and “The Two Popes” in 2019.
Anthony Hopkins notable films are “84 Charing Cross Road” in 1987, “Howards End” in 1992, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” in 1992, “Shadowlands” in 1993, “Legends of the Fall” in 1994, “The Mask of Zorro” in 1998 etc.
Hopkins reprised his role as Hannibal Lecter in “Hannibal” in 2001 and “Red Dragon” in 2002.
Anthony Hopkins made his television debut with the BBC in the year of 1967. He was awarded a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal in “War and Peace.”
Anthony Hopkins received 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding actor in a Drama Series for “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case” in 1976 and “The Bunker” in 1981.
Hopkins other notable projects include the BBC film “The Dresser” in 2015, PBS’s “King Lear” in 2018, and the HBO series “Westworld” from 2016 to 2018. For this he received another Primetime Emmy nomination.
