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Anthony Hopkins - Biography

Academy Award® winner, Anthony Hopkins, is one of the most celebrated actors of our time. He has provided some of the most memorable performances in film today. Hannibal, in which he reprised his role as Dr. Hannibal ŒThe Cannibal¹ Lector, broke box office records as the largest R-Rated opening of all time and the third highest grossing opening in box office history.

Hopkins received the Academy Award® for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, and was subsequently nominated in the same category for his performances in The Remains of the Day (1993) and Nixon (1995). He was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Amistad a Stephen Spielberg film. Richard Attenborough¹s Shadowlands, in which Hopkins starred opposite Debra Winger also, won numerous awards in the U.S. and Britain.

His other most memorable roles in films include: Meet Joe Black, Instinct, The Edge, The Mask of Zorro, Howard¹s End, Bram Stoker¹s Dracula, Uncle Vanya, and the list goes on. His earlier works include The Elephant Man, A Bridge too Far, The Bounty, and Desperate Hours. Hopkin¹s made his film debut in 1967, playing Richard the Lionheart in Lion in the Winter, opposite Peter O¹Toole and Katherine Hepburn. The film received the Academy Award® for Best Picture and he received a British Academy Award nomination for his role in the film.

Hopkin¹s most recent works include Hearts of Atlantis and the narration for the mega hit comedy Dr. Suess¹ How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Born and raised in Margum, near Port Talbot Wales, Hopkins became a U.S. Citizen in the summer of 2000.