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<html> <head> <title>Anthony Hopkins</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/005/000023933/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Anthony Hopkins<img src="hopkins20.jpg" height=336 width=268 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Anthony Hopkins">AKA Philip Anthony HopkinsBorn: <a href="/lists/883/000106565/" class=proflink>31-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/936/000105621/" class=proflink>1937</a> Birthplace: Port Talbot, Wales Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: Hannibal LecterMilitary service: British Army"A. R. Hopkins and Son" was a bakery in the South Wales town of Port Talbot, and Anthony Hopkins was the "Son" on the sign, but he had little interest in baked goods. He was a poor student, dyslexic and often in trouble for his wandering attention in class. He knew he wanted to be an actor from his first appearance on stage, in local YMCA productions in his teens. And he remembers well the day a regular customer at the bakery brought her brother -- <a href="/people/260/000032164/">Richard Burton</a> -- into the shop for a pastry. As Burton strolled away and passers-by stopped to greet him, Hopkins decided that he would not only be an actor, but a famous actor. He began his professional career in local and regional productions in 1960, but still supported himself with a day job in an office. He served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and after leaving the military he studied at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Success came slowly, but <a href="/people/607/000022541/">Laurence Olivier</a> befriended the young actor and became his mentor, and by the mid 1960s Hopkins was a minor celebrity for his work on the London stage. He first appeared on film in 1967, with a small role in a somewhat deranged road trip drama titled The White Bus. The next year he earned raves as <a href="/people/426/000093147/">King Richard</a> in the royal drama The Lion in Winter with <a href="/people/775/000023706/">Katharine Hepburn</a> and <a href="/people/480/000026402/">Peter O'Toole</a>. Over subsequent decades Hopkins became a mid-level movie star. Prior to The Silence of the Lambs he was probably best known as the ventriloquist who battles his dummy in Magic with <a href="/people/777/000043648/">Ann-Margret</a>, the doctor who cared for <a href="/people/007/000023935/">John Hurt</a> in The Elephant Man, <a href="/people/443/000177909/">Captain Bligh</a> in The Bounty with <a href="/people/583/000022517/">Mel Gibson</a>, or the bookseller who became <a href="/people/439/000023370/">Anne Bancroft</a>'s dear pen pal in 84 Charing Cross Road. He also worked in numerous highbrow television miniseries like The Edwardians, War and Peace, QB VII, and Great Expectations. Of course, he will always be known for his screen-stealing and Oscar-winning role as the murderous gourmet Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs with <a href="/people/756/000023687/">Jodie Foster</a>. Hopkins obviously had a blast in the role, and lines like "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" quickly became comical catch phrases. After more than twenty years of film work, Hopkins was finally an A-list star, with his choice of roles. He played the hypocritical widower in Howards End with <a href="/people/590/000023521/">Vanessa Redgrave</a>, a stuffy <a href="/people/238/000044106/">C. S. Lewis</a> in love with <a href="/people/056/000022987/">Debra Winger</a> in Shadowlands, the heartbreakingly repressed British butler in Remains of the Day with <a href="/people/627/000025552/">Emma Thompson</a>, an elderly swashbuckler in Mask of Zorro with <a href="/people/596/000023527/">Antonio Banderas</a>, <a href="/people/791/000022725/">Tom Cruise</a>'s boss in Mission: Impossible II, and a speed-racing New Zealander in The World's Fastest Indian with <a href="/people/510/000024438/">Diane Ladd</a>. He has played two American Presidents, a mildly deranged <a href="/people/110/000024038/">Richard M. Nixon</a> in <a href="/people/545/000022479/">Oliver Stone</a>'s Nixon, and <a href="/people/370/000026292/">John Quincy Adams</a> arguing for a slave's freedom in Amistad. He also narrated the 2000 film of <a href="/people/454/000079217/">Dr. Seuss</a>' How the Grinch Stole Christmas with <a href="/people/757/000022691/">Jim Carrey</a>. His mother, Muriel Yeats, was distantly related to the poet <a href="/people/826/000031733/">William Butler Yeats</a>. Hopkins' daughter, Abigail Hopkins, is a one-time actress who appeared in two of her father's films, Shadowlands and The Remains of the Day. She is now a recording artist of some renown in the UK, creating a "textured mixture of blues, folk, and rock." Father and daughter, however, have been estranged for years, and in a 2002 interview the actor admitted he did not know where his daughter was living, other than "in England somewhere." Hopkins was married to his second wife for thirty years, but they spent very little of that time together -- she lived in London, he lived in Hollywood, and he has said their marriage devolved to a somewhat distant friendship, with little more than occasional chats by phone. His ex-wives describe Hopkins as a loner, a man who withdrew inside himself when he was not performing. He struggled with alcoholism for many years beginning in the mid-1960s, and credits Alcoholics Anonymous for his success in that battle. "My name is Tony," he said at many meetings, "and I'm an alcoholic." He has been sober since a morning in 1975 when he woke up in Arizona with no notion how he got there. Hopkins has lived in the United States since the early 1970s, and became a citizen in 2000. His oath of citizenship ceremony was filmed by longtime friend <a href="/people/734/000022668/">Steven Spielberg</a>.Father: Richard Arthur Hopkins (baker, d. 30-Mar-1981 heart disease) Mother: Muriel Anne Yeats (b. 1913) Wife: Petronella Barker (stage actress, m. Sep-1967, div. 1972, one daughter) Daughter: Abigail Hopkins (musician, b. 20-Aug-1968) Wife: Jennifer Lynton (secretary, m. 13-Jan-1973, div. 30-Apr-2002) Mistress: Joyce Ingalls (actress-model, dated 1995-96) Girlfriend: Francine Kay (writer, briefly engaged in late 1990s) Mistress: <a href="/people/495/000023426/">Martha Stewart</a> (TV celebrity, together 2001-02) Wife: Stella Arroyave (antiques dealer, m. 1-Mar-2003)     High School: Cowbridge Grammar School, Glamorgan, Wales (1954)     University: <a href="/edu/653/000351597/">Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff (1957)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/575/000079338/">Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London UK (1963)</a>     <a href="/org/637/000063448/">Alcoholics Anonymous</a>     <a href="/honors/511/000032415/">Oscar for Best Actor</a> 1992 for The Silence of the Lambs     <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> 1976 for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case     <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> 1981 for The Bunker     <a href="/honors/121/000048974/">Laurence Olivier Theatre Award</a> 1986     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 24-Sep-2003 at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.     <a href="/honors/106/000048959/">Commander of the British Empire</a> 1987     <a href="/honors/642/000052486/">Knighthood</a> 1993 New Year's Honours List     <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 12-Apr-2000     <a href="/group/677/000165182/">Wedding: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones (2000)</a>     <a href="/group/608/000165113/">Wedding: David Gest and Liza Minnelli (2002)</a>     <a href="/lists/595/000044463/">Welsh Ancestry</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a>, <a href="/lists/786/000064594/">Dyslexia</a>, <a href="/lists/781/000064589/">Depression</a>, <a href="/lists/862/000128478/">Former Smoker</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR     <a href="/films/182/000174657/">Slipstream (10-Feb-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/793/000040673/">August (16-Feb-1996)</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/088/000403873/">Thor: Ragnarok (10-Oct-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/458/000403246/">Transformers: The Last Knight (21-Jun-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/014/000402802/">Collide (10-Jun-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/129/000405908/">Misconduct (5-Feb-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/250/000405032/">Solace (3-Sep-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/731/000405513/">Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (26-Feb-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/792/000380649/">Noah (10-Mar-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/967/000373845/">Thor: The Dark World (30-Oct-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/340/000369230/">Red 2 (18-Jul-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/617/000357543/">Hitchcock (1-Nov-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/471/000354406/">360 (9-Sep-2011)</a> · Older Man     <a href="/films/558/000273736/">Thor (21-Apr-2011)</a>     <a href="/films/474/000266673/">The Rite (28-Jan-2011)</a> · Fr. Lucas Trevant     <a href="/films/760/000253001/">You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (15-May-2010)</a> · Alfie     <a href="/films/119/000213477/">The Wolfman (27-Jan-2010)</a> · Sir John Talbot     <a href="/films/156/000219496/">The City of Your Final Destination (7-Feb-2009)</a> · Adam Gund     <a href="/films/447/000164952/">Beowulf (14-Nov-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/407/000132011/">Fracture (12-Apr-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/182/000174657/">Slipstream (10-Feb-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/395/000119038/">All the King's Men (10-Sep-2006)</a> · Judge Irwin     <a href="/films/524/000129137/">Bobby (5-Sep-2006)</a>     <a href="/films/486/000130096/">The World's Fastest Indian (10-Sep-2005)</a> · Burt     <a href="/films/878/000103569/">Proof (5-Sep-2005)</a>     <a href="/films/380/000061197/">Alexander (5-Nov-2004)</a>     <a href="/films/387/000037276/">The Human Stain (29-Aug-2003)</a>     <a href="/films/690/000032594/">Red Dragon (30-Sep-2002)</a> · Hannibal Lecter     <a href="/films/692/000034590/">Bad Company (26-Apr-2002)</a>     <a href="/films/528/000037417/">Hearts in Atlantis (7-Sep-2001)</a> · Ted Brautigan     <a href="/films/488/000034386/">Hannibal (9-Feb-2001)</a> · Hannibal Lecter     <a href="/films/163/000038049/">How the Grinch Stole Christmas (8-Nov-2000)</a> · Narrator [VOICE]     <a href="/films/682/000035577/">Titus (25-Dec-1999)</a>     <a href="/films/274/000043145/">Instinct (4-Jun-1999)</a>     <a href="/films/681/000034579/">Meet Joe Black (2-Nov-1998)</a> · William Parrish     <a href="/films/015/000037901/">The Mask of Zorro (17-Jul-1998)</a> · Zorro     <a href="/films/422/000034320/">Amistad (4-Dec-1997)</a> · John Quincy Adams     <a href="/films/450/000038336/">The Edge (6-Sep-1997)</a> · Charles Morse     <a href="/films/811/000039694/">Surviving Picasso (4-Sep-1996)</a>     <a href="/films/793/000040673/">August (16-Feb-1996)</a> · Ieuan     <a href="/films/832/000035727/">Nixon (20-Dec-1995)</a> · Richard M. 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William Bligh     <a href="/films/939/000119582/">The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4-Feb-1982)</a>     <a href="/films/768/000036660/">Othello (4-Oct-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/265/000171749/">Peter and Paul (12-Apr-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/655/000133256/">The Bunker (27-Jan-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/328/000065133/">A Change of Seasons (1-Dec-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/933/000033834/">The Elephant Man (3-Oct-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/427/000203815/">Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (21-Nov-1979)</a>     <a href="/films/700/000034598/">Magic (8-Nov-1978)</a> [VOICE]     <a href="/films/712/000035607/">International Velvet (13-Oct-1978)</a> · Capt. 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