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| Born
| Philip Anthony Hopkins
(
1937-12-31
)
31 December 1937
(age 86)
Margam, Glamorgan
, Wales
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| Residence
| Malibu, California
, Unitit States
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| Thrift
| - Actor
- director
- producer
- componer
- penter
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| Years active
| 1960?present
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| Hauf-marrae(s)
| Petronella Barker
(
m.
1966;
div.
1972)
Jennifer Lynton (
m.
1973;
div.
2002)
Stella Arroyave (
m.
2003)
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| Bairns
| Abigail Hopkins
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Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins
,
CBE
(born 31 December 1937), is a Welsh film, stage, an telly actor.
[1]
Efter graduatin frae the
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
in 1957, he trained at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
in Lunnon, an wis then spottit bi
Laurence Olivier
that invitit him tae jyne the
Ryal Naitional Theatre
. In 1968, he got his stairt in film in
The Lion in Winter
, playin
Richard the Lionhert
. In the mid 1970s,
Richard Attenborough
, that wad direct five Hopkins films, cried him "the greatest actor o his generation."
Conseedert tae be ane o the greatest leevin actors,
[2]
[3]
[4]
Hopkins is weel kent for his portrayal o
Hannibal Lecter
in
The Silence of the Lambs
, for that he wan the
Academy Awaird for Best Actor
, its sequel
Hannibal
, an the prequel
Red Dragon
. Ither notable films include
The Mask of Zorro
,
The Bounty
,
Meet Joe Black
,
The Elephant Man
,
Magic
,
84 Charing Cross Road
,
Bram Stoker's Dracula
,
Legends of the Fall
,
Thor
an its sequels,
The Remains of the Day
,
Amistad
,
Nixon
,
The World's Fastest Indian
,
Instinct
an
Fracture
. In 2015 he starned in the
BBC
telly film
The Dresser
, an syne 2016, he haes starned in the creetically acclaimed
HBO
telly series
Westworld
.
Alang wi his Academy Awaird, Hopkins haes wan three
BAFTA Awairds
, twa
Emmys
, an the
Cecil B. DeMille Awaird
. In 1993, he wis
knichtit
bi
Queen Elizabeth II
for services tae the airts.
[5]
He received a starn on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 2003, an wis made a
Fellae
o the
Breetish Academy o Film an Televeesion Airts
in 2008.
[6]
[7]