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| 7 | [[caption-width-right:305:''"I edited this article [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs with some fava beans and\ |
| 8 | a nice Chianti."]]'']] |
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| 10 | ->''"If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear – that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose."'' |
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| 12 | [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937 in Margam, Wales) is a British-American actor (he became a naturalized US citizen in 2000, but retained his UK citizenship). |
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| 14 | He is best known for playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter]], for which he won his first Oscar, but has had a long and illustrious career most often playing refined characters with a touch of mischief. Generally considered one of the world's best actors. Has played Ptolemy I, Theatre/TitusAndronicus, UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams, Yitzhak Rabin, William Bligh, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, Creator/PabloPicasso, [[Film/{{Thor}} Odin Allfather]], UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Creator/CSLewis, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Burt]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro Munro]], and more recently [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Benedict XVI]]. He won his second Oscar for his role as [[Film/TheFather Anthony]], a man suffering from dementia. Almost every film he's in is good, and in some cases, [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery it's just because he's in it]]. He's also known for his deep, smooth voice. |
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| 16 | Hopkins is sometimes considered a ClassicallyTrainedExtra, but he's really closer to an inversion. Once touted as the Next Big Shakespearean Actor, he ''deliberately'' chose to come to Hollywood to make loud, stupid movies because ''[[AwesomeDearBoy that's what he likes to do]]''. In his own words, "I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash." He has also admitted that what drives his choice in roles is nothing but [[MoneyDearBoy cold, hard cash]]. Though one suspects that he also [[HamAndCheese genuinely enjoys the roles he plays, no matter how ridiculous they are]]. Pay him his money, and he will show up and '''''act.''''' And your movie will be [[OneSceneWonder remembered forever for it]]. |
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| 18 | Despite being known for playing one of cinema's most famous villains, Hopkins is known as a very sweet and friendly man who likes to be called Tony. After initially doodling on his scripts, the man has taken up painting and now has his own collection in galleries for sale, the proceeds of which go to charity. On top of this, he is also a talented composer who has written [[http://youtu.be/M57Fi19vcSI some cracking good music]]. |
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| 20 | Hopkins is also well-known for being one of a small number of major actors known on the autistic spectrum; having been born well before autism was first recognized by the DSM in 1952 and ''long'' before the autistic spectrum was clarified and broadened to its current extent, Hopkins went undiagnosed until he was 70. While acting, like music, is often considered to be an immensely difficult field for autistic individuals to break into, analysts on the spectrum argue that Hopkins' stellar acting skills are specifically ''because'' of him being autistic, in that he can observe and analyze different verbal and nonverbal mannerisms from the people around him and incorporate them into his performances. He's also been a [[TheTeetotaler teetotaler]] since ''1975''. |
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| 22 | He has [[JustForFun/OneOfUs admitted to being a huge fan]] of ''Series/BreakingBad'', even writing a [[http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/17/anthony-hopkins-bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-fan-letter fan letter]] to Creator/BryanCranston when he finished the series. |
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| 24 | {{He also did}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hehaf1710 adverts]] for the Creator/WillRogers Institute in 2001. |
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| 27 | !!Filmography |
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| 29 | [[folder:He has appeared in:]] |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheLionInWinter'' (1968) as Richard (his first major film role) |
| 31 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1969) as Claudius |
| 32 | * ''Literature/TheLookingGlassWar'' (1970) as John Avery |
| 33 | * ''Film/WhenEightBellsToll'' (1971) as Phillip Calvert |
| 34 | * ''Series/WarAndPeace1972'' as Pierre Bezukov |
| 35 | * ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' (1973) as Torvald Helmer |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Juggernaut|1974}}'' (1974) as Supt. John [=McCleod=] |
| 37 | * ''Series/HallmarkHallOfFame'' |
| 38 | ** ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (1975) as Siegfried Farnon |
| 39 | ** ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1982'' (1982) as Quasimodo |
| 40 | ** ''The Tenth Man'' (1988) – Jean Louis Chavel |
| 41 | * ''Film/VictoryAtEntebbe'' (1976) as Yitzhak Rabin |
| 42 | * ''Literature/AudreyRose'' (1977) as Elliott Hoover |
| 43 | * ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'' (1977) as Lt. Col. John D. Frost |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Magic}}'' (1978) as Corky Withers/voice of Fats |
| 45 | * ''Film/MayflowerThePilgrimsAdventure'' (1979) as Captain Christopher Jones |
| 46 | * ''Film/TheElephantMan'' (1980) as Dr. Frederick Treves |
| 47 | * ''[[Film/TheBunker1981 The Bunker]]'' (1981) as UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler |
| 48 | * ''Film/TheBounty'' (1984) as Lt. William Bligh |
| 49 | * Franchise/HannibalLecter films as Hannibal Lecter |
| 50 | ** ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' (1991) |
| 51 | ** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (2001) |
| 52 | ** ''Film/RedDragon'' (2002) |
| 53 | * ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (1991 restoration) as UsefulNotes/MarcusLiciniusCrassus (redubbed some lost lines of Creator/LaurenceOlivier) |
| 54 | * ''Film/{{Chaplin}}'' (1992) as George Hayden |
| 55 | * ''Film/{{Freejack}}'' (1992) as Ian [=McCandless=] |
| 56 | * ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' (1992) as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing |
| 57 | * ''Film/HowardsEnd'' (1992) as Henry J. Wilcox |
| 58 | * ''Film/TheRemainsOfTheDay'' (1993) as James Stevens |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}'' (1993) as Creator/CSLewis |
| 60 | * ''Film/TheRoadToWellville'' (1994) as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg |
| 61 | * ''Film/LegendsOfTheFall'' (1994) as Col. William Ludlow |
| 62 | * ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' (1995) as UsefulNotes/RichardNixon |
| 63 | * ''Film/SurvivingPicasso'' (1996) as Creator/PabloPicasso |
| 64 | * ''Film/TheEdge'' (1997) as Charles Morse |
| 65 | * ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' (1997) as UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams |
| 66 | * ''Film/MeetJoeBlack'' (1998) as William Parish |
| 67 | * ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' (1998) as [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro]] |
| 68 | * ''Film/{{Instinct}}'' (1999) as Dr. Ethan Powell. |
| 69 | * ''Film/{{Titus|1999}}'' (1999) as Titus Andronicus |
| 70 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) as Mission Commander Swanbeck |
| 71 | * ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (2000) as the Narrator |
| 72 | * ''Film/HeartsInAtlantis'' (2001) as Ted Brautigan |
| 73 | * ''Film/BadCompany2002'' (2002) as Officer Oakes |
| 74 | * ''Film/TheHumanStain'' (2003) as Coleman Silk |
| 75 | * ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' (2004) as Ptolemy I Soter (older) |
| 76 | * ''Film/TheWorldsFastestIndian'' (2005) as Burt Munro |
| 77 | * ''Film/AllTheKingsMen'' (2006) as Judge Irwin |
| 78 | * ''Film/{{Bobby}}'' (2006) as John Casey |
| 79 | * ''Film/{{Fracture|2007}}'' (2007) as Theodore "Ted" Crawford |
| 80 | * ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'' (2007) as Daniel Webster |
| 81 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' (2007) as King Hrothgar |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheWolfman'' (2010) as Sir John Talbot |
| 83 | * ''Film/TheRite'' (2011) as Father Lucas Trevant |
| 84 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[Characters/MCUAsgard Odin]]: |
| 85 | ** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' (2011) |
| 86 | ** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' (2013) |
| 87 | ** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (2017) |
| 88 | * ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'' (2012) as Creator/AlfredHitchcock |
| 89 | * ''Film/Red2'' (2013) as Dr. Edward Bailey |
| 90 | * ''Film/{{Noah}}'' (2014) as Methuselah |
| 91 | * ''Film/{{Blackway}}'' (2015) as Lester |
| 92 | * ''Film/{{Solace}}'' (2015) as John Clancy |
| 93 | * ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2016-18) as Dr. Robert Ford |
| 94 | * ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' (2017) as Sir Edmond Burton |
| 95 | * ''Theatre/KingLear'' (2018) as Lear |
| 96 | * ''Film/TheTwoPopes'' (2019) as [[UsefulNotes/NotablePopes Pope Benedict XVI]] |
| 97 | * ''Film/TheFather'' (2020) as Anthony |
| 98 | * ''Film/ZeroContact'' (2021) as Finley Hart |
| 99 | * ''Film/ArmageddonTime'' (2022) as Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz |
| 100 | * ''Film/TheSon'' (2022) as Anthony |
| 101 | * ''Film/RebelMoon'' (2023) as Jimmy (voice) |
| 102 | * ''[[Film/FreudsLastSession Freud's Last Session]]'' (2023) as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud |
| 103 | * ''Film/OneLife'' (2024) as Sir Nicholas Winton |
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| 106 | !!Associated Tropes with his roles |
| 107 | * CoolOldGuy: Many of his roles, [[AffablyEvil even some of the villainous ones.]] |
| 108 | * TheDanza: His character in ''Film/TheFather'' is also named Anthony, as is his character in ''Film/TheSon''.[[note]]Despite the similar titles, both being directed by and adapted from plays by Creator/FlorianZeller, and the Anthony in ''The Son'' being the titular character's father, the films do not share continuity and the two are separate characters.[[/note]] |
| 109 | * EnforcedMethodActing: Has no truck with it; When shooting ''Westworld'', he was initially only given his scenes. He refused to work until he had the chance to read the entire story. |
| 110 | * LargeHam: When he has to chew scenery, he will chew scenery like few others. |
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