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[[caption-width-right:275:''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Hello, Troper.]]'']]
->''"Oh my god, it's Alfred Molina!"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/SpiderMan''', ''WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection''

Alfredo "Alfred" Molina (born 24 May 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English-American character actor.

He began his career mostly typecast into "foreigner" roles due to his Spanish and Italian heritage. Nevertheless, Molina has carved out a career spanning more than four decades on stage and in film. His turn as Doctor Octopus in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' was arguably his biggest mainstream breakout, so much so that he reprised the role seventeen years later in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', but before that he had racked up a steady array of memorable performances: in ''Film/{{Frida}}'' as legendary Mexican painter Diego Rivera, ''Film/BoogieNights'' as Rahad Jackson, ''Film/PrickUpYourEars'' as Kenneth Halliwell, Boris the Butcher in ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'', ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' as Snidely Whiplash and even his debut film performance in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' as Satipo, Indy's treacherous assistant at the beginning.

He also has a distinguished theatre career, having played Tevye in the 2004 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' and originating the role of the great abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in the play ''Red'', among other things.

He also holds the record for most {{Franchise/LEGO}} minifigures made out of a single actor, at seven (there are five different Lego figures for Dr. Octopus[[note]]Though only one was intentionally made with his likeness[[/note]], plus one for [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Satipo]] and one for [[Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime Sheik Amar]].)

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!!Filmography
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981) as Satipo
* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) as Cezar
* ''Film/PrickUpYourEars'' (1987) as Kenneth Halliwell
* ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' (1994) as Angel
* ''Film/{{Species}}'' (1995) as Dr. Stephen Arden
* ''Film/ThePerezFamily'' (1995) as Juan Raúl Pérez
* ''Film/BoogieNights'' (1997) as Rahad Jackson
* ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'' (1997) as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
* ''Film/RescuersStoriesOfCourage'' (1998) as Emile Taquet
* ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' (1999) as Solomon Solomon
* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' (1999) as Snidely Whiplash
* ''Film/{{Frida}}'' (2002) as Diego Rivera
* ''Film/CoffeeAndCigarettes'' (2003) {{as Himself}}
* ''Film/{{Identity}}'' (2003) as Dr. Malick
* ''Film/{{Luther|2003}}'' (2003) as Johann Tetzel
* ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (2004) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus]]
** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' (2021)
* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' (2004) as Edward Steam [[note]]English dub[[/note]]
* ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'' (2006) as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
* ''WesternAnimation/ChillOutScoobyDoo'' (2007) as Professor Jeffries
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' (2009) as [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]]
* ''[[Film/TheTempest2010 The Tempest]]'' (2010) as Stephano
* ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice'' (2010) as Maxim Horvath
* ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (2010) as Sheik Amar
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' (2011) as Roadkill
* ''Film/{{Abduction}}'' (2011) as Burton
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' (2013) as Professor Knight
* ''Film/WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot'' (2016) as Ali Massoud Sadiq
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark'' (2017) as Destiny
* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018) as Double Dan
* ''Film/{{Vice|2018}}'' (2018) as Walter
* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (2019) as King Agnarr
* ''Film/PromisingYoungWoman'' (2020) as Jordan Green
* ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' (2022) as Jor-El
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[[folder:Television]]
* ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (2001) as Literature/HerculePoirot
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (2005) as Gabriel Duvall
** ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' (2005)
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (2007) as Peter Magneri
* ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' (2010-11) as Det. Ricardo Morales
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' (2012) as Ke-pa
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (2012, 2015-16) as Multi-Bear
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2012-20) as ComicBook/LexLuthor, various
* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2013) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (episode: "Detroit")
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (2014) as Lucius Needful
* ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart'' (2014) as Ben Weeks
* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' (2014-17) as Rippen
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavenlySword'' (2014) as King Bohan/[[spoiler:the Raven Lord]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' (2016-17) as Viggo Grimborn
* ''Series/AngieTribeca'' (2016-17) as Dr. Edelweiss
* ''Series/{{Feud}}: Bette and Joan'' (2017) as Creator/RobertAldrich
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' (2017) as La Sombra
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' (2019) as Sir Ghoulgood
* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' (2020) as Cogburn
* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'' (2020-21) as The Duke
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'' (2020) as Mr. Freeze, Stew
* ''WesternAnimation/CrossingSwords'' (2020) as Robin Hood
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' (2021) as Professor Knight
* ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndTheThree'' (2021) as Lord Mictlan
* ''Series/ThreePines'' (2022) as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
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[[folder:Radio Drama]]
* ''Radio/{{James Bond|JarvisAndAyres}}'' (BBC Radio 4 dramas) as [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
** ''[[Radio/OnHerMajestysSecretService2014 On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (2014)
** ''Radio/{{Thunderball|2016}}'' (2016)
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' as Tevye
* ''Red'' as Mark Rothko
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' (2014) as Abnur Tharn
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''Funny Or Die: "Children's Theater Critic"'' as Arthur H. Cartwright
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!!The Power of these Tropes in the palm of his hand:

* AsHimself: In ''Coffee and Cigarettes'', Molina plays an exaggeratedly {{Woobie}} version of himself, in contrast to his scene partner, Steve Coogan, playing a heightened {{Jerkass}} version of himself. This was nearly unanimously regarded as one of the standout vignettes in the film due to an epic reversal at the end of their scene.
* CunningLinguist: Due to growing up in a home where both were spoken regularly, he's fluent in Italian and Spanish.
* EvilBrit: He's often typecast as one, to his delight.
-->"I love being added to that list of English actors playing villains. I guess somewhere in the history of American film and television someone decided that the English accent sounded somehow villainous."
* ICallItVera: Molina had pet names for his four mechanical tentacles as Doc Ock. Harry and Larry were the bottom two, Moe was the top right one and Flo was the top left one.
* PhraseCatcher: Fans regularly toss his most famous lines back at him during meetings, most famously "throw me the Idol, I'll throw you the whip!"
* PlaysGreatEthnics: He's played Russians, Arabs, Mexicans, and a Peruvian. (And [[Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress a Belgian]].)
* RoleReprise:
** Played Doctor Octopus once in 2004 for the Film/SpiderManTrilogy, before revisiting the role 17 years later in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** He also returned to voice Professor Knight in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'', eight years after playing him in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity''.

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