History Creator / AnthonyHopkins

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Hopkins is also well-known for being one of a small number of major actors known on the autism spectrum; having been born well before autism was first recognized by the DSM in 1952 and ''long'' before the autism 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 his condition, 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 a teetotaler since ''1975''.

* {{Troll}: Legend holds that during the filming of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Hopkins would slip up behind crew members early in the morning before they'd had their coffee, and lean around their neck, purring "Good morning" in the most Hannibal Lector voice ever.

* ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'' (2007) sa Daniel Webster

* TheDreaded: Was this for Jodie Foster during the filming of ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''

The Danza: "Anthony" in Film/TheFather

The Dreaded: Was this for Jodie Foster during the filming of Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs

* ''Film/TheTwoPopes'' (2020) as [[UsefulNotes/NotablePopes Pope Benedict XVI]]

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. This became HilariousInHindsight when he was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Drama Series" Emmy after he played in the show's spinoff ''Series/BetterCallSaul''.

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Philip Anthony Hopkins (born December 31, 1937 in Margam, Wales) is a Welsh-born American actor (he became a naturalized US citizen in 2000).

* ''Film/BadCompany'' (2002) as Officer Oakes

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{{He also did}} commercials for the Creator/WillRogers Institute ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hehaf1710 "Okey, dokey?"]]).

HeAlsoDid commercials for the Creator/WillRogers Institute ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hehaf1710 "Okey, dokey?"]]).

!!He has appeared in:

* ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' (1995) – UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
* ''Film/{{Noah}}'' (2014) – Methuselah
* ''Film/Red2'' (2013) – Dr. Edward Bailey
* ''Film/TheRemainsOfTheDay'' (1993) – James Stevens
* ''Film/TheRite'' (2011) – Father Lucas Trevant
* ''Film/TheRoadToWellville'' (1994) – Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
* ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}'' (1993) – Creator/CSLewis
* ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'' (2007) - Daniel Webster
* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' (1991) and sequels – Dr. Franchise/HannibalLecter
** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'' (2001)
** ''Film/RedDragon'' (2002)
* ''Film/{{Solace}}'' (2015) – John Clancy
* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' (1960) - UsefulNotes/MarcusLiciniusCrassus (voice only, redubbed some lost lines of Creator/LaurenceOlivier)
* ''Film/SurvivingPicasso'' (1996) – Creator/PabloPicasso
* ''Film/{{Titus}}'' (1999) – Titus Andronicus
* ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' (2017) – Sir Edmond Burton
* ''Film/VictoryAtEntebbe'' (1976) – Yitzhak Rabin [[note]] A MadeForTVMovie about Operation Entebbe. It also starred Creator/BurtLancaster, Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/RichardDreyfuss, Creator/KirkDouglas, Helen Hayes, and Linda Blair[[/note]]
* ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' (1972, BBC) — Pierre Bezukov
* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2016-18) – Dr. Robert Ford
* ''Film/{{The Wolfman|2010}}'' (2010) – Sir John Talbot
* ''Film/TheWorldsFastestIndian'' (2005) – Burt Munro
* Commercials for the Creator/WillRogers Institute.
-->'''Anthony Hopkins''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hehaf1710 Okey, dokey?]]

* ''Film/TheTwoPopes'': Pope Benedict XVI

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. This became HilariousInHindsight when he was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Drama Series" Emmy for the show's spinoff ''Series/BetterCallSaul''.

* ''Film/{{Alexander}}'' (2004) - Ptolemy I Soter (older)
* ''Film/AllTheKingsMen'' (2006) – Judge Irwin
* ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' (1997) – UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams
* ''Literature/AudreyRose'' (1977) – Elliott Hoover
* ''Film/BadCompany'' (2002) – Officer Oakes
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'' (2007) – King Hrothgar
* ''Film/{{Blackway}}'' (2015) – Lester
* ''Film/{{Bobby}}'' (2006) - John Casey
* ''Film/TheBounty'' (1984) – Lt. William Bligh
* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' (1992) – Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
* ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'' (1977) – Lt. Col. John D. Frost
* ''Film/TheBunker'' (1981) – UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
* ''Film/{{Chaplin}}'' (1992) – George Hayden
* ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' (1973) – Torvald Helmer
* ''Film/TheEdge'' (1997) – Charles Morse
* ''Film/TheElephantMan'' (1980) – Dr. Frederick Treves
* ''Film/TheFather'' (2020) - Anthony
* ''Film/{{Fracture|2007}}'' (2007) – Theodore "Ted" Crawford
* ''Film/{{Freejack}}'' (1992) – Ian [=McCandless=]

** ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (1975) – Siegfried Farnon
** ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1982'' (1982) – Quasimodo

* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1969) – Claudius
* ''Film/HeartsInAtlantis'' (2001) – Ted Brautigan
* ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'' – Creator/AlfredHitchcock
* ''Film/HowardsEnd'' (1992) – Henry J. Wilcox
* ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' – The Narrator
* ''Film/TheHumanStain'' (2003) – Coleman Silk
* ''Film/{{Juggernaut}}'' (1974) – Supt. John [=McCleod=]
* ''Theatre/KingLear'' (2018) – Lear
* ''Film/LegendsOfTheFall'' (1994) – Col. William Ludlow
* ''Film/TheLionInWinter'' (1968) – Richard (his first major film role)
* ''Film/{{Magic}}'' (1978) – Corky Withers/voice of Fats
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as "Allfather" Odin Borson:

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) – Mission Commander Swanbeck
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' – (1998) Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro
* ''Film/MeetJoeBlack'' (1998) – William Parish

He is best known for playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], for which he won an 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 Theatre/TitusAndronicus, UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams, Yitzhak Rabin, William Bligh, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, Creator/PabloPicasso, [[Film/{{Thor}} Odin]], UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Creator/CSLewis, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Burt]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro Munro]], and more recently [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Benedict XVI]]. 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.

Hopkins is also well-known for being one of a small number of major actors known to have autism spectrum disorder; having been born well before autism was first recognized by the DSM in 1952 and ''long'' before the autism 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 his condition, in that he can observe and analyze different verbal and nonverbal mannerisms from the people around him and incorporate them into his performances.

He has also [[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. This became HilariousInHindsight when he was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Drama Series" Emmy for the show's spinoff ''Series/BetterCallSaul''.

He is best known for playing [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]], for which he won an 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 Theatre/TitusAndronicus, UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams, Yitzhak Rabin, William Bligh, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, Creator/PabloPicasso, [[Film/{{Thor}} Odin]], UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, Creator/CSLewis, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Burt]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro Munro]], and more recently [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Benedict XVI]]. Almost every film he's in is good, and in some cases, it's just because he's in it. He's also known for his deep, smooth voice.

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He has also [[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. This became HilariousInHindsight when he was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Drama Series" Emmy alongside Creator/BobOdenkirk for the show's spinoff ''Series/BetterCallSaul''.

** ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' (1982) – Quasimodo

* ''Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1982'' - Quasimodo