List of Anthony Hopkins performances

Welsh actor, producer, director and writer Anthony Hopkins has been acting since 1960. Between then and the 1970s, he appeared in the films The Lion in Winter (1968), Hamlet (1969), Young Winston (1972), Audrey Rose (1977) and playing Col. Frost in A Bridge Too Far (1977). In the 1980s, he had a starring role in the 1980 film The Elephant Man as Dr. Frederick Treves, opposite John Hurt and in the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road with Anne Bancroft.

Hopkins at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010

In 1991, he was cast in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs with Jodie Foster, a role he played again in Hannibal (2001) and the prequel Red Dragon (2002). For his role in The Silence of the Lambs, he won an Academy Award and BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles he had during the 1990s were Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman (1992), Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr. (1992), The Remains of the Day with Emma Thompson (1993), Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt (1994), The Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas (1998), and Meet Joe Black again with Pitt (1998).

The 2000s saw him in the films The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Fracture (2007), The Wolfman (2010), and The Rite (2011). In 2011 he co-starred with Chris Hemsworth as the Norse God Odin in the Marvel Studios film Thor (2011), then again for its 2013 sequel and the third film in 2017. Also in 2017, Hopkins played the role of Sir Edmund Burton, the last living member of the Order of the Witwiccans, in Transformers: The Last Knight.

Hopkins has had numerous roles where he plays real life people including Richard Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), C. S. "Jack" Lewis in Shadowlands (1993), Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in The Road to Wellville (1994), Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995), Pablo Picasso in Surviving Picasso (1996), John Quincy Adams in Amistad (1997), Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock (2012), and Pope Benedict XVI in The Two Popes (2019). For his roles in Nixon and Amistad he was nominated for an Academy Award.

His television work includes appearances in QB VII (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), Hollywood Wives (1985), and Great Expectations (1991). In 2015, he starred in the BBC television film The Dresser, and from 2016 to 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld.

Film

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In the film The Innocent (1993)
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1967 The White Bus Brechtian Short film [1]
1968 The Lion in Winter Richard [2]
1969 Hamlet Claudius [3]
1970 The Looking Glass War Avery [4]
1971 When Eight Bells Toll Philip Calvert [5]
1972 Young Winston David Lloyd George [6]
1973 A Doll's House Torvald Helmer [7]
1974 The Girl from Petrovka Kostya [8]
Juggernaut Supt. John McCleod [9]
1977 A Bridge Too Far Lieutenant Colonel Frost [10]
Audrey Rose Elliot Hoover [11]
1978 Magic Corky / Voice of Fats [12]
International Velvet Captain Johnson [13]
1980 The Elephant Man Frederick Treves [14]
A Change of Seasons Adam Evans [15]
1984 The Bounty Lt. William Bligh [16]
1985 The Good Father Bill Hooper [17]
1987 84 Charing Cross Road Frank Doel [18]
1988 The Dawning Maj. Angus "Cassuis" Barry [19]
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval Dafydd Ap Llewellyn [20]
1990 Desperate Hours Tim Cornell [21]
Dylan Thomas: Return Journey Introducer Also director [22]
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Dr. Hannibal Lecter [23]
1992 Freejack Ian McCandless
Spotswood Errol Wallace
Howards End Henry J. Wilcox
Bram Stoker's Dracula Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Chaplin George Hayden
1993 The Trial The Priest
The Innocent Bob Glass
The Remains of the Day James Stevens
Shadowlands C. S. "Jack" Lewis
1994 The Road to Wellville Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Legends of the Fall Col. William Ludlow
1995 Nixon Richard Nixon
1996 August Ieuan Davies Also director
Surviving Picasso Pablo Picasso
1997 The Edge Charles Morse
Amistad John Quincy Adams
1998 The Mask of Zorro Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Meet Joe Black William Parrish
1999 Instinct Dr. Ethan Powell
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box Narrator
Titus Titus Andronicus
2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Commander Swanbeck Uncredited cameo
How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Narrator
2001 Hannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter [23]
Hearts in Atlantis Ted Brautigan
2002 Bad Company Officer Gaylord Oakes
Red Dragon Dr. Hannibal Lecter [24]
2003 The Human Stain Coleman Silk
2004 Alexander Ptolemy I Soter
2005 Proof Robert
The World's Fastest Indian Burt Munro
2006 Bobby John Also executive producer
All the King's Men Judge Irwin
2007 Shortcut to Happiness Daniel Webster
Slipstream Felix Bonhoeffer Also director and writer
Fracture Theodore "Ted" Crawford
Beowulf Hrothgar Motion capture
2008 Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story Narrator Documentary
Immutable Dream of Snow Lion N/A Short film
2009 The City of Your Final Destination Adam Gund
2010 The Wolfman Sir John Talbot
The Third Rule Fabian Hogarth Short film
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Alfie Shepridge
2011 The Rite Father Lucas
Thor Odin
360 John
2012 Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock
2013 Red 2 Edward Bailey
Thor: The Dark World Odin
2014 Noah Methuselah
2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Freddy Heineken [25]
Solace John Clancy Also executive producer [26]
Blackway Lester Also producer [27]
2016 Misconduct Arthur Denning [28]
Collide Hagen Kahl [29]
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Sir Edmund Burton [30]
Thor: Ragnarok Odin [31]
2019 The Two Popes Pope Benedict XVI [32]
Where Are You Thomas Yorke [33][34]
2020 The Father Anthony Evans [35]
Elyse Dr. Philip Lewis Also producer and composer [36][37]
2021 The Virtuoso The Mentor [38]
Zero Contact Finley Hart [39]
2022 Armageddon Time Aaron Rabinowitz [40]
The Son Anthony Miller [41]
2023 One Life Nicholas Winton [42]
Freud's Last Session Sigmund Freud [43]
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Jimmy (voice) [44]
2024 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Locked[45][46]
Mary[47] King Herod Post-production
TBA Eyes in the Trees Dr. Addis Post-production [48][49]
King Herod Post-production
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Television

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Year Title Role(s) Notes Refs.
1965 The Man in Room 17 Dr. Harding Episode: "A Minor Operation"
1967 A Flea in Her Ear Etienne Plucheux Television film
1969 Department S Greg Halliday Episode: "A Small War of Nerves"
ITV Sunday Night Drama Arnold Episode: "A Walk Through the Forest"
1970 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens Charles Dickens Television film
Danton Georges Danton
Play of the Month Astrov Episode: "Uncle Vanya"
1970, 1974 Play for Today Bob / Alexander Tashkov 2 episodes
1971 Great Performances Theo Gunge Episode: "The Arcata Promise"
1972–1973 War and Peace Pierre Bezukhov 17 episodes
1972 Poet Game Hugh Sanders Television film
1973 The Edwardians David Lloyd George Television miniseries; episode "Lloyd George"
Black and Blue Hi Episode: "The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family"
1974 QB VII Dr. Adam Kelno 3 episodes
Possessions Dando Television film
1975 All Creatures Great and Small Siegfried Farnon
1976 Dark Victory Dr. Michael Grant
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Bruno Hauptmann
1976 Victory at Entebbe Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure Captain Christopher Jones
1981 The Bunker Adolf Hitler
Peter and Paul Paul of Tarsus
Othello Othello
1982 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Quasimodo
1983 A Married Man John Strickland 4 episodes
1984 Strangers and Brothers Roger Quaife 2 episodes
Arch of Triumph Dr. Ravic Television film
1985 Hollywood Wives Neil Gray 3 episodes
Guilty Conscience Arthur Jamison Television film
Mussolini and I Count Galeazzo Ciano
1987, 1993 Screen Two Guy Burgess / Unnamed role 2 episodes
1988 Across the Lake Donald Campbell Television film
The Tenth Man Jean Louis Chavel
1989 Heartland Jack The Play on One BBC series episode
Great Expectations Abel Magwitch 4 episodes
1991 One Man's War Joel Filártiga Television film
To Be the Best Jack Figg
1993 Selected Exits Gwyn Thomas
2007 American Masters Narrator Episode: "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends"
2015 The Dresser Sir Television film
2016–2018 Westworld Dr. Robert Ford 17 episodes [50]
2018 King Lear Lear Television film [3]
2021 Mythic Quest Narrator Episode: "Everlight"
2024 Those About to Die Vespasian 10 episodes [51][52]
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Theatre

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Year Title Role(s) Venue Refs.
1964 Julius Caesar Metellus Cimber Royal Court Theatre [53]
1966 A Provincial Life Boris Ivanov Blagovo
A Flea in Her Ear Etienne Plucheux The Old Vic
Juno and the Paycock Irregular Mobilizer
1967 The Three Sisters Andrei
As You Like It Audrey
1971 The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria The Emperor
A Woman Killed with Kindness Master John Frankford
Coriolanus Coriolanus
1972 Macbeth Macbeth
The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Chichester Festival Theatre
1974 Equus Dr. Martin Dysart Plymouth Theatre, Broadway
1977 Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles
1979 The Tempest Prospero Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
1981 The Arcata Promise Theo Gunge Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
1984 Old Times Deeley Roundabout Theatre Company, New York
1985 The Lonely Road Julian Fichtner The Old Vic
Pravda Lambert Le Roux Royal National Theatre
1986 King Lear Lear
1987 Antony and Cleopatra Antony
1989 M. Butterfly Rene Gallimard Shaftesbury Theatre, West End
2022 Awakening Narrator Awakening Theater, Wynn Las Vegas

Music videos

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Year Title Artist Refs.
2016 "I Forgive It All" Mudcrutch [54]

See also

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References

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  32. ^ De La Garza, Alejandro (20 December 2019). "The True Story Behind the Movie The Two Popes". Time. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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  45. ^ David Yarovesky, Christopher Leone, Sergio Navarretta Titles Tapped for Toronto Film Festival Sales Market
  46. ^ Anthony Hopkins, ‘Top Gun’ Glen Powell To Star In ‘Locked’; Argentinian Action Thriller Remake A Hot EFM Package With David Yarovesky At Helm
  47. ^ Biblical Epic ‘Mary’ With Anthony Hopkins Acquired By Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
  48. ^ ‘Eyes In The Trees’ Footage Of Anthony Hopkins Hacked; Producers Refuse To Pay Ransom
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