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Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins
Born 31 Dec 1937, in Port Talbot, Wales

Wise words: "I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen."


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Anthony Hopkins - news / articles


  • Hopkins to play Thor's dad - 1 November 2009
    -Sir Anthony Hopkins is to be a comic book superhero after landing the role of Thor's father in Marvel Studio's new blockbuster.- -The Silence of The Lambs star will portray King Odin in the new movie, which will go before cameras early next year (10).- - Chris Hemswort


  • Hopkins compares 'wonderful' Blunt to Foster - 5 September 2009
    -Anthony Hopkins is a huge fan of Emily Blunt - placing her in the same acting league as double-Oscar winner Jodie Foster.- -The veteran actor stars opposite Blunt in fantasy horror The Wolf Man, which co-stars Benicio del Toro and is set to hit the big screen in 2010.-


  • Hopkins to feast as Hannibal again - 16 May 2009
    -Sir Anthony Hopkins is teaming up with director Sir Ridley Scott to bring his most infamous villain Hannibal Lecter back to the big screen.- -The actor will reprise his cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film The Silence o

Anthony Hopkins - what members say


  • The Elephant Man
  • The Elephant Man review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars An Unforgettable Experience 12 July 2004
    ...through the eyes of Dr Frederick Treves, a benevolent doctor played superbly by Anthony Hopkins, who is the first person in the film to challenge the social ostracism of the E...  
  • The Remains Of The Day
  • The Remains Of The Day review by A customer from Wales
    Rated - 4 stars A winner from the reliable Merchant and Ivory team 10 June 2004
    ...Beautiful to watch, this story of a repressed love is played perfectly by Anthony Hopkins; and Emma Thompson, whom I normally find a grossly overated lighweight, holds her end...  
  • 84 Charing Cross Road
  • 84 Charing Cross Road review by skeadugenga from Reading, England
    Rated - 5 stars A gentle story, beautifully acted 12 August 2004
    ...ood as the book. I think several actresses could have played Helene Hanff, but Anthony Hopkins was perfect for Frank Doel, as in 'Remains of the Day' his expressions say so m...  

Anthony Hopkins - filmography


  • The Wolfman (2009)
    Starring: Benicio Del Toro,  Anthony Hopkins,  Emily Blunt
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    *This title is unavailable for rental.* In Victorian England, a man returns from America to his ancestral homeland, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence.
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 16 members
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  • Slipstream on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Camryn Manheim,  Jeffrey Tambor,  Christian Slater
    Director: Anthony Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins took a turn behind the camera for the first time since 1996's AUGUST with this mind-bending fantasy that he also wrote and stars in. Hopkins plays Felix Bonhoeffer a screenwriter with a habit of getting lost in his own head. Felix begins to doubt reality itself, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 36% from 24 members
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  • Hannibal on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Julianne Moore,  Gary Oldman
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a decade in abeyance, the courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen, again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 17,543 members
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  • Grinch, The - BLU-RAY Version (2000)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Jeffrey Tambor,  Jeffrey Tambor
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    *This title is unavailable for rental.* Director Ron Howard casts comedian Jim Carrey in the title role in this live-action adaptation of the famous Christmas tale by Dr. Seuss, giving this rendition of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS a delightfully manic spin. Carrey is virtually unrecognizable ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 59 members
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  • The Grinch on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Jeffrey Tambor,  Catherine Baranov
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Ron Howard casts comedian Jim Carrey in the title role in this live-action adaptation of the famous Christmas tale by Dr. Seuss, giving this rendition of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS a delightfully manic spin. Carrey is virtually unrecognizable in his elaborate green makeup, but his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,687 members
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  • Nixon on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Joan Allen,  James Woods
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A surprisingly sympathetic account of the life of Richard Nixon from Oliver Stone, NIXON stars Anthony Hopkins as the former American president. Told out of chronological order, the film traces Nixon's life from his strict Quaker upbringing, through his rise in the Republican party, to his wounding ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,925 members
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  • The Road To Wellville on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Matthew Broderick,  Bridget Fonda
    Director: Alan Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on the best-selling novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE satirises late-19th-century health fads and medical procedures. The story focuses on Will Lightbody (Matthew Broderick) and his wife, Eleanor (Bridget Fonda), guests at the health spa of eccentric and toothy cereal mogul ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 895 members
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  • Shadowlands on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Debra Winger,  Julian Fellowes
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: £2.49
    Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). CS Lewis, a highly acclaimed writer (The Narnia Chronicles) lived a quiet and ordered life as a professor of English Literature at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,960 members
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  • In The Wild - Lions With Anthony Hopkins on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Mike Fox
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Acclaimed actor Anthony Hopkins meets with the Masai, the East African tribe whose mystical beliefs hold the lion in high regard, then journeys into the wild to come face to face with the King of the Beasts.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 150 members
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  • Spotswood on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Russell Crowe,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernisation he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 320 members
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  • Freejack on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Mick Jagger,  Emilio Estevez,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Geoff Murphy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 2009, the world is polluted, the hole in the Ozone layer and the financial gulf between society's "haves" and "have nots" is so large that the rich must search the past to find healthy young bodies to replace their own. When Furlong, a race car driver, dies and leaves his body intact, he becomes ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 763 members
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  • The Bounty on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Fox
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Captain Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,246 members
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  • Dylan Thomas - Return Journey on DVD
    Starring: Bob Kingdom
    Director: Anthony Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    An interpretation of poet Dylan Thomas’ lectures in America. Dylan Thomas was one of the twentieth century’s most famous poets. Towards the end of his life Dylan Thomas toured America, performing his works before sell-out audiences across the country. DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY is an ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 55 members
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  • Othello on DVD
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Colin Lowrey
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Shakespearean drama of jealousy and paranoia, covetousness and intrigue. This is the tragic tale of Othello the Moor and his bride Desdemona, driven to jealousy and death by the malicious plotting of those closest to them. 1978 Jonathan Miller production from the BBC which maintains a close loyalty ..read more »
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Anthony Hopkins - watch online


  • Shadowlands to Watch Now (1993)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Debra Winger,  Edward Hardwicke
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 131 minutes
    Set in England in 1952, Shadowlands is the tender and deeply moving true story of the love affair between CS Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). CS Lewis, a highly acclaimed writer (The Narnia Chronicles) lived a quiet and ordered life as a professor of English Literature at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 18 members
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Anthony Hopkins facts

5 most recent films

Thor - 3.5 stars
Untitled Woody Allen London Project - 4.0 stars
The Wolfman - 4.5 stars
Fracture - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Slipstream - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Silence Of The Lambs - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Elephant Man, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Elephant Man, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Bridge Too Far, A - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The World's Fastest Indian - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Blunt: The Fourth Man - 1.0 stars
Slipstream - 2.0 stars
QB VII - 2.0 stars
Arch Of Triumph - 2.0 stars
Guilty Conscience - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frankie R. Faison - 8 times - show films
Gary Oldman - 6 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 6 times - show films
Robert Powell - 6 times - show films
Timothy West - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Attenborough - 9 times - show films
James Cellan Jones - 5 times - show films
Brian Farnham - 5 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 4 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 4 times - show films


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