Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, , is a Welsh film actor, director, and producer, who is considered to be one of the greatest living actors. He is best known for narrating the 2000 live-action film adaptation of and his role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter in 's 1991 psychological horror thriller film (in which he won an ), and reprised this role in its 2001 sequel and its 2002 prequel . Other roles include Mr. James Stevens in the 1993 period drama film (in which he received a Best Leading Actor Academy Award nomination), in Steven Spielberg's 1997 historical drama film , and Pope Benedict XVI in the 2019 biographical drama film (in which he received the latter two nominations), as well as a man struggling with dementia in the 2020 drama film , in which he won his second Academy Award for Best Actor and at the age of 83, making him the oldest winner of an acting to date for the latter film, surpassing the record from the late Christopher Plummer (whom the latter was 82 upon receiving his Academy Award win for in 2010).
For Disney, he played former U.S. President in the 1995 Hollywood Pictures film Nixon, Officer Gaylord Oakes in the 2002 Touchstone Pictures film , and Odin Borson in the 2011 Marvel film and its two sequels. He also played Dr. Ethan Powell in Instinct.
==Roles==
Thor TDW-Odin.jpg|Odin Borson(Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Richard Nixon.jpg|Richard Nixon(Nixon)
==Gallery==
Anthony Hopkins-Tuscan Sun Festival.jpg|Anthony Hopkins at the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy in August 2009.
471px-AnthonyHopkins10TIFF.jpg|Anthony Hopkins at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
Anthony+Hopkins+THOR+Premiere.jpg|Anthony Hopkins at the premiere for in May 2, 2011.
Anthony Hopkins visits JKL.jpg|Anthony Hopkins visiting in June 2017.
==Trivia==
*He was offered the role of Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but he turned it down. The role eventually went to Tony Jay.https://www.slashfilm.com/581592/hunchback-of-notre-dame-oral-history/
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