Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins (Desemba 31, 1937) alizaliwa huko Margam, Port Talbot, Wales. Jina lake kamili ni Philip Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins alianza kuonyesha dalili za kuwa na kipaji cha sanaa akiwa na umri mdogo sana, licha ya kuwa alikuwa na changamoto katika masomo kutokana na tatizo la kujifunza. Alikua akipenda muziki na sanaa za maonesho, na wazazi wake walimsaidia kukuza vipaji hivi. 

Baada ya kumaliza shule ya upili, Hopkins aliingia katika Taasisi ya Muziki na Sanaa ya Cardiff, ambapo alijifunza muziki. Hata hivyo, alikuwa na hamu kubwa zaidi katika uigizaji, na hivyo akaamua kujiunga na Chuo cha Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Baadaye alihamia London, ambapo alisoma katika Chuo cha Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), mojawapo ya taasisi maarufu zaidi za sanaa za maonesho.

Hopkins alianza kazi yake ya uigizaji kwenye jukwaa la maonesho. Mnamo mwaka 1965, alijiunga na kikundi cha kijeshi cha Theatre cha Laurence Olivier, National Theatre. Hapa ndipo alipokutana na Olivier, ambaye alimtambua kama msanii mwenye kipaji kikubwa na kumchukua chini ya mrengo wake. Baadaye, Hopkins alianza kujipatia umaarufu katika filamu na televisheni.

Filamu ya kwanza iliyompatia umaarufu mkubwa ilikuwa "The Lion in Winter" (1968), ambapo alicheza kama Richard the Lionheart. Hata hivyo, uhusika wake kama Hannibal Lecter katika filamu ya "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) ndio uliomletea umaarufu wa kimataifa na tuzo ya Academy ya Muigizaji Bora. Uigizaji wake ulipongezwa kwa nguvu zake za kisaikolojia na ushawishi mkubwa, na ikawa moja ya wahusika maarufu zaidi katika historia ya sinema.

Maisha binafsi ya Anthony Hopkins
Mbali na uigizaji, Hopkins ni mpiga kinanda hodari na mchoraji. Amefanya kazi kadhaa za muziki na sanaa za kuona, na hata kurekodi muziki wa filamu kadhaa. Kwa maisha binafsi, Hopkins ameoa mara tatu na ana mtoto mmoja, Abigail Hopkins, kutoka ndoa yake ya kwanza na Petronella Barker.

Hopkins ameendelea kufanya kazi katika filamu na televisheni kwa zaidi ya miongo sita, akishinda tuzo nyingi na kupongezwa kwa kazi zake. Uwezo wake wa kuigiza na mabadiliko ya tabia yamefanya kuwa mmoja wa waigizaji bora wa wakati wote.

Baadhi ya kazi bora za Anthony Hopkins
Jina la Filamu/TamthiliaMwaka UliotokaIdadi ya TuzoWasanii Wakubwa Alioshirikiana NaoThe Lion in Winter19683Peter O'Toole, Katharine HepburnA Bridge Too Far19772Sean Connery, Michael CaineThe Elephant Man19808John Hurt, Anne BancroftThe Silence of the Lambs199137Jodie Foster, Scott GlennHowards End19929Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham CarterDracula19923Gary Oldman, Winona RyderThe Remains of the Day199313Emma Thompson, James FoxLegends of the Fall19943Brad Pitt, Aidan QuinnNixon19958Joan Allen, Ed HarrisAmistad19974Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaugheyThe Mask of Zorro19983Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-JonesMeet Joe Black19981Brad Pitt, Claire ForlaniHannibal20012Julianne Moore, Gary OldmanRed Dragon20021Edward Norton, Ralph FiennesThe Human Stain20030Nicole Kidman, Ed HarrisThe World's Fastest Indian20053Diane Ladd, Paul RodriguezFracture20070Ryan Gosling, Rosamund PikeThor20110Chris Hemsworth, Natalie PortmanThe Father20206Olivia Colman, Mark GatissThe Two Popes20197Jonathan Pryce, Juan Minujín

Marejeo

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