Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins,
CBE, best known as
Anthony Hopkins, is a
Welsh actor of film, stage and television and composer. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors,
Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer
Hannibal Lecter in
The Silence of the Lambs, its sequel
Hannibal, and its prequel
Red Dragon. Other prominent film credits include
The Lion in Winter,
Magic,
The Elephant Man,
84 Charing Cross Road,
Dracula,
Legends of the Fall,
The Remains of the Day,
Amistad,
Nixon, and
Fracture. Hopkins was born and brought up in Wales. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000.
Hopkins' films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. As well as his Academy Award, Hopkins has also won three
BAFTA Awards, two
Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award. Hopkins was
knighted by Queen
Elizabeth II in 1993 for services to the arts.
He received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and was made a Fellow of the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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