- Title: FILE: Actor Anthony Hopkins turns 85 on New Years Eve
- Date: 30th December 2022
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 27, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF 2021 BEST ACTOR WINNER AND ACTOR, ANTHONY HOPKINS ARRIVING AND POSING FOR PHOTOS AT THE VANITY FAIR PARTY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MARCH 27, 2022) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS ARRIVING AT OSCARS AND SPEAKING TO REPORTER LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 2, 2011) (REUTERS) POSTERS FOR “THORâ€, INCLUDING OF ANTHONY HOPKINS AS ‘ODIN’ AT “THOR†PREMIERE HOPKINS SPEAKING TO REPORTER DIRECTOR, KENNETH BRANAGH SPEAKING TO REPORTER TO HOPKINS SPEAKING LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 4, 2013) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS WALKING ON “THOR: THE DARK WORLD†CARPET LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - DECEMBER 9, 2012) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS AND CO-STAR, ACTOR HELEN MIRREN ON RED CARPET SPEAKING TO FANS AT “HITCHCOCK†PREMIERE POSTER FOR “HITCHCOCK†HOPKINS WALKING RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ANTHONY HOPKINS, ON PLAYING ALFRED HITCHCOCK, SAYING: "Well I was always a little nervous playing him because I didn't want to hear my voice back or see any of it. On the set they have these monitors and I didn't want to see any playback because I didn't want to shock myself." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - DECEMBER 1995) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS ON SET OF "NIXON" WITH ANTHONY HOPKINS AS FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON WORKING WITH DIRECTOR, OLIVER STONE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 18, 2012) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS GREETING GUESTS AT MUHAMMAD ALI’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 12, 2011) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ANTHONY HOPKINS, SAYING: "Muppets! Long live the Muppets! Long live Kermit! Kermit, is the best! I'm his alter ego!" VARIOUS OF THE MUPPETS, INCLUDING KERMIT THE FROG AND MISS PIGGY ON RED CARPET AT “THE MUPPETS†PREMIERE ANTHONY HOPKINS POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH GUESTS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 15, 1996) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTHONY HOPKINS WITH SPENCER TRACY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 12, 1998) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTHONY HOPKINS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT "THE MASK OF ZORRO" PREMIERE HOPKINS WITH ANTONIO BANDERAS WITH PARTNER, MELANIE GRIFFITHS OUTSIDE THEATRE FLORENCE, ITALY (FILE - MAY 4, 2000) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS ARRIVING AT "HANNIBAL" PRESS CONFERENCE INSIDE PALAZZO VECCHIO IN PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA DIRECTOR, RIDLEY SCOTT ARRIVING HOPKINS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ANHTONY HOPKINS, WHO PLAYS DOCTOR HANNIBAL LECTER, SAYING: "I see Lecter very clearly because that's the way I'm built I suppose, that's the way I perceive things, the dark side of life. It's not just the dark side of our lives,we all have, it's the most creative side of our lives, so in this case, Hannibal Lecter is a very creative genius." NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - FEBRUARY 5, 2001) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTHONY HOPKINS AND "HANNIBAL" CO-STAR, ACTOR JULIANNE MOORE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE FILM'S PREMIERE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 11, 2001) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ANTHONY HOPKINS ARRIVING AND POSING FOR PHOTOS AT HIS HAND AND FOOTPRINT CEREMONY AT MANN'S CHINESE THEATER PHOTOGRAPHERS HOPKINS LEAVING HANDPRINTS IN CEMENT AND POSING FOR PRESS HOPKINS HANDPRINTS AND SIGNATURE OUTSIDE AT MANN'S CHINESE THEATER
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Actor Anthony Hopkins, famed for award-winning movie portrayals that included a cannibalistic psychopath and repressed English butler, turns 85 on Saturday (December 31).
Born the son of a baker in 1937 in southern Wales, Hopkins has enjoyed a long and illustrious career on the silver screen.
Hopkins' golden era was the 1990s, when he received Academy Award nominations for four films - 1992's "The Silence of the Lambs,", 1994's "The Remains of the Day," 1996's "Nixon," and 1998's "Amistad".
He won the best actor Oscar as the brilliant but twisted murderer and cannibal Doctor Hannibal Lecter in the thriller "The Silence of the Lambs." Playing the role with seductive charm opposite Jodie Foster as F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, Hopkins launched a thousand memes with his lip-smacking delivery of the line: "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
Nearly ten years later, he would appear again as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in 2001 sequel "Hannibal", where Lecter lives in exile but reconnects with now disgraced Agent Starling, played by Julianne Moore.
In "The Remains of the Day," based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro, Hopkins played a butler beginning to question his loyalty to his master.
Then in 2021, Hopkins became the oldest actor ever to receive an Oscar, when he was awarded the statuette at the age of 83 for his portrayal of a man suffering from dementia in "The Father." Not expecting to win, Hopkins was at home in his bed in Wales when the announcement was read out in Los Angeles.
Other lauded later life roles included Benedict in "The Two Popes," for which he received an Academy Award best actor nomination in 2020, and Dr. Ford, the flawed genius and designer of futuristic worlds in HBO's 2016 drama series "Westworld."
As well as playing two American presidents, Hopkins has also portrayed legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock" in 2012, opposite Helen Mirren.
In 1990, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, becoming Sir Anthony Hopkins. He spent many of his later years near Los Angeles, taking U.S. citizenship in 2000, but was allowed to retain his title.
In 2003, he married Colombian actress Stella Arroyave, his third wife. He has a daughter, Abigail, from his first marriage to the actress Petronella Barker.
Throughout his life, Hopkins has had sideline careers in both painting and music, with his work exhibited and performed all over the world.
He has long described himself as restless and not very social, and later in life was diagnosed with what he called "high end" Asperger's Syndrome.
"I've got enough going on in my life without hanging out with actors all the time or hanging out with anyone very much," he told the Daily Beast in 2016.
"I love working and I'm not lonely, I'm not a recluse, but I am very much my own person ... I don't need people much."
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