Anthony Hopkins

Biography

Born 12/31/1937

Like his fellow Welshman Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins left England and a celebrated stage career to enjoy the life of an A-list Hollywood actor. The restless thespian made an auspicious film debut in "The Lion in Winter" (1968), as the scheming Richard the Lionheart, and won Emmys for his...
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Awards

  • In 2006, received Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • In 1998, received San Sebastian Premio Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievement
  • In 1998, received ShoWest Award for Actor of the Year

Highlights

  • In 2007, Portrayed King Hrothgar in Robert Zemeckis' big-budget film version of "Beowulf"
  • In 2007, Feature debut as a screenwriter with "Slipstream"; also directed, produced and starred in the film as a Hollywood screenwriter who begins to confuse his own life with the characters he is creating on the page; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
  • In 2007, Co-starred in the dramatic thriller, "Fracture" as a man who confessed to killing his cheating wife

Family & Companions

  • Francine Kay: born c. 1956; had "brief romance" in 1998
  • Joyce Ingalls: born c. 1941; met at Alcoholics Anonymous meeting c. 1995; was married to screenwriter Darrell Fetty with whom she had two sons; separated from Hopkins in February 1996
  • Richard Arthur Hopkins: father (Died on March 30, 1981 of heart disease)

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