Anthony Hopkins
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Hamlet (1969)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins…
- The predominant use of close–ups enhances Nicol Williamson's bold performance as an impulsive, roguish young Hamlet.
- Walk in the Spring Rain, A (1970)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Hopkins
- Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Hopkins conduct an illicit affair in their middle age. Romantic slush best enjoyed as unintentional comedy.
- When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
- Dir. Etienne Périer
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley…
- Expert hokum from the pen of Alistair Maclean has Anthony Hopkins as a secret agent on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that…
- Young Winston (1972)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward…
- The early life of Britain's greatest political leader, through his time in India, Sudan and the Boer War to his ascendancy at the House of Commons.
- War and Peace (TV Mini-series) (1972)
- Dir. John Davies
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies
- Hugely ambitious television production of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel, told through twenty 45–minute episodes. Boasting beautiful design and…
- Edwardians, The (1972)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, James Cellan Jones, Alan Clarke
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Timothy West, Robert Powell…
- Superb examination of eight famous Edwardians who helped shape the early 20th century. Impeccably presented and directed by some of the BBC's finest…
- A Doll's House (1973)
- Dir. Patrick Garland
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Claire Bloom, Ralph Richardson…
- A stagey, though strongly acted version of Henrik Ibsen's renowned proto–feminist stageplay set in a 19th century household beset by personal…
- Juggernaut (1974)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings…
- Richard Harris leads a bomb disposal squad in a race against time to save an ocean liner and its 1200 passengers from disaster. Fine nail–biter…
- QB VII (TV Mini-Series) (1974)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron…
- A multiple Emmy–winning adaptation of the novel by Leon Uris (best known for "Exodus") detailing the gripping court battle between a…
- Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (1976)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Martin Balsam, Cliff DeYoung…
- A TV film dramatising the events of the Lindbergh kidnapping, in which the son of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was abducted…
- Victory at Entebbe (1976)
- Dir. Marvin J. Chomsky
Feat. Helmut Berger, Linda Blair, Burt Lancaster…
- A made–for–television film first broadcast on ABC, depicting the raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda and the freeing of Israeli hostages…
- Audrey Rose (1977)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck…
- Soberly told thriller which has a seemingly happy couple disturbed by a stranger's (Hopkins) claim that their child is his daughter, in reincarnated…
- Magic (1978)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
- Anthony Hopkins is tormented by his evil ventriloquist dummy in an off–kilter thriller, that misses a little screen magic. Scripted by William…
- International Velvet (1978)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer…
- Belated and earnest sequel to classic NATIONAL VELVET has an adult Velvet Brown take in an orphaned niece from America, who, with the help of an…
- Elephant Man, The (1980)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
- The heart–wrenching true story of a grossly deformed pauper, dramatised to perfection by director David Lynch. A compassionate doctor rescues…
- A Change of Seasons (1980)
- Dir. Richard Lang
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek
- Comedy of tangled relationships and mid–life crises, following a forty–something woman who begins a relationship with a young,…
- Othello (1981)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins
- Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
- Peter and Paul (1981)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert…
- Epic account of the early spread of Christianity follows disciples Peter and Paul as they struggle against violent opposition and their own personal…
- Bunker, The (1981)
- Dir. George Schaefer
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman…
- Absorbing account of Hitler's last days spent hiding under Berlin with Hopkins giving one of his finest performances. Somber adaptation of James P.…
- Little Eyolf (1982)
- Feat. Diana Rigg, Anthony Hopkins
- Solid BBC teleplay of Henrik Ibsen's stage–piece about a writer trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman.
- Bounty, The (1984)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier…
- Robert Bolt’s (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) version of the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ tale of Fletcher Christian’s (Mel Gibson) mutiny…
- Mussolini and I (1985)
- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon…
- The last days of Il Duce as embodied by Bob Hoskins in this strong Italian miniseries.
- 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
- Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
- Tenth Man, The (1988)
- Dir. Jack Gold, Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Brenda Bruce, Derek Jacobi…
- A measured TV–movie adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene about a French lawyer who saves himself from being executed during the Nazi…
- Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales…
- A light and slight drama set around widower Jeremy Iron’s move to a seaside town and involvement with a local theatre group. Superb cast livens the…
- Spotswood (1991)
- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Bruno Lawrence…
- Anthony Hopkins plays an efficiency expert hired to overhaul a cottage moccasin factory, and finds himself endeared to the staff, in this affable…
- Desperate Hours (1991)
- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers
- Remake of a Bogart thriller in which escaped convict/psycho Mickey Rourke awaits his connection to freedom at an innocent family's home.
- Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn…
- Celebrated adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel follows the hunt of a gruesome serial killer by a rookie cop (Jodie Foster), 'aided' by an incarcerated…
- Chaplin (1992)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins
- A reverent yet captivating biopic of comic genius Charlie Chaplin, boasting an uncanny central performance from Robert Downey Jnr. Commendably…
- Howards End (1992)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter
- Merchant/Ivory's E.M. Forster adaptation is so exquisite it pales their previous efforts. Forster's usual themes of class injustice and emotional…
- Trial, The (1992)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Jason Robards Jr.…
- Update of Kafka's disturbing, influential novel posits Kyle MacLachlan as the man mysteriously arrested and subjected to a totalitarian judiciary.…
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves…
- Francis Ford Coppola's opulent and erotic update of the gothic legend. Gary Oldman's incarnation of the fanged one is most impressive here, as are…
- Freejack (1992)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins
- Champion race driver Emilio Estevez is rescued from death and beamed into 2009 where he soon sets about kicking the totalitarian asses of both Mick…
- Remains of the Day (1993)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve…
- Note–perfect adaptation of the Booker–winning novel plays out its key themes of duty and betrayal, love and loss with effortless class,…
- Shadowlands (1993)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger
- Anthony Hopkins is terrific as academic and children's author C.S. Lewis, who discovers a well of unfathomable emotion when his American divorcee…
- Road to Wellville (1994)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda…
- Much eccentricity transpires at the health farm of J. Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), inventor of the corn flake. Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda,…
- Innocent, The (1994)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Campbell Scott, Isabella Rossellini
- Anthony Hopkins toplines WW2 espionage thriller about a British engineer (Campbell Scott) who becomes caught in the crossfire of suspicion during his…
- Nixon (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Ed Harris…
- With almost Shakespearian gravitas, Anthony Hopkins portrays a flawed but fully–rounded Richard Nixon. Instead of the anticipated whitewash,…
- August (1995)
- Dir. Anthony Hopkins
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Phillips, Leslie Burton
- Anthony Hopkins directs and takes the lead role in this variation on Chekhov's oft–filmed drama Uncle Vanya, setting it in his native Wales…
- Surviving Picasso (1997)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore…
- Anthony Hopkins acts his beret off in this portrait of the insatiable, cantankerous Spanish genius and the trail of emotional devastation he left…
- Edge, The (1997)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle MacPherson
- Cool–headed millionaire Anthony Hopkins, playboy hot–head Alec Baldwin, and their pilot get trapped in the Alaskan wilderness, where they…
- Amistad (1998)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey
- Laying bare his socio–historical conscience (a much better prospect post–SCHINDLER'S LIST), Steven Speilberg sets sail with an epic of…
- Mask of Zorro, The (1998)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Scabarding much of the swordplay of the Tyrone Power original for mega–budget stuntwork and destruction, this ultimately swaps one brand of…
- Meet Joe Black (1998)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
- Oddly original premise (actually, updated from 1934's Death Takes A Holiday), drawn out as a loopy ponder on matters of life and death.
Rests on a…
- Instinct (1999)
- Dir. Jon Turtletaub
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Jr. Gooding
- In another mad shrink role, Anthony Hopkins loses it while studying mountain gorillas in Africa and is brought back to the US for assessment by Cuba…
- Titus (1999)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming…
- A ferocious, no–holds–barred reading by Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange and Alan Cumming of Shakespeare's early play, the baroque, and…
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton…
- Submerging all traces of the original series, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, whose mission it is to keep a deadly synthetic virus out of the hands…
- Hannibal (2001)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta
- Anthony Hopkins reprises his iconic role as Hannibal Lechter in this controversially gruesome sequel to the serial killer classic, SILENCE OF THE…
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis
- Muted elegy for lost smalltown adolescence from the pen of Stephen King, that like STAND BY ME casts shadows of unease over its…
- Bad Company (2002)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock
- CIA–spook Anthony Hopkins recruits the street–smart twin (Chris Rock) of his recently–dead partner to help on a mission to track…
- Red Dragon (2002)
- Dir. Brett Ratner
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes…
- Betraying the odds after the lackluster “Hannibal”, this accomplished ‘prequel’ based on Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name more than…
- Human Stain, The (2003)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise…
- An astute adaptation of a modern American classic, with a distinguished Anthony Hopkins and a blazing Nicole Kidman striking a surprising…
- Alexander (2004)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer…
- A valiant, though flawed attempt by dir. Oliver Stone (PLATOON) to depict the life and times of Grecian military commander Alexander the Great,…
- Shortcut to Happiness (Devil and Daniel Webster, The) (2004)
- Dir. Alec Baldwin
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt…
- Alec Baldwin's sole directorial outing is something of a misfire, with Baldwin as a struggling author who's Faustian bargaining is his…
- World's Fastest Indian, The (2005)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd
- Feelgood drama with a core of goodhearted Kiwi common sense and realism, this relates the true story of Invercargill legend Burt Munro (Hopkins), who…
- Proof (2005)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal…
- An elegant adaptation of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, with Gwyneth Paltrow reprising her London stage role as the grieving…
- All The King's Men (2006)
- Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins…
- A heavyweight, if not entirely functional adaptation Robert Penn Warren's political novel about a failed idealist turned corrupt, powermongering…
- Bobby (2006)
- Dir. Emilio Estevez
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins…
- In the sprawling, overlapping traditional of Robert Altman, dir. Emilio Estevez time capsules the hours leading up to Robert F. Kennedy's…
- Fracture (2007)
- Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn…
- A you–know–whodunnit legal psychodrama with Anthony Hopkins as a wealthy businessman who shoots his wife dead, then plays a cruel (if…
- Beowulf (2007)
- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins…
- Originally earmarked for 3D IMAX cinemas, this groundbreaking animation brings to screen the Old English epic of hero Beowulf (Winstone) and his…
- Slipstream (Slipstream Dream) (2007)
- Dir. Anthony Hopkins
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Christian Slater, Camryn Manheim…
- Anthony Hopkins cartwheels into the director's chair and attempts to channel David Lynch for this befuddling ensemble fantasy in which a screenwriter…
- City Of Your Final Destination, The (2009)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg…
- Beautifully shot Merchant Ivory film about a doctoral student who travels to Uruguay in an attempt to win over the dysfunctional family of Latin…
- Wolfman, The (2010)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt…
- Disjointed remake of the Lon Chaney classic stars Benicio Del Toro as the broody beast, helplessly chowing down on Victorian London.
Although the…
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin…
- Not so much a serious Woody Allen film as a funny one without any jokes. An ensemble of fine actors stumble through a series of scenes with only a…
- Rite, The (2011)
- Dir. Mikael Håfström
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds…
- Anthony Hopkins is enjoyably unhinged in this otherwise gloomy religious horror centered on a legendary Vatican exorcist who falls victim to Satan,…
- Thor (2011)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman…
- Engaging superhero escapism with The God of Thunder banished to earth where his skills with a hammer soon come in handy.
Flitting between godly…
- 360 (2011)
- Dir. Fernando Meirelles
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins…
- Fernando Meirelles (CITY OF GOD) directs this kaleidoscopic ensemble drama set in seven cities across the globe, concerning a disparate set of…
- Hitchcock (2012)
- Dir. Sacha Gervasi
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson…
- Anthony Hopkins plays the one and only Master of Suspense in this polished recreation of the making of the director's most famous film,…
- RED 2 (2013)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker…
- It's more of the same from the retired assassins club, who are still fighting for their survival in this entertaining, if entirely disposable…
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston…
- In this predictably bombastic sequel, the action relocates from Earth to the Nine Realms, where the Norse God must team up with nemesis Loki…
- Noah (2014)
- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone…
- This thought–provoking religious epic from dir. Darren Aronofsky tackles the biblical story of Noah's Ark with seriousness and gusto.
- Kindnapping Mr. Heineken (2014)
- Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess…
- Bizarre true crime flick based on the successful kidnapping of the heir to the Heineken beer empire in the 1980's.
- Collide (2016)
- Dir. Eran Creevy
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Ben Kingsley…
- A kinetic action mash–up with Ben Kingsley hamming it up mercilessly as a German drug kingpin who kidnaps the girlfriend of an American…
- Westworld (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright…
- Phenomenally popular science–fiction western series from creator Jonathan Nolan, set in a fictional theme park populated by android "hosts",…
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci…
- A cacophonous plot and state–of–the–art special effects mark this fifth installment of the franchise, a largely…
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett…
- New Zealand's most successful film–maker on home turf (and former Aro Valleyite) Taika Waititi makes his equally successful Hollywood debut…
- Father, The (2020)
- Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss…
- Anthony Hopkins reaches another career peak in this brilliant conceived and executed drama about an aging man who is losing his sense of…
- Son, The (2023)
- Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby…
- A teenage son moves out on his single mother to live with his father. The part time dad tries to make the best of the situation. But juggling his new…
- One Life (2023)
- Dir. James Hawes
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn…
- the true story of a London broker Nicholas Winton; who secretly organised the rail transport of hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi occupied Europe…