Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins was born on December 31, 1937, in Margam, Wales, to Muriel Anne (Yeats) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. His parents were both of half-Welsh and half-English descent. Anthony worked at a variety of jobs, including milkman, steelworker, store clerk and lorry driver, before going into acting.

Hopkins started his acting career in 1964 when he joined the National Theatre Wales. His first film role came two years later, in The Lion in Winter (1968). He went on to appear in a number of other films and television shows, including Magic (1978), The Elephant Man (1980), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001).

Hopkins has won multiple awards for his work, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993.

In 2020, Hopkins starred in the HBO series Westworld, for which he received critical acclaim.