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Anthony Hopkins

Actor, also composer, director, producer and writer · Born December 31, 1937 (88) · Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

2 Oscars · 2 Primetime Emmys · Golden Globe winner · 3 other major award bodies

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation." In 1991, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in its sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon. Other notable films include The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He received four more Academy Award nominations for The Remains of the Day (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997) and The Two Popes (2019) before winning a fourth BAFTA Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date. Since making his television debut with the BBC in 1967, Hopkins has continued to appear on television. In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace. In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen. In 2018, he starred in King Lear opposite Emma Thompson. In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Born
December 31, 1937 (88)
From
Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Works as
Actor, also composer, director, producer and writer
Titles
109 on MovieCove · 170 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Anthony Hopkins' films like?

Across their 110 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama35 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action23 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
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Biography15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
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Crime9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
22%
Self
21%
Bonds
19%
Survival
11%
Power
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
6%
Identity21 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds22 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love15 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival14 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice13 titles, browse their movies with this themePower12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose10 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition10 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 107 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 23 · Serious 27 · Dark 57

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 64 · Stylized 24 · Heightened 19

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 16 · Charged 49 · Intense 42

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 39 · Shifting 59 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 79 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 50 · Even-paced 48 · Relentless 9

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 61 · Full focus 24

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 29 · Affecting 32 · Heavy 46

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 64 · Open-ended 30 · Ambiguous 13

Roles they play

94 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 33 of 94 analyzed roles.

Mentor
33 of 94
Hero
26 of 94
Shadow
24 of 94
Shapeshifter
4 of 94
Ally
3 of 94
Threshold guardian
3 of 94
Herald
1 of 94
Show the 94 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
71
Melancholic
55
Dread
30
Contemplative
32
Warm
19
Other
92

How their films linger

Bittersweet43 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking40 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful29 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 24 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet56
  • Tragic16
  • Ambiguous17
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anthony Hopkins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 85 of their 109 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (36).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anthony Hopkins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

170 credits, 109 with a MovieCove page; 59 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Wife & Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Maserati: The Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Luca Antonelli

  • Locked(2025)

    as William

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Mary(2024)

    as King Herod

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Those About to Die(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · as Emperor Vespasian

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver(2024)

    as Jimmy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Freud's Last Session(2023)

    as Sigmund Freud

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • One Life(2023)

    as Nicholas Winton

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire(2023)

    as Jimmy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Son(2022)

    as Anthony

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Armageddon Time(2022)

    as Aaron Rabinowitz

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Where Are You(2019)

    as Thomas

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Zero Contact(2022)

    as Finley Hart

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Virtuoso(2021)

    as The Mentor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • The Father(2020)

    as Anthony

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Elyse(2020)

    Composer · Producer · as Dr. Philip Lewis

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Mythic Quest(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Everlight Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Two Popes(2019)

    as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • King Lear(2018)

    as Lear

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Mary and the Seven Dwarfs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Spielberg(2017)

    as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Thor: Ragnarok(2017)

    as Odin

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Transformers: The Last Knight(2017)

    as Sir Edmund Burton

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Westworld(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Dr. Robert Ford

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Collide(2016)

    as Hagen Kahl

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Misconduct(2016)

    as Arthur Denning

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Dresser(2015)

    as Sir

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Blackway(2015)

    Producer · as Lester

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Solace(2015)

    Producer · as John Clancy

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Kidnapping Mr. Heineken(2015)

    as Freddy Heineken

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Noah(2014)

    as Methuselah

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Thor: The Dark World(2013)

    as Odin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • RED 2(2013)

    as Bailey

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Hitchcock(2012)

    as Alfred Hitchcock

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • 360(2011)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Thor(2011)

    as Odin

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Rite(2011)

    as Father Lucas Trevant

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger(2010)

    as Alfie

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Third Rule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Fabian Hogarth

  • The Wolfman(2010)

    as Sir John Talbot

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Bare Knuckles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Xavier Jonas (uncredited)

  • The City of Your Final Destination(2009)

    as Adam Gund

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Beowulf(2007)

    as Hrothgar (Voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Shortcut to Happiness(2003)

    as Daniel Webster

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Fracture(2007)

    as Ted Crawford

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Slipstream(2007)

    Director · Composer · Writer · as Felix Bonhoeffer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • All the King's Men(2006)

    as Judge Irwin

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Bobby(2006)

    Executive Producer · as John Casey

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The World's Fastest Indian(2005)

    as Burt Munro

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Proof(2005)

    as Robert Llewellyn

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Alexander(2004)

    as Old Ptolemy

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Human Stain(2003)

    as Coleman Silk

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Red Dragon(2002)

    as Hannibal Lecter

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Bad Company(2002)

    as Oakes

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Hearts in Atlantis(2001)

    as Ted Brautigan

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Hannibal(2001)

    as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas(2000)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Mission: Impossible II(2000)

    as Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Titus(1999)

    as Titus Andronicus

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Return Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box(1999)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Little Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Narrator

  • Instinct(1999)

    as Dr. Ethan Powell

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Meet Joe Black(1998)

    as William Parrish

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Mask of Zorro(1998)

    as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Amistad(1997)

    as John Quincy Adams

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Edge(1997)

    as Charles Morse

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Predators Killing for a Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • The Lost Children of Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Narrator

  • Surviving Picasso(1996)

    as Pablo Picasso

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • August(1996)

    Director · Composer · as Ieuan Davies

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Nixon(1995)

    as Richard Nixon

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Legends of the Fall(1994)

    as Col. William Ludlow

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Road to Wellville(1994)

    as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Baseball(1994)

    Show 3 episodes · as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Shadowlands(1993)

    as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Remains of the Day(1993)

    as James Stevens

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Innocent(1993)

    as Glass

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as The Priest

  • Chaplin(1992)

    as George Hayden

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Dracula(1992)

    as Professor Abraham Van Helsing

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Earth and the American Dream(1992)

    as Reader (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • To Be the Best (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jack Figg

  • Howards End(1992)

    as Henry J. Wilcox

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Efficiency Expert(1991)

    as Errol Wallace

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Freejack(1992)

    as Ian McCandless

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • One Man's War(1991)

    as Joel

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Silence of the Lambs(1991)

    as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Hours(1990)

    as Tim Cornell

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • A Chorus of Disapproval(1989)

    as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · as Abel Magwitch

  • Heartland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Jack

  • Faroe Islands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as (voice)

  • The Tenth Man(1988)

    as Jean Louis Cheval

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Across the Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Donald Campbell

  • The Dawning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Cassius / Angus Barrie

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Jack

  • 84 Charing Cross Road(1987)

    as Frank P. Doel

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Blunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Guy Burgess

  • Sunday Premiere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Donald Campbell

  • The Good Father(1985)

    as Bill Hooper

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mussolini and I(1985)

    Show 4 episodes · as Count Galeazzo Ciano

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Guilty Conscience(1985)

    as Arthur Jamison

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 3 episodes · as Neil Gray

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Guy Burgess · as The Priest

  • A Woman of Substance(1984)

    Show as Jack Figg

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Arch of Triumph(1984)

    as Dr. Ravic

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Bounty(1984)

    as Lieutenant William Bligh

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Natural World(1983)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • A Married Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 4 episodes · as John Strickland

  • Little Eyolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Alfred Allmers

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1982)

    as Quasimodo

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Othello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Othello

  • The Bunker(1981)

    as Adolf Hitler

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Peter and Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · as Paul of Tarsus

  • A Change of Seasons(1980)

    as Adam Evans

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Elephant Man(1980)

    as Frederick Treves

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure(1979)

    as Captain Jones

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Magic(1978)

    as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • International Velvet(1978)

    as Captain Johnson

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • A Bridge Too Far(1977)

    as Lt. Col. John D. Frost

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Audrey Rose(1977)

    as Elliot Hoover

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Childhood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Dando

  • Victory at Entebbe(1976)

    as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case(1976)

    as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Dark Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Dr. Michael Grant

  • All Creatures Great and Small(1975)

    as Siegfried Farnon

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Girl from Petrovka(1974)

    as Kostya

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Juggernaut(1974)

    as Supt. John McCleod

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Arcata Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Theo Gunge

  • The Childhood Friend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Alexander Tashkov

  • QB VII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · as Adam Kelno

  • The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Hi

  • Black and Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Hi

  • A Doll's House(1973)

    as Torvald Helmer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Edwardians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as David Lloyd George

  • War & Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 17 episodes · as Pierre Bezukhov

  • Young Winston(1972)

    as David Llyod George

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Man Outside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Albert Watts

  • Poet Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Hugh Saunders

  • When Eight Bells Toll(1971)

    as Philip Calvert

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Ten Commandments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve

  • Hearts and Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Bob

  • Uncle Vanya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Astrov

  • Biography (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Danton

  • Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Alexander Tashkov · as Bob Goodliffe

  • The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Charles Dickens

  • The Three Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Andrey

  • The Looking Glass War(1970)

    as John Avery

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Claudius

  • Department S (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Greg Halliday

  • Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Wat Tyler

  • The Company of Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Mason

  • The Lion in Winter(1968)

    as Richard

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Red, White, and Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Brechtian

  • The White Bus(1967)

    as Brechtian

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Alfred Allmers · as Andrey · as Astrov · as Edmund Kean

  • The Man in Room 17 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Harding

  • A Matter of Degree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 6 episodes · as Stephen

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Jean Louis Chavel · as Quasimodo · as Siegfried

  • A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Hrothgar

  • A Visit to Grandpa’s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Grandpa

  • Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Ben Windsor

  • Cus & Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Cus D’Amato

  • Eyes in the Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Addis

  • The Housekeeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Lord Grenville-Whithers

  • The King of Covent Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Georg Friedrich Händel

  • The Species (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Charles Darwin

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 170 titles, 160 of them dated from 1951 to 2025; peak year 1993.

Biggest box office

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

$855M worldwide

Highest rated

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Westworld (2016)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19512025

Peak 1993 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 67 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1968Screen debut· The Lion in Winter
  • 1968BAFTA Award nomination· The Lion in Winter
  • 1971First top-billed film· When Eight Bells Toll
  • 1978Golden Globe nomination· Magic
  • 1980Breakout· The Elephant Man
  • 1980Career best· The Elephant Man
Show 11 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting168 of 170: 163 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting3 of 170: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 170: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 170: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleMusic4 of 170: 1 only music, 3 with another role

170 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and music overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s11 · acting1970s32 · acting1980s28 · acting1990s31 · 30 acting · 2 crew2000s17 · 17 acting · 2 crew2010s24 · 23 acting · 2 crew2020s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 43% of 84 roles
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Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, 2 Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe, 5 BAFTA Awards and 1 other major award from 42 major nominations, 1969–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Narrator
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actor
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
  2. 2020
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor
  3. 2019
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
  4. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  5. 2008
    • BAFTA Award, won · Film
  6. 2007
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Acting Ensemble
  7. 2006
    • Golden Globe, won
  8. 1998
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Supporting Actor
Show 12 earlier years
  1. 1996
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  2. 1994
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actor
  3. 1992
    • Oscar, won · Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor
  4. 1990
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
  5. 1989
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  6. 1982
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
  7. 1981
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
  8. 1979
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actor
  9. 1976
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special
  10. 1973
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor
  11. 1971
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actor
  12. 1969
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actor

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Anthony Hopkins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 101; across their 107 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Midcredits score across 109 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up29
  • 50th to 74th31
  • 25th to 49th33
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

40 of their 109 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved17
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser40
  • Broadly Agreed20
  • Mixed28

Most divisive · actor

Zero Contact (2022)

91st percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 96 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Anthony Hopkins' work okay for kids?

Across up to 66 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore53 titles26–90 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity66 titles10–69 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity51 titles18–72 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs48 titles23–50 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense51 titles24–83 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Anthony Hopkins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anthony Hopkins' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Attenborough shares the most, 6.

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