Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, director, and producer.One of Britain’s most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has garnered numerous accolades throughout his career spanning over six decades. 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.

According to the actor himself, he was an inattentive student throughout his childhood and adolescence, taking up an interest in the arts instead, particularly painting and drawing. His early like changed when he met famed Welsh actor Richard Burton, who childhood home Hopkins grew up near, at age 15. Inspired by Burton’s career, he signed up for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 1957. Almost two decades later, the two would cross paths again when Burton replaced Hopkins in a stage production of the play Equus.