The Anthony Hopkins Handbook - Everything you need to know about Anthony Hopkins

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937), best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors, Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Actor, its sequel Hannibal, and its prequel Red Dragon. Other prominent film credits include The Lion in Winter, Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon and Fracture.

Hopkins was born and brought up in Wales. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. Hopkins' films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. As well as his Academy Award, Hopkins has also won three BAFTA Awards, two Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.

This book is your ultimate resource for Anthony Hopkins. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: A Flea in Her Ear, The White Bus, The Lion in Winter (1968 film), The Looking Glass War, Hamlet (1969 film), Department S, The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens, When Eight Bells Toll (1971 film), Young Winston, War and Peace (TV series), A Doll's House (1973 Garland film), The Girl from Petrovka, QB VII, Juggernaut (film), All Creatures Great and Small (film), Dark Victory, Victory at Entebbe, A Bridge Too Far (1977 film),