Anthony Hopkins through the years: his life in photographs
Anthony Hopkins is an Oscar-winning actor with a love for music and art.
Although he originally wanted to study music, Hopkins graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama as an acting student and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
“I was pretty stupid at school,” says the King Lear actor said Desert sun in 2017. “My school history was bad and I think this causes a lot of anger and loneliness in every child. So I said, 'Fuck it. I will become an actor and be successful in life.” But that attitude has stayed with me my whole life. I am happily grateful that I survived all these years.”
Hopkins won his first Oscar for Best Actor in 1992 Silence of the lambs and starred in many critically acclaimed films including Pravda, Amistad And The two popes.
Hopkins released Composer in 2012, an album composed of original works performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and his artwork was exhibited in the Desert Art Collection.
“When you get to a certain age and you realize you're not good enough at school — and I was — it's a lonely feeling,” Hopkins said. NPR in 2012. “And I look back on it now as the greatest gift I could have received, because it was the rocket fuel that pushed me to do something with my life… And here I am, composing at the age of 74 .”
The Westworld star became the oldest Oscar recipient of the 2021 Best Actor award at the age of 83 for his performance in The father, and he appears to have no plans to retire anytime soon. He also stars as Jimmy in 2024 Rebel Moon: Part Two.
Keep scrolling to see the actor's life in photos: