Sir Anthony Hopkins , here in 1953, says he was bullied at school, where teachers thought he was "thick" He's pleased his parents lived long enough to see him succeed. 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 ... Anthony Hopkins , Welsh stage and film actor, often at his best when playing pathetic misfits or characters on the fringes of insanity. The role with which Hopkins is most identified, and for which he received an Oscar, was that of serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Anthony Hopkins shares the life-changing decision to quit alcohol and reflects on his journey to sobriety in his new memoir, revealing the night he hit rock bottom and the haunting question that ...
