Anthony Hopkins received an Oscar® for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs and was subsequently nominated in the same category for his performances in The Remains of the Day and Nixon. In 1998, he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Steven Spielberg's Amistad.

Mr. Hopkins was born in Wales. He won a scholarship to the Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, where he studied for two years. In 1960, he was invited to audition for Sir Laurence Olivier, then director of the National Theater at the Old Vic. Two years later, Mr. Hopkins was Olivier's understudy in Strindberg's Dance of Death.

Mr. Hopkins made his film debut in 1967 in The Lion in Winter, starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. Some of his subsequent films in the 1970s and '80s include A Bridge Too Far, Magic, The Elephant Man, The Bounty, and 84 Charing Cross Road. Mr. Hopkins also received two Emmy Awards for his performances as Bruno Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case and Adolf Hitler in The Bunker.

In 1990, he starred in Desperate Hours. After The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, he appeared in Howards End, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Legends of the Fall, and The Road to Wellville. In 1993, he starred in Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands, for which he won the BAFTA Best Actor Award. Mr. Hopkins made his directorial debut in 1996 with August, an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, for which he composed the musical score and played the part of Vanya. He starred in Surviving Picasso and with Alec Baldwin in The Edge. The Mask of Zorro was released in 1998, as was Meet Joe Black. The following year he starred in Instinct and Titus.

Mr. Hopkins recorded the narration for Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard, and followed with Hannibal, the blockbuster sequel to The Silence of the Lambs. He also appeared recently in Hearts in Atlantis, Bad Company, and Red Dragon, the hit prequel to The Silence of the Lambs.

Anthony Hopkins's latest film, in which he stars opposite Nicole Kidman, is The Human Stain, directed by Robert Benton.

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