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Sir
Anthony Hopkins (born
December 31, 1937) is an
Oscar-winning Welsh-born
actor.
He
was born Philip Anthony
Hopkins in Margam, near
Port Talbot, Wales. His
parents were the late
Richard Arthur Hopkins
and Muriel Yeats, a
distant relation of poet
William Butler Yeats. He
was influenced and
encouraged to become an
actor by fellow Welshman
Richard Burton, whom he
met briefly at the age
of fifteen. Hopkins
eventually moved to
London where he trained
as an actor at RADA, at
the suggestion of Roy
Marsden.
He
was spotted by Laurence
Olivier, who invited him
to join the National
Theatre. Despite some
success there, Hopkins
tired of repeating the
same roles nightly and
yearned to be in films.
He got his break in The
Lion in Winter (1968)
and never looked
back.
He
was made a Commander of
the British Empire (CBE)
in 1987, and a Knight of
the British Empire (KBE)
in 1993. (Being a higher
award within the same
order, only the
postnominal KBE is
used.) He was also, in
1996, awarded an
honorary fellowship from
the University of Wales,
Lampeter.
Today,
Hopkins also takes time
to support various
philanthropic groups.
Hopkins was past Gala
Fundraiser Guest of
Honour for Women in
Recovery, Inc., a
Venice, California-based
non-profit organization
offering rehabilitation
for women in need. He is
also a volunteer teacher
at the Ruskins School of
Acting in Santa Monica,
California where he also
resides.
Hopkins
has been wed three
times. His first two
wives were Petronella
Barker (1967–1972)
and Jennifer Lynton
(1973–2003). He is
now married to Stella
Arroyave. He has a
daughter named Abigail
Hopkins (born 1968) from
his first
marriage.
Websites:
Planet
Hopkins
- Tribute
site.
News:
Who
Wants Hannibal As A
Boyfriend?
20 December
2006
Hopkins
Praises Missing
Gwyneth
05 September
2005
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