Portrait of Anthony Hopkins

Acting

Anthony Hopkins

Career

Active from 1960 to 2026, busiest in 1992 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
113
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 114 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anthony Hopkins Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 18
  • Political Intrigue 15
  • Social Commentary 11
  • Psychological Thriller 10
  • Biographical Drama 9
  • Literary Adaptation 8
  • Psychological Drama 7
  • Character Study 7
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Melancholic Tone 6
  • Melancholy 5
  • Thought-Provoking 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

170
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

9 titles
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf

as Hrothgar

2048
2048

as Bryant

The King of Covent Garden
The King of Covent Garden

as Georg Friedrich Händel

A Visit to Grandpa’s
A Visit to Grandpa’s

as Grandpa

Cus & Mike
Cus & Mike

as Cus D’Amato

The Species
The Species

as Charles Darwin

Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess
Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess

as Ben Windsor

Eyes in the Trees
Eyes in the Trees

as Dr. Addis

The Housekeeper
The Housekeeper

as Lord Grenville-Whithers

2020s

17 titles · average score 51
Locked
Locked (2025)
GoodWatch score 54

as William

Those About to Die
Those About to Die (2024)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show · as Emperor Vespasian

Mary
Mary (2024)
GoodWatch score 38

as King Herod

One Life
One Life (2023)
GoodWatch score 79

as Nicholas Winton

Freud's Last Session
Freud's Last Session (2023)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sigmund Freud

Zero Contact
Zero Contact (2022)
GoodWatch score 21

as Finley Hart

The Son
The Son (2022)
GoodWatch score 49

as Anthony

Where Are You
Where Are You (2022)
GoodWatch score 15

as Thomas

Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

as Aaron Rabinowitz

The Virtuoso
The Virtuoso (2021)
GoodWatch score 33

as The Mentor

The Father
The Father (2020)
GoodWatch score 89

as Anthony

Elyse
Elyse (2020)
GoodWatch score 40

as Dr. Philip Lewis

2010s

24 titles · average score 55
The Two Popes
The Two Popes (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

as Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI

King Lear
King Lear (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lear

Collide
Collide (2016)
GoodWatch score 39

as Hagen Kahl

Misconduct
Misconduct (2016)
GoodWatch score 30

as Arthur Denning

Solace
Solace (2015)
GoodWatch score 43

as John Clancy

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
GoodWatch score 38

as Freddy Heineken

Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

as Odin

Hitchcock
Hitchcock (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

as Alfred Hitchcock

The Rite
The Rite (2011)
GoodWatch score 42

as Father Lucas Trevant

Thor
Thor (2011)
GoodWatch score 67

as Odin

The Wolfman
The Wolfman (2010)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sir John Talbot

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

as Alfie

2000s

17 titles · average score 54
Fracture
Fracture (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ted Crawford

Beowulf
Beowulf (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

as Hrothgar (Voice)

Slipstream
Slipstream (2007)
GoodWatch score 40

as Felix Bonhoeffer

All the King's Men
All the King's Men (2006)
GoodWatch score 40

as Judge Irwin

Bobby
Bobby (2006)
GoodWatch score 59

as John Casey

The World's Fastest Indian
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

as Burt Munro

Proof
Proof (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as Robert Llewellyn

The Human Stain
The Human Stain (2003)
GoodWatch score 53

as Coleman Silk

Bad Company
Bad Company (2002)
GoodWatch score 36

as Oakes

Red Dragon
Red Dragon (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hannibal Lecter

Hearts in Atlantis
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
GoodWatch score 60

as Ted Brautigan

Hannibal
Hannibal (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

1990s

31 titles · average score 62
Titus
Titus (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

as Titus Andronicus

Instinct
Instinct (1999)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dr. Ethan Powell

Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as William Parrish

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro

The Edge
The Edge (1997)
GoodWatch score 67

as Charles Morse

Nixon
Nixon (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

as Richard Nixon

Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Col. William Ludlow

The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

as James Stevens

Shadowlands
Shadowlands (1993)
GoodWatch score 88

as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

as Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Howards End
Howards End (1992)
GoodWatch score 83

as Henry J. Wilcox

The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
GoodWatch score 89

as Dr. Hannibal Lecter

1980s

27 titles · average score 65
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
GoodWatch score 45

as Dafydd Ap Llewellyn

The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man (1988)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jean Louis Cheval

84 Charing Cross Road
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Frank P. Doel

Mussolini and I
Mussolini and I (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Count Galeazzo Ciano

The Bounty
The Bounty (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lieutenant William Bligh

A Married Man
A Married Man (1983)

TV show · as John Strickland

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
GoodWatch score 57

as Quasimodo

Peter and Paul
Peter and Paul (1981)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Paul of Tarsus

The Bunker
The Bunker (1981)
GoodWatch score 65

as Adolf Hitler

Othello
Othello (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Othello

The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man (1980)
GoodWatch score 85

as Frederick Treves

A Change of Seasons
A Change of Seasons (1980)
GoodWatch score 56

as Adam Evans

1970s

33 titles · average score 62
Magic
Magic (1978)
GoodWatch score 68

as Corky Withers / Fats (voice)

International Velvet
International Velvet (1978)
GoodWatch score 67

as Captain Johnson

Audrey Rose
Audrey Rose (1977)
GoodWatch score 54

as Elliot Hoover

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as Bruno Richard Hauptmann

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1975)
GoodWatch score 67

as Siegfried Farnon

QB VII
QB VII (1974)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Adam Kelno

The Girl from Petrovka
The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
GoodWatch score 43

as Kostya

Juggernaut
Juggernaut (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

as Supt. John McCleod

A Doll's House
A Doll's House (1973)
GoodWatch score 54

as Torvald Helmer

War & Peace
War & Peace (1972)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Pierre Bezukhov

When Eight Bells Toll
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
GoodWatch score 57

as Philip Calvert

The Looking Glass War
The Looking Glass War (1970)
GoodWatch score 54

as John Avery

1960s

11 titles · average score 68
Hamlet
Hamlet (1969)
GoodWatch score 63

as Claudius

Department S
Department S (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Greg Halliday

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt (1969)

as Wat Tyler

The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter (1968)
GoodWatch score 85

as Richard

The Company of Five
The Company of Five (1968)

TV show · as Richard Mason

Red, White, and Zero
Red, White, and Zero (1968)

as Brechtian

The White Bus
The White Bus (1967)
GoodWatch score 63

as Brechtian

Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Astrov / Alfred Allmers

The Man in Room 17
The Man in Room 17 (1965)

TV show · as Dr. Harding

A Matter of Degree
A Matter of Degree (1960)

TV show · as Stephen

1950s

1 title · average score 85
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Siegfried / Jean Louis Chavel