Anthony Hopkins Biography

Biography

notice to receive an invitation to join Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in 1965. Continuing to perform onstage under this company throughout 1966 and 1967, he took time to encounter his first big screen enactment in Lindsay Anderson's “The White Bus” (1967) and also held his marriage ceremony in September 1967 with his sweetheart, Petronella Parker, who later gave him a daughter named Abigail on August 20, 1968. Sadly, this relationship did not work well for they concluded to have a divorce in 1972, leading him to the thought of abandoning his baby girl which thus resulted in his drinking habit, subsequently became a figure who was hard to work with.

Realized that his dependence on alcohol could ruin all he had built, particularly after he gained national attention upon his triumph at the 1973 BAFTA Awards for being the Best Actor through his role in BBC's miniseries of “War and Peace” (1972), Anthony started to fight against his addiction with the full support from his second wife, Jennifer Lynton. Successfully overcame the habit by the late 1975, he confidently returned to the screen to star in a handful of either film or TV movie projects, including those of “The Lindbergh ...

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Kidnapping Case (1976)” which directed him to take home an Emmy Award in 1976 and “Magic” (1978) that brought him to be nominated at the 1979 Golden Globe Awards. This superb achievement unmistakably gave wide access for him to break into Hollywood by the turn of the decade, causing him to divide his time between U.S. and England inevitably.

Busily involved in numerous features of different genre and characters throughout the '80s, Anthony kept garnering praise after praise for his knack in consistently displaying excellent portrayals, mostly in TV movie programs for he was able to acquire one more Emmy Award in 1981 also another Golden Globe Awards' nomination by 1989. The blue-eyed actor finally came to the highlight of his career in 1992 when he was named Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for his outstanding performance as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), consequently propelled him to worldwide recognition besides increased his status highly as an A-list thespian in American film scene. Much in demand after this acclaimed picture, he afterwards was seen starring in some notable Hollywood movies, such as “Howards End” opposite Vanessa Redgrave and “Bram Stoker's Dracula” together ...