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  • Birth Name: Philip Anthony Hopkins
  • Birth Place: Port Talbot, South Wales
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/31/1937, Capricorn
  • Profession: Actor; director
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VIDEO: Benicio Del Toro Tears It Up In 'The Wolfman'

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Benicio Del Toro Tears It Up In 'The Wolfman'
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Posted: 2/9/2010

Benicio Del Toro sits down with Access' Shaun Robinson to talk about going toe-to-toe with co-star Anthony Hopkins in their new film, "The Wolfman," and the chemistry with co-star Emily Blunt. Plus, what is the one souvenir he... ... watch

VIDEO: Emily Blunt On Filming 'Wolfman' & Being 'Gang Busters' With Anthony Hopkins

Emily tells Access that she was so terrified watching her new film, "The Wolfman," that she almost lost her lunch. And she discusses her immediate bond with co-star Hopkins. watch

VIDEO: Benicio Del Toro Tears It up in 'the Wolfman'

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Benicio Del Toro Tears It up in 'the Wolfman'
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Posted: 2/8/2010

Benicio talks about going toe-to-toe with co-star Anthony Hopkins in their new film, "The Wolfman." Plus, what is the one souvenir he couldn't get from the movie? watch

Sir Anthony Hopkins began his career when he took over for Laurence Olivier at London's National Theatre. After a long stage career and battle with alcoholism, he signed on for the film role that changed his life.
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Posted: 9/30/2008
Anthony Hopkins remembers his first Hollywood movie, "The Lion in Winter," and what it was like working with Katharine Hepburn.
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Anthony Hopkins recalls winning an Academy Award for playing Hannibal Lector in "The Silence of the Lambs."
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Anthony Hopkins recalls winning an Academy Award for playing Hannibal Lector in "The Silence of the Lambs."
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Posted: 9/30/2008
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Year Title Description
2010 The Wolfman Movie, Actor - Talbot's Father
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2007 Slipstream Movie, Musical Composer
2007 Slipstream Movie, Actor - Felix Bonhoffer/Lloyd
2007 Beowulf Movie, Actor - King Hrothgar

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10 Questions with Chuck's Zachary Levi

The new season of Chuck is just around the corner (Jan. 10, 9/8c), so TVGuide.com hit the set of the NBC spy series to get the lowdown on what's ahead for the super-charged Chuck. Zachary Levi lounged with us between scenes in a new location that we cannot disclose, under threat of being relocated by the CIA. However, Levi was more than willing to dish on Chuck's new love interest, how the Intersect 2.0 works and what's ahead in the additional six episodes ordered by the peacock network... read more

Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins Join Woody Allen Film

Woody Allen has found his newest leading men in Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins. The actors are the first to be cast in Allen's new ensemble film.

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Wildfire Adds Salt to a Rocky Romance

Fans of ABC Family's Wildfire had better brace themselves for a new arrival from across the pond. Charlotte Salt, a charming up-and-coming British-born actress, is joining the cast for the final three episodes of this season (starting tonight at 8 pm/ET) as Gillian, a wealthy heiress who splits apart one of the on-again-off-again romances on the show. TVGuide.com spoke to the 20-year-old about exactly what kind of "horsing around" she did on the set. TVGuide.com: How did this Wildfire role come about? Charlotte Salt: I auditioned for the pilot over a year ago and I never heard anything more from them. But then I got a call saying, "Reme read more

I know actors improvise their ...

Question: I know actors improvise their lines all the time in comedies, but recently I learned that Anthony Hopkins improvised many of Hannibal's lines. I also recently learned from the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse that Marlon Brando improvised much of his dialogue in Apocalypse Now. So now I'm curious: How often do actors, outside of comedies, improvise their lines?


Answer: All the time. OK, not all actors all the time, but the practice of ad-libbing or altering lines is an entrenched part of film acting and one of the things that drives screenwriters out of their minds. Especially if they come from the theater: In theater, the script is sacrosanct and no one messes with it except with the express consent of the playwright (assuming someone dares to ask). In film, scripts are usually treated as a kind of outline — not read more

AT THE MOVIES

Whale Rider's Keisha Castle-Hughes has been cast as Mary in Nativity, a look at the Virgin Mary's life before the birth of Christ.... Universal has optioned the James Sallis novel Drive, about a stuntman by day/getaway-car driver by night, as a starring vehicle (no pun intended) for Hugh Jackman.... The Weinstein Co. has bought the domestic rights to Bobby, writer-director Emilio Estevez's drama about the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The film's cast includes Estevez, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Lohan, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, William H. Macy, Laurence Fishburne, Christian Slater, Helen Hunt and Martin Sheen. read more

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