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Anthony Hopkins’s Milestones
| Acted in repertory in Leicester, Liverpool and Hornchurch, England | |
| Invited to join The National Theater at the Old Vic where he played King Lear, Macbeth and Antony; first major role was when he understudied Laurence Olivier and eventually went on in "Dance of Death" (1966) | |
| 1958 - 1960 | Served in the Royal Artillery |
| 1960 | Stage debut in "The Quare Fellow" at the Library Theatre in Manchester, England |
| 1964 | London stage debut, "Julius Caesar" at the Royal Court Theater |
| 1967 | Film debut in Lindsay Anderson's short, "The White Bus" |
| 1968 | Feature film debut, "The Lion in Winter" |
| 1968 | TV debut, "A Heritage and Its History" |
| 1969 | Played Claudius to Nicol Williamson's "Hamlet" |
| 1972 | First of many collaborations with director Richard Attenborough in "Young Winston" |
| 1974 | Broadway debut, "Equus" |
| 1974 | Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "QB VII" |
| 1975 | Won an Emmy as Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the TV-movie "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" |
| 1978 | Delivered a strong performance as a ventriloquist in "Magic" |
| 1979 | Starred as Captain Christopher Jones in "Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure" |
| 1980 | Portrayed Dr Frederick Treves in David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" |
| 1981 | Earned second Emmy for his portrayal of Hitler in "The Bunker" |
| 1982 | Made debut as a conductor with the New Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on March 21 |
| 1982 | Starred in the title role in the CBS adaptation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" |
| 1984 | Portrayed mild-mannered British bookseller in David Jones' loving, literate and totally disarming film "84 Charing Cross Road"; starred opposite Anne Bancroft |
| 1984 | Returned to England after a decade in the USA |
| 1985 | Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "Hollywood Wives" |
| 1985 | Returned to the London stage as star of "Pravda" |
| 1986 | Delivered a strong performance in the title role of "The Good Father" |
| 1989 | Played Magwich in The Disney Channel miniseries "Great Expectations" |
| 1991 | Provided the voice of Marcus Crassus (subbing for the late Lord Olivier) in the restored version of "Spartacus" |
| 1991 | Won Oscar for his chilling portrait as killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 1992 | First movie with director James Ivory, the sumptuous and stimulating adaptation of E M Forster's "Howards End" |
| 1993 | Fifth collaboration to date with Attenborough, "Shadowlands" |
| 1993 | Garnered second Academy Award nomination for his performance as a repressed English butler in "The Remains of the Day" |
| 1993 | Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1994 | Cast as the patriarch to Brad Pitt, Henry Thomas and Aidan Quinn in "Legends of the Fall" |
| 1994 | Delivered an over-the-top performance as John W Kellogg in Alan Parker's "The Road to Wellville" |
| 1995 | Received third Best Actor Oscar nomination for title role in "Nixon," directed by Oliver Stone |
| 1996 | Feature directorial debut, "August" an adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya"; also starred and composed score |
| 1996 | Third collaboration with Merchant-Ivory, "Surviving Picasso"; played title role |
| 1997 | Portrayed John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad"; received Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor |
| 1998 | Reteamed with Brad Pitt for "Meet Joe Black," loosely based on "Death Takes a Holiday" |
| 1998 | Teamed with Antonio Banderas for the remake "The Mask of Zorro" |
| 1999 | Had title role in "Titus," Julie Taymor's film version of "Titus Andronicus" |
| 1999 | Played anthropologist Dr Ethan Powell in "Instinct" |
| 2000 | Narrated the live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" |
| 2000 | Starred opposite Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible II," the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible" |
| 2001 | Acted in Baldwin's feature directorial debut, the remake of "The Devil and Daniel Webster" |
| 2001 | Reprised Oscar-winning role in the film adaptation of "Hannibal," Thomas Harris' sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 2002 | Once again essayed Hannibal Lecter in "Red Dragon" |
| 2002 | Teamed with Chris Rock in the action comedy "Bad Company" |
| 2003 | Cast to play a fair-skin African American who pretends to be white to avoid the 40's racism in "The Human Stain" |
| 2004 | Cast as Ptolemy in Oliver Stone's "Alexander" |
| 2005 | Co-starred in the film adaptation of David Auburn's play "Proof" directed by John Madden and starring with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal |
| 2006 | Cast as the hotel doorman in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination |
| 2006 | Cast in Steven Zaillian's big-screen adaptation of "All the King's Men" |
| 2007 | Co-starred in the dramatic thriller, "Fracture" as a man who confessed to killing his cheating wife |
| 2007 | Feature debut as a screenwriter with "Slipstream"; also directed, produced and starred in the film as a Hollywood screenwriter who begins to confuse his own life with the characters he is creating on the page; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival |
| 2007 | Portrayed King Hrothgar in Robert Zemeckis' big-budget film version of "Beowulf" |
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