An Academy Award and Golden Globe movie, stage and television actor.
He is best known for his role as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the famous movie The Silence of the Lambs.
Some of the most famous movies he has starred include: The Elephant Man, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Remains of the Day, The Mask of Zorro, Hearts in Atlantis, Nixon and Fracture.
Hopkins was born and raised in Wales, and became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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