1937-12-31 Margam, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation." In 1991, he portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role in its sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon. Other notable films include The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Howards End (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Shadowlands (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Meet Joe Black (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He received four more Academy Award nominations for The Remains of the Day (1993), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997) and The Two Popes (2019) before winning a fourth BAFTA Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in The Father (2020), becoming the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date. Since making his television debut with the BBC in 1967, Hopkins has continued to appear on television. In 1973 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in War and Peace. In 2015, he starred in the BBC film The Dresser alongside Ian McKellen. In 2018, he starred in King Lear opposite Emma Thompson. In 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series Westworld, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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The Housekeeper | Lord DeWithers | 2026-10-15 |
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Locked | William | 2025-03-20 |
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Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon | Self | 2024-04-18 |
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Mary | King Herod | 2024-12-12 |
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Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | Jimmy (voice) | 2024-04-19 |
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One Life | Nicholas Winton | 2023-12-21 |
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Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-09-16 |
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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire | Jimmy (voice) | 2023-12-15 |
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Freud's Last Session | Sigmund Freud | 2023-12-22 |
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The Son | Anthony | 2022-11-10 |
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Armageddon Time | Aaron Rabinowitz | 2022-10-28 |
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | 2022-11-26 |
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Where Are You | Thomas | 2022-10-21 |
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Zero Contact | Finley Hart | 2022-05-27 |
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The Virtuoso | The Mentor | 2021-04-30 |
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Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
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Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-26 |
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The Father | Anthony | 2020-12-23 |
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Elyse | Dr. Philip Lewis | 2020-07-01 |
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Love, Antosha | Self (voice) | 2019-08-02 |
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The Two Popes | Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI | 2019-11-27 |
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Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-05-02 |
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King Lear | Lear | 2018-05-28 |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Odin | 2017-10-02 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Sir Edmund Burton | 2017-06-16 |
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Spielberg | John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2017-10-05 |
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Collide | Hagen Kahl | 2016-06-10 |
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Misconduct | Arthur Denning | 2016-02-05 |
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken | Freddy Heineken | 2015-03-12 |
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Solace | John Clancy | 2015-09-03 |
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Blackway | Lester | 2015-10-03 |
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The Dresser | Sir | 2015-10-31 |
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
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Noah | Methuselah | 2014-03-07 |
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Self / Ieuan Davies | 2013-09-28 |
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Thor: The Dark World | Odin | 2013-10-30 |
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RED 2 | Bailey | 2013-07-18 |
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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Hitchcock | Alfred Hitchcock | 2012-11-22 |
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360 | John | 2012-07-25 |
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The Rite | Father Lucas Trevant | 2011-01-28 |
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Thor | Odin | 2011-04-21 |
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Thor: From Asgard to Earth | Self | 2011-09-13 |
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The Third Rule | Fabian Hogarth | 2010-04-23 |
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Hannibal Lecter, l'icône du mal par excellence | Self | 2010-01-01 |
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Alfie | 2010-09-22 |
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Bare Knuckles | Xavier Jonas (uncredited) | 2010-01-01 |
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Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs | Self | 2010-09-08 |
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The Wolfman | Sir John Talbot | 2010-02-10 |
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The City of Your Final Destination | Adam Gund | 2009-03-21 |
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Fracture | Theodore Crawford | 2007-04-19 |
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The Blood Is the Life: The Making of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-08 |
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Slipstream | Felix Bonhoeffer | 2007-02-10 |
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Beowulf | Hrothgar | 2007-11-05 |
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Shortcut to Happiness | Daniel Webster | 2007-07-13 |
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Clint Eastwood Presents Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends | Self | 2007-09-12 |
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All the King's Men | Judge Irwin | 2006-09-10 |
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Bobby | John Casey | 2006-09-05 |
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Proof | Robert Llewellyn | 2005-09-05 |
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A Tribute To Ismail Merchant | Self (archive footage) | 2005-10-30 |
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The World's Fastest Indian | Burt Munro | 2005-10-12 |
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The True Story of Hannibal | Self | 2005-01-02 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
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Alexander | Old Ptolemy | 2004-11-21 |
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A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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The Human Stain | Coleman Silk | 2003-10-29 |
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Bad Company | Oakes | 2002-06-07 |
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Red Dragon | Hannibal Lecter | 2002-10-02 |
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul | Self | 2001-04-01 |
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Hearts in Atlantis | Ted Brautigan | 2001-09-28 |
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Unmasking Zorro | Self | 2001-09-25 |
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The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' | Self | 2001-10-22 |
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Blind Loyalty, Hollow Honor: England's Fatal Flaw | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Hannibal | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | 2001-02-08 |
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The Many Faces of Zorro | Self | 2000-12-26 |
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 2000-11-17 |
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Mission: Impossible II | Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited) | 2000-05-24 |
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Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | Narrator | 1999-10-01 |
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Instinct | Dr. Ethan Powell | 1999-06-04 |
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Titus | Titus Andronicus | 1999-12-25 |
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Little Secret | Narrator | 1999-09-16 |
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Meet Joe Black | William Parrish | 1998-11-12 |
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The Mask of Zorro | Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro | 1998-07-16 |
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Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
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The Lost Children of Berlin | Narrator | 1997-01-01 |
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The Edge | Charles Morse | 1997-09-06 |
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Amistad | John Quincy Adams | 1997-12-10 |
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | 1996-05-19 |
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August | Ieuan Davies | 1996-08-08 |
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Surviving Picasso | Pablo Picasso | 1996-09-04 |
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Nixon | Richard Nixon | 1995-12-22 |
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Marlon Brando: The Wild One | Self | 1994-08-11 |
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Legends of the Fall | Col. William Ludlow | 1994-12-23 |
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The Road to Wellville | Dr. John Harvey Kellogg | 1994-10-28 |
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The Innocent | Glass | 1993-09-16 |
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The Remains of the Day | James Stevens | 1993-11-05 |
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The Trial | The Priest | 1993-06-18 |
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Shadowlands | C. S. 'Jack' Lewis | 1993-12-25 |
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Howards End | Henry J. Wilcox | 1992-03-13 |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Professor Abraham Van Helsing | 1992-11-13 |
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Freejack | Ian McCandless | 1992-01-17 |
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Spotswood | Errol Wallace | 1992-01-23 |
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Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies. | Self | 1992-01-01 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Chaplin | George Hayden | 1992-12-17 |
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 1991-08-20 |
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The Silence of the Lambs | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | 1991-02-14 |
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One Man’s War | Joel | 1991-04-20 |
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Desperate Hours | Tim Cornell | 1990-10-05 |
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Faroe Islands | (voice) | 1989-01-01 |
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Heartland | Jack | 1989-02-21 |
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A Chorus of Disapproval | Dafydd Ap Llewellyn | 1989-08-18 |
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The Dawning | Cassius / Angus Barrie | 1988-06-08 |
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Across the Lake | Donald Campbell | 1988-09-04 |
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The Tenth Man | Jean Louis Cheval | 1988-12-04 |
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Blunt | Guy Burgess | 1987-01-11 |
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84 Charing Cross Road | Frank P. Doel | 1987-02-13 |
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Guilty Conscience | Arthur Jamison | 1985-04-02 |
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The Good Father | Bill Hooper | 1985-11-01 |
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The Bounty | Lieutenant William Bligh | 1984-05-04 |
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Arch of Triumph | Dr. Ravic | 1984-12-19 |
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Little Eyolf | Alfred Allmers | 1982-07-19 |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo | 1982-02-02 |
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Othello | Othello | 1981-10-04 |
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The Bunker | Adolf Hitler | 1981-04-15 |
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A Change of Seasons | Adam Evans | 1980-12-01 |
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The Elephant Man | Frederick Treves | 1980-10-09 |
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Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure | Captain Jones | 1979-11-21 |
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International Velvet | Captain Johnson | 1978-07-19 |
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Magic | Corky Withers/Fats (voice) | 1978-11-08 |
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Audrey Rose | Elliot Hoover | 1977-04-06 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Lt. Col. John D. Frost | 1977-06-15 |
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Dark Victory | Dr. Michael Grant | 1976-02-05 |
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Victory at Entebbe | Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | 1976-12-22 |
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Bruno Richard Hauptmann | 1976-02-26 |
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All Creatures Great and Small | Siegfried Farnon | 1975-07-27 |
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The Girl from Petrovka | Kostya | 1974-12-12 |
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The Arcata Promise | Theo Gunge | 1974-09-22 |
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The Childhood Friend | Alexander Tashkov | 1974-06-27 |
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Juggernaut | Supt. John McCleod | 1974-09-25 |
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The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow for All the Family | Hi | 1973-08-21 |
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A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 1973-04-10 |
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Young Winston | David Llyod George | 1972-07-20 |
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Poet Game | Hugh Saunders | 1972-03-14 |
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When Eight Bells Toll | Philip Calvert | 1971-04-30 |
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The Looking Glass War | John Avery | 1970-01-02 |
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The Three Sisters | Andrey | 1970-01-18 |
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Uncle Vanya | Astrov | 1970-11-08 |
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Hearts and Flowers | Bob | 1970-12-03 |
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The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | Charles Dickens | 1970-07-02 |
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Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt | Wat Tyler | 1969-01-01 |
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Hamlet | Claudius | 1969-12-21 |
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The Lion in Winter | Richard | 1968-08-20 |
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Red, White, and Zero | Brechtian | 1968-01-30 |
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The White Bus | Brechtian | 1967-12-01 |
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Bruno Penguin and the Staten Island Princess | Ben Windsor | |
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A Visit to Grandpa’s | ||
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Ibelin | ||
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The Species | Charles Darwin | |
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A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf | Hrothgar | |
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Cus & Mike | Cus D’Amato | |
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self | |
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Maserati: The Brothers | Luca Antonelli | |
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Wife & Dog | ||
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Eyes in the Trees | Dr. Addis | |
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The King of Covent Garden | Georg Friedrich Händel |
