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Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a British-born American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Port Talbot, Wales. He was strongly influenced and encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton. He also conquered an alcohol addiction in 1975 and has not touched a drop since, drinking sparkling cider (which in the US refers to carbonated, unfermented apple juice) at his March wedding. He now resides in the United States where he became a naturalized citizen on April 12, 2000. However, as a dual national, he retains his knighthoodThe honours system of the United Kingdom is a means of rewarding bravery, achievement or service to the country. The system is made up of three types of award: honours, decorations and medals. Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement an and can use the title 'Sir' in the UK, but not in the US, since it is considered 'inappropriate' according to the British consulate.He's been married three times. His first two wives were Petronella Barker ( 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio- 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un) and Jennifer Lynton ( 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led- 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U). He's currently married to Stella Arroyave. He has a daughter named Abigail Hopkins (born 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the) from his first marriage.
His most famous role was as the character Hannibal LecterHannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter is a fictional character appearing in four novels by author Thomas Harris and their film adaptations. The novels in which the character of Lecter appears are Red Dragon (published in 1981, filmed in 1986 as Manhunter and in in the film The Silence of the LambsThe Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the novel and the film based on it, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is sent to question an imprisoned sociopath for which he also won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role twice in Hannibal and Red Dragon. Lecter's slurping sound from Silence of the Lambs was apparently improvised.
He has played many great characters including: Zorro (The Mask of Zorro 1998), Quasimodo ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982), Othello ( Othello 1981), Pablo Picasso (Surviving Picasso 1996), Richard Nixon (Nixon 1995), Titus Andronicus (Titus 1999), John Quincy Adams ( Amistad 1997), Adolf Hitler (The Bunker 1981), Charles Dickens (The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens 1970), William Bligh (The Bounty 1984), Richard Lionheart ( The Lion in Winter 1968), and Abraham Van Helsing ( Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992).
He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1987, and knighted in 1993.
Today, Anthony Hopkins also takes time to support various philanthropic groups. Hopkins was past Gala Fundraiser Guest of Honor for Women in Recovery, Inc., a Venice, CA-based non-profit organization offering a live-in, 12-Step program of rehabilitation for women in need. Other past Honorees of this organization have included Jamie Lee Curtis; the 2005 Honoree will be Angela Lansbury.
