Favorite Anthony Hopkins Performances

[urbanlegend23]

What are your favourite Anthony Hopkins' performances? Here's my top 10:

1. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
2. Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal
3. Don Deigo de la Vega in The Mask of Zorro
4. Frederick Teaves in The Elephant Man
5. Charles Morse in The Edge
6. William Parrish in Meet Joe Black
7. William Ludlow in Legends of the Fall
8. The Narrator in How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9. Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula
10. Commander Swanbeck in M:I-2

[ColinM]

His performance as Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs is not only his greatest performances, but the greatest performances of the 1990s. Outstanding acting.

Your list is missing his excellent performance from Hearts in Atlantis.

[Deckard]

The only Hopkins performance I enjoyed is in Richard Attenboroughs MAGIC(1978).- the rest of the time he is to much of a ham for my taste.

[Antonio]

ANTHONY HOPKINS
1. Dr. Hannibal Lecter in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and HANNIBAL
2. William Parrish in MEET JOE BLACK
3. Robert Stevens in THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
4. Richard Nixon in NIXON
5. Dr. Frederick Treves in THE ELEPHANT MAN
6. C.S. Lewis in SHADOWLANDS
7. Bill Hooper in THE GOOD FATHER
8. Professor Abraham Van Helsing in BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
9. Henry J. Wilcox in HOWARD’S END
10. Corky in MAGIC

I have not yet seen Hopkins in TITUS, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, THE LION IN WINTER, INSTINCT, THE EDGE or THE BOUNTY, and I’ve only seen the first half of AMISTAD.

[arto_j]

Yeah, Silence of the Lambs.

[robk]

Don't forget Hopkins's fabulous turn as John Quincy Adams in Amistad.

[Danny L]

1. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
2. BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
3. REMAINS OF THE DAY
4. HANNIBAL
5. THE EDGE
6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (narrator)

[Cyclonus]

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
HANNIBAL
AMISTAD
THE MASK OF ZORRO

[Mitch Morgan]

Secret agent Philip Calvert in Alistair MacLean's WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL from 1969. Amazing to see Sir Tony running about in a wetsuit killing assorted baddies in this tough Bond-style thriller about shipwreckers off the West Coast of Scotland.

[Drewza89]

1) Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
2) Dr. Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man
3) Charles "Corky" Withers in Magic
4) Richard M. Nixon in Nixon
5) Don Diego de la Vega in The Mask of Zorro
6) Professor Abraham Van Helsing in Bram Stoker's Dracula

He's one of my favorite actors, but I still haven't seen several of his movies. I think I'll have to go rent some...

[athf1980]

Lector in Silence of the Lambs

[Le_Big_Mac]

1. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
2. Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man
3. Charles Morse in The Edge
4. Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal
5. Hannibal Lecter in Red Dragon

[bigred760]

Obviously, his best and most memorable role is Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. His return to the role in Hannibal was pretty good too; I thought he was a bit weak in Red Dragon.

Also liked him in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Remains of the Day, and Mask of Zorro.

[ilovemovies]

1. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal/Red Dragon
2. William Parrish in Meet Joe Black
3. Charles "Corky" Withers in Magic
4. Robert in Proof
5. Ted Crawford in Fracture
6. Don Diego de la Vega in The Mask of Zorro
7. John Quincy Adams in Amistad
8. John Casey in Bobby
9. Ethan Powell in Instinct
10. Richard M. Nixon in Nixon
11. Coleman Silk in The Human Stain
12. Ted Brautigan in Hearts in Atlantis
13. Mission Commander Swanbeck in Mission Impossible II
14. Col. William Ludlow in Legends of the Fall
15. Old Ptolemy in Alexander
16. Hrothgar in Beowulf
17. Judge Irwin in All the King's Men
18. Officer Oakes in Bad Company

[Derek237]

I truly love him as Hannibal but I have to say my favourite performance by Hopkins is in Nixon.

[Cronos]

01. The Silence of the Lambs
02. Hannibal
03. The Elephant Man
04. Dracula
05. Proof

[darknite125]

Silence of the Lambs
The Elephant Man
Proof
Dracula
Amistad
Mask of Zorro
Bobby
Hearts of Atlantis

[The Other]

The Remains of the Day

[QUENTIN]

The Remains of the Day

Yup. Silence is his most iconic performance, but he is much better in Remains of The Day (his best) and Nixon.