What is the best Anthony Hopkins performance of all time?

From a cannibalistic genius to a dementia-stricken father, a Welsh patriarch to a Norse god, his career spans singular extremes of menace, elegance, and devastating humanity. Cast your vote!

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Hopkins won the Oscar playing Hannibal Lecter, the brilliant and terrifying cannibalistic psychiatrist who aids an FBI trainee in catching a serial killer.

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The Father (2020)

Hopkins won his second Oscar playing an aging man slipping into dementia, in a heartbreaking and disorienting portrait of cognitive decline.

2/12

The Remains of the Day (1993)

Hopkins plays Stevens, a perfectly proper English butler whose lifelong suppression of emotion has cost him love and the chance for a real life.

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Nixon (1995)

Hopkins plays the 37th President of the United States in Oliver Stone's sweeping biopic, portraying Nixon's ambition, paranoia, and ultimate downfall.

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Amistad (1997)

Hopkins plays former president John Quincy Adams, who delivers a passionate final argument before the Supreme Court to free a group of enslaved Africans.

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Hannibal (2001)

Hopkins returns as the cultured cannibal Hannibal Lecter, now living in Florence and luring his pursuers into elaborate traps in this stylish sequel.

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The Two Popes (2019)

Hopkins plays the conservative Pope Benedict XVI in a riveting series of conversations with the reformist Pope Francis in Fernando Meirelles's acclaimed drama.

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Legends of the Fall (1994)

Hopkins plays Colonel William Ludlow, a patriarch whose three sons and their love for the same woman tear his Montana family apart.

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Red Dragon (2002)

Hopkins reprises Lecter as the imprisoned advisor helping Will Graham track a new serial killer, expanding the mythology before Silence of the Lambs.

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The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Hopkins plays the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, who trains a young thief to carry on his legacy in this rousing action-adventure.

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Thor (2011)

Hopkins plays Odin Allfather, the regal and wise king of Asgard who banishes his arrogant son to Earth and is a commanding presence in the MCU.

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The Elephant Man (1980)

Hopkins plays Dr. Frederick Treves, the surgeon who befriends and champions the cause of Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's haunting period drama.

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