Anthony Hopkins as Sir John Talbot
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Oscar winning Hollywood Heavyweight Anthony Hopkins stars in the long awaited Universal Pictures’ remake of the original 1941 Wolfman movie. He plays the role of Sir John Talbot, father of Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) – The Wolfman – in the movie.
Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins), found his son torn to pieces and was half eaten. And whatever did it was big and could not be killed by a buckshot. Ever since the incident, Sir John Talbot made silver bullets and would never go out on a full moon. When Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) decided to come home as he was convinced by his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), he meets his father and helps him and Gwen in the search of the thing that killed his brother. Later on in the story, Sir John Talbot discovers that his son was bitten by the creature that killed his son. As folklore says, his son would turn into a wolf when the moon shines bright.
Anthony Hopkins was born on 31 December 1937, in Margam, Wales, Studied at the College of Music and Drama and graduated in 1957. In 1965, he moved to London and joined the National Theatre. He landed his first film for television, A Flea in Her Ear in 1967. In 1968 to the 1980’s he played roles in films that left an impression to audiences.
In the 1990s, Anthony Hopkins made movies like Desperate Hours, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, (nominee for the Oscar), Legends of the Fall, Nixon (nominee for the Oscar), Surviving Picasso, Amistad (nominee for the Oscar),The Mask of Zorro, Meet Joe Black and Instinct. However, the film that rocketed his career as an actor was The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor.
Having played the role of Vampire Hunter Professor Abraham Van Helsing in Francis Ford Copola’s 1992 film Dracula, and the infamous Hannibal Lecter , he would prove to be a very big factor in pulling audiences, along with fellow Academy Award Winner Benicio del Toro.
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February 8th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
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