Anthony Hopkins

Hopkins in 2011, image via Christopher Halloran/bigstock.com

Birth Name: Philip Anthony Hopkins

Place of Birth: Margam, Port Talbot, Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales

Date of Birth: 31 December, 1937

Ethnicity: Welsh, English

Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor, director, producer, composer, and painter. He has twice won the Academy Award for Best Actor, for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and The Father (2020). He has also featured in the films The Lion in Winter, A Doll’s House (1973), A Bridge Too Far, Audrey Rose, Magic, The Elephant Man, The Bounty, The Good Father, Howards End, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Legends of the Fall, Nixon, The Edge, Amistad, The Mask of Zorro, Meet Joe Black, Titus, Hannibal, Hearts in Atlantis, Red Dragon, The Human Stain, Proof, Bobby, Fracture, Beowulf, The Wolfman, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Hitchcock, Noah (2014), The Two Popes, and Armageddon Time, among many others. He is considered one of the greatest actors of all time.

Anthony is the son of Muriel Anne (Yeates) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. He is married to Stella Arroyave. He has a daughter, singer, songwriter, actress, and theatre director Abigail Hopkins, with his former wife, actress Petronella Barker. Anthony has also become a U.S. citizen. His parents were both of half Welsh and half English descent.

Anthony’s paternal grandfather was Richard Arthur Thomas Hopkins (the son of Arthur Wesley Hopkins and Miriam Evans). Richard was born in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales. Anthony’s great-grandfather Arthur was the son of Richard Rees Hopkins and Sarah Gething. Miriam was the daughter of Thomas Evans and Ann/Anne Longden.

Anthony’s paternal grandmother was Emma Gardner (the daughter of Robert Gardner/Gardiner and Emma Vickery). Anthony’s grandmother Emma was born in Carhampton, Somerset, England. Robert was the son of William Gardner/Gardiner and Jane Curle.

Anthony’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Frederick Yeates (the son of Thomas Yeates and Sarah Jane Cook). Anthony’s grandfather Thomas was born in Highworth, Wiltshire, England. Anthony’s great-grandfather Thomas was the son of Isaac Yeates and Elizabeth Awdrey/Audrey.

Anthony’s maternal grandmother was named Sophia Phillips (the daughter of Thomas Phillips and Hannah J.). Sophia was from Glamorgan, Wales.

Sources: Genealogy of Anthony Hopkins – http://www.geni.com

Genealogical information on Anthony Hopkins – http://www.walesonline.co.uk