List of awards and nominations received by Anthony Hopkins explained

Sir Anthony Hopkins
Wins:	55
Nominations:	145

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Anthony Hopkins.

Sir Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor and director known for his extensive and diverse roles on stage and screen. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award as well as nominations for eight Golden Globe Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Hopkins is an Oscar-winning actor, having received six Academy award nominations winning two of these for Best Actor for his performances as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the Jonathan Demme psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Anthony, a man struggling with dementia in Florian Zeller's drama The Father (2020). He also Oscar-nominated for his performances as a reserved butler in James Ivory's drama The Remains of the Day (1993), Richard Nixon in Oliver Stone's biographical drama Nixon (1995), John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997), and Pope Benedict XVI in the Fernando Meirelles religious drama The Two Popes (2019).

For his work on television, he has received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning twice for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayals of Richard Hauptmann in the NBC television movie The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), and as Adolf Hitler in the CBS television film The Bunker (1981). He was Emmy-nominated for playing Quasimodo in the CBS movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Magwitch in the miniseries Great Expectations (1989), and Dr. Robert Ford in the HBO drama series Westworld (2016). He received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for playing the title role in the BBC Two film King Lear (2018).^[1]

On stage, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement for his performance in the David Hare play Pravda (1985). Hopkins was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1987, and a Knight for his serves to drama by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2006 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2008.

Major associations

2 wins out of 6 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1991	Best Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[2]
1993		The Remains of the Day		^[3]
1995		Nixon		^[4]
1997	Best Supporting Actor	Amistad		^[5]
2019		The Two Popes		^[6]
2020	Best Actor	The Father		^[7]

4 wins (and one honorary award) out of 9 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1969	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Lion in Winter		^[8]
1979	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Magic		^[9]
1992		The Silence of the Lambs		^[10]
1994		The Remains of the Day		^[11]
Shadowlands
2008	BAFTA Fellowship			^[12]
2020	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Two Popes		^[13]
2021	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Father		^[14]
British Academy Television Awards
1971	Best Actor	Play for Today		^[15]
1973		War & Peace		^[16]
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
1995	Excellence in Film

1 win out of 4 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Movie Supporting Actor	Amistad
2006	Best Movie Cast	Bobby
2019	Best Movie Supporting Actor	The Two Popes
2020	Best Movie Actor	The Father

2 wins out of 6 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Award
1976	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case		^[17]
1981		The Bunker		^[18]
1982		The Hunchback of Notre Dame		^[19]
1990	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	Great Expectations		^[20]
2017	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Westworld		^[21]
2021	Outstanding Narrator	Mythic Quest		^[22]

0 wins (and one honorary award) out of 8 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1978	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Magic		^[23]
1988	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film	The Tenth Man
1991	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	The Silence of the Lambs
1993		The Remains of the Day
1995		Nixon
1997	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Amistad
2005	Cecil B. DeMille Award
2019	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Two Popes
2020	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	The Father

1 win out of 2 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1985	Award for Outstanding Achievement	Pravda		^[24]
Actor of the Year

0 wins out of 7 nominations

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Leading Actor in a Motion Picture	Nixon		^[25]
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
1997	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Amistad		^[26]
2006	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	Bobby		^[27]
2016	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series	Westworld		^[28]
2018	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	King Lear		^[29]
2020	Outstanding Leading Actor in a Motion Picture	The Father		^[30]

Critics awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
Boston Society of Film Critics	1991	Best Supporting Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	2020	Best Actor	The Father
CableACE Awards	1987	Actor in a Movie or Miniseries	Mussolini and I		^[31]
	1988	Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special	Screen Two		^[32]
	1992	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	1994		The Remains of the Day
	1995	Best Supporting Actor	The Road to Wellville
	1996	Best Lead Actor	Nixon
	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Amistad
	2021	Best Lead Actor	The Father
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	1992	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[33]
	1994		The Remains of the Day		^[34]
Kansas City Film Critics Circle	1991	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[35]
	1993		The Remains of the Day		^[36]
	1992	Actor of the Year	The Silence of the Lambs		^[37]
	1994		The Remains of the Day		^[38]
	2001	British Actor of the Year	Titus		^[39]
	2020		The Father
		Actor of the Year
	1993	Best Actor	Shadowlands / The Remains of the Day
	1995		Nixon
National Board of Review Awards	1992	Best Supporting Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	1993	Best Lead Actor	Shadowlands / The Remains of the Day
National Society of Film Critics	1994	Best Lead Actor	Shadowlands / The Remains of the Day
New York Film Critics Circle	1991	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	1993		Shadowlands / The Remains of the Day
	1995		Nixon
Online Film & Television Association	1997	Acting – Film Hall of Fame			^[40]
	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Amistad		^[41]
	2017	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Westworld		^[42]
	2021	Best Narration	Mythic Quest
Online Film Critics Society	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Amistad
Phoenix Film Critics Society	2012	Best Lead Actor	Hitchcock		^[43]
Southeastern Film Critics Association	1994	Best Lead Actor	Shadowlands / The Remains of the Day		^[44]
	1998	Best Supporting Actor	Amistad		^[45]
St. Louis Film Critics Association	2012	Special Merit	Hitchcock
	2020	Best Actor	The Father
Women's Image Network	2005	Best Lead Actor	Proof		^[46]

Film festival awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
Hollywood Film Festival	2003	Outstanding Achievement in Acting – Male Performer	The Human Stain		^[47]
	2006	Ensemble of the Year	Bobby		^[48]
Locarno International Film Festival	2007	Golden Leopard award	Slipstream		^[49]
		Youth Jury award
Method Fest awards	2010	Best Lead Actor – Feature Film	The City of Your Final Destination		^[50]
	1987	Best Lead Actor	84 Charing Cross Road		^[51]
	1998	Donostia Lifetime Achievement award			^[52]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2000	Maltin Modern Master Award	Titus		^[53]
ShoWest Convention Awards	1998	Actor of the Year			^[54]
Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival	2007	Best Film	Slipstream		^[55]
USA Film Festival	2002	Master Screen Artist Tribute award	Hannibal		^[56]
Virginia Film Festival	2000	Virginia Film Award

International awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
David di Donatello Awards	1993	Best Foreign Actor	Howards End		^[57]
	1994		The Remains of the Day		^[58]
European Film Awards	2021	Best European Actor	The Father		^[59]
Evening Standard British Film Awards	1994	Special award	Anthony Hopkins
Jupiter Awards	2014	Best International Actor	Hitchcock		^[60]
New Zealand Screen Awards	2006	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	The World's Fastest Indian		^[61]
Sant Jordi Awards	1992	Best Foreign Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[62]
Yoga awards	1997	Worst Foreign Actor	Nixon		^[63]

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result
20/20 awards	2012	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[64]
	2014		The Remains of the Day		^[65]
	2018		The Edge		^[66]
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	2004	Best Lead Actor	The Human Stain		^[67]
	2006		The World's Fastest Indian		^[68]
	2013		Hitchcock
		Best Grownup Love Story (shared with Helen Mirren)			^[69]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists	2007	Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (shared with Robin Wright)	Beowulf		^[70]
	2011	Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest (shared with Lucy Punch)	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger		^[71]
Fangoria Chainsaw awards	1991	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs		^[72]
	1992	Best Supporting Actor	Dracula		^[73]
	2002	Best Lead Actor	Hannibal		^[74]
	2003		Red Dragon		^[75]
Golden Raspberry Awards	1981	Worst Lead Actor	A Change of Season
	2018	Worst Supporting Actor	/ Collide
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Awards	2001	Man of the Year	Anthony Hopkins		^[76]
MovieGuide Awards	2012	Most Inspiring Performance in Movies	The Rite		^[77]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	2001	Best Villain	Hannibal
		Best Kiss (shared with Julianne Moore)
	1992	Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	2016	Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film	The Dresser
Saturn Awards	1992	Best Lead Actor	The Silence of the Lambs
	1993	Best Supporting Actor	Dracula
	1999	Best Lead Actor	Meet Joe Black
	2002		Hannibal
	2017	Best Guest Performance in a Television Series	Westworld
Western Heritage awards	1995	Theatrical Motion Picture	Legends of the Fall		^[78]

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result
Commander of the Order of the British Empire	1987	Medal		^[79]
Knight Bachelor	1993	Inductee		^[80]
Star on the Walk of Fame	2003	Inductee		^[81]
	2006	Statue		^[82]
BAFTA Fellowship	2008	Statue		^[83]

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