Anthony Hopkins - Milestones

• 2004: Cast as Ptolemy in Oliver Stone's "Alexander"
• 2003: Cast to play a fair-skin African American who pretends to be white to avoid the 40's racism in "The Human Stain"
• 2002: Once again essayed Hannibal Lecter in "Red Dragon"
• 2002: Teamed with Chris Rock in the action comedy "Bad Company"
• 2001: Reprised Oscar-winning role in the film adaptation of "Hannibal", Thomas Harris' sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs"
• 2001: Starred as a man with psychic abilities in "Hearts in Atlantis"
• 2000: Starred opposite Tom Cruise in "M:I-2", the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible"
• 2000: Narrated the live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
• 1999: Played anthropologist Dr Ethan Powell in "Instinct"
• 1999: Had title role in "Titus", Julie Taymor's film version of "Titus Andronicus"; during filming announced he was "retiring" from acting; rescinded decision later
• 1998: Teamed with Antonio Banderas for the remake "The Mask of Zorro"
• 1998: Reteamed with Brad Pitt for "Meet Joe Black", loosely based on "Death Takes a Holiday"
• 1997: Portrayed John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad"; received Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor
• 1997: Stranded with Alec Baldwin, his rival for Elle MacPherson's affections, in Lee Tamahori's "The Edge"
• 1996: Third collaboration with Merchant-Ivory, "Surviving Picasso"; played title role
• 1996: Feature directorial debut, "August", an adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya"; also starred and composed score
• 1995: Received third Best Actor Oscar nomination for title role in "Nixon", directed by Oliver Stone
• 1994: Cast as the patriarch to Brad Pitt, Henry Thomas and Aidan Quinn in "Legends of the Fall"
• 1994: Delivered an over-the-top performance as John W Kellogg, one of the few redeeming qualities, in Alan Parker's "The Road to Wellville", adapted from the novel by T Coraghessan Boyle
• 1993: Fifth collaboration to date with Attenborough, "Shadowlands"
• 1993: Garnered second Academy Award nomination for his performance as a repressed English butler in "The Remains of the Day", directed by Ivory
• 1993: Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
• 1992: First movie with director James Ivory, the sumptuous and stimulating adaptation of E M Forster's "Howards End"
• 1991: Won Oscar for his chilling portrait as killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs"
• 1991: Provided the voice of Marcus Crassus (subbing for the late Lord Olivier) in the restored version of "Spartacus"
• 1989: Played Magwich in The Disney Channel miniseries "Great Expectations"
• 1986: Delivered a strong performance in the title role of "The Good Father"
• 1985: Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "Hollywood Wives"
• 1985: Returned to the London stage as star of "Pravda"
• 1984: Cast as Captain Bligh in "The Bounty"
• 1984: Returned to England after a decade in the USA
• 1984: Portrayed mild-mannered British bookseller in David Jones' loving, literate and totally disarming film "84 Charing Cross Road"; starred opposite Anne Bancroft
• 1982: Starred in the title role in the CBS adaptation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
• 1982: Made debut as a conductor with the New Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on March 21
• 1981: Earned second Emmy for his portrayal of Hitler in "The Bunker"
• 1980: Co-starred in "The Elephant Man", directed by David Lynch
• 1979: Starred as Captain Christopher Jones in "Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure"
• 1978: Delivered a strong performance as a ventriloquist in "Magic"
• 1975: Portrayed Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the TV-movie "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"; won Emmy
• 1974: Broadway debut, "Equus"
• 1974: Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "QB VII"
• 1972: First of many collaborations with director Richard Attenborough in "Young Winston"
• 1969: Played Claudius to Nicol Williamson's "Hamlet"
• 1968: Feature film debut, "The Lion in Winter"
• 1968: TV debut, "A Heritage and Its History"
• 1967: Film debut in Lindsay Anderson's short, "The White Bus"
• 1964: London stage debut, "Julius Caesar", at the Royal Court Theater
• 1960: Stage debut in "The Quare Fellow" at the Library Theatre in Manchester, England
• From 1958 to 1960: Served in the Royal Artillery
• Acted opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alec Baldwin in Baldwin's feature directorial debut, the remake of "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (lensed 2001)
• Invited to join The National Theater at the Old Vic where he played King Lear, Macbeth and Antony; first major role was when he understudied Laurence Olivier and eventually went on in "Dance of Death" (1966)
• Acted in repertory in Leicester, Liverpool and Hornchurch, England