Anthony hopkins short biography

He was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Margam, Port Talbot, on 31 December 1937. His parents, Muriel Anne Yeats and Richard Arthur Hopkins, sent him to Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School in Pontypool, before attending Cowbridge Grammar School.

At the age of 15 Hopkins briefly met Richard Burton, who inspired him to become an actor.

He enrolled at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, which he graduated from in 1957.

Anthony hopkins short biography

Following two years in the army he moved to London to train at RADA.

Following several years in repertory, Hopkins was spotted by Sir Laurence Olivier in 1965. Olivier invited him to join the Royal National Theatre, where Hopkins became his understudy.

Olivier later wrote in his memoir, "A new young actor in the company of exceptional promise named Anthony Hopkins was understudying me and walked away with the part of Edgar like a cat with a mouse between its teeth".

Although he enjoyed limited success at the N