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Renaissance
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ver the course of his more than 70- Not that he’s retired from acting. Hopkins’ film The Father is set to be released year career, Sir Anthony Hopkins in the near future, and he has two other films, Elyse and The Virtuoso in post- has played everything from production.
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Lecter to Pope Benedict, but at 81, the Academy Art and music have always been Hopkins’ deep loves, and he clearly delights in
Award-winning actor is enjoying something of a renaissance as an artist, musician and Instagram star, showing the world another facet of the man who can only be described as an international treasure.
With critically acclaimed roles in films like The Lion in Winter (1968), The Elephant Man (1980), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Nixon (1995), and The Two Popes (2019), as well as a starring role in the HBO series "Westworld" (2018) these days Hopkins has been spending his free time in his Malibu studio creating bold, whimsical paintings and entertaining his 2.1 million Instagram followers with afternoon piano concerts accompanied by his cat, Niblo.
Photos Courtesy Of: Gregory Harris, Netflix
sharing his other, lesser-known talents with the world, which he does with that characteristic flinty spark in his intense blue eyes.
Hopkins’ greatest role is clearly the one he has played the longest, that of himself.
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