Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins in Hamlet

Anthony Hopkins (1937 - )

Film Deaths

• Hamlet (1969) [King Claudius]: Stabbed in the stomach with a poison-tipped sword then forced to drink his own poisoned wine by Nicol Williamson.

• Magic (1978) [Corky Withers/Fats]: Commits suicide by stabbing himself in the stomach (off-screen); we only see him stagger into the living room afterwards. He dies while talking to his ventriloquist's dummy (and responding as the dummy as well).

• 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) [Frank P. Doel]: Dies (off-screen) of unspecified causes; we learn of his death afterwards when his family informs Anne Bancroft.

• Freejack (1992) [Ian McCandless]: Dies sometime before the film begins. His body is later seen when Emilio Estevez and Rene Russo discover him. He appears as a holographic image to others, and finally dies after falling to upload his mind into Emilio’s head.

• The Road to Wellville (1994) [Dr. John Harvey Kellogg]: Dies of a heart attack while diving into a lake; the movie freeze-frames while Bridget Fonda's narration informs us that he died in mid-air, then the action starts again to show him falling the rest of the way, followed by a shot of his body floating face-down.

• Nixon (1995) [Richard Milhous Nixon]: Dies (off-screen) of a stroke; his death is mentioned in the epilogue, with documentary footage of the real Nixon's funeral.

• The Mask of Zorro (1998) [Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro]: Shot by Stuart Wilson; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

• Meet Joe Black (1998) [William Parrish]: Dies of a heart condition; his death is depicted by showing him walking off with the personification of Death (Brad Pitt).

• Titus (1999) [Titus Andronicus]: Stabbed in the chest with a candelabra by Alan Cumming.

• The Human Stain (2003) [Coleman Silk]: Killed in a car accident - along with Nicole Kidman - when Ed Harris runs their car off the road.

• Proof (2005) [Robert]: Dies of a terminal illness shortly before the story begins; he appears only in flashbacks and in Gwyneth Paltrow's dream sequences.

• All the King's Men (2006) [Judge Irwin]: Commits suicide (off-screen) by shooting himself. His body is shown afterwards covered in a bodybag being carried out on a stretcher.

• Beowulf (2007 animated) [Hrothgar]: Commits suicide by jumping from the balcony, after talking to Beowulf (voiced by Ray Winstone).

• The Wolfman (2010) [Sir John Talbot]: Decapitated by his son (Benicio Del Toro) at the end of a fight while they're both in their werewolf forms, on top of Anthony having been knocked into the fireplace and badly burned during the struggle. His severed head reverts to its human form afterwards.

• RED 2 (2013) [Dr. Edward Bailey]: Vaporized when his Nightshade suitcase nuclear bomb detonates aboard Byung-hun Lee's jet, after Bruce Willis secretly smuggles it onboard.

• Thor: The Dark World (2013) [Odin]: Possibly killed (off-screen) by Tom Hiddleston while Tom uses powers of illusion to disguise himself as an Asgardian soldier. At the end of the film, we see Tom sitting on Anthony's throne, using powers to make himself appear as Anthony. (His fate hasn't been confirmed, but it seems likely, although this will obviously be addressed in a future Marvel sequel.)

• Noah (2014) [Methuselah]: Drowns (off-screen) along with most everyone else on Earth - when the great flood arrives after he chooses to stay behind.
• Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (Kidnapping Freddy Heineken) (2015) [Freddy Heineken]: Dies (off-screen) many years after the events of the film; his death is mentioned in the closing text.

• Solace (2015) [John Clancy]: Shot in the head by Joshua Close as he walks out of a car; this turns out to be a vision in Anthony's mind, which is averted when he exits the car in the opposite direction.

TV Deaths

• Biography: Danton (1970) [Georges Jacques Danton]: Presumably executed by the guillotine. (I haven't seen this movie, so I don't know whether it actually depicts Danton's execution or whether it ends before his death.)

• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976; TV Movie) [Bruno Richard Hauptmann]: Presumably executed by the electric chair. (Again, I don't know whether the movie ends before or after the execution.)

• The Bunker (1981; TV Movie) [Adolf Hitler]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the bunker. (I haven't seen this movie, so I don't know whether it actually depicts Hitler's death.)

• Othello (1981; TV Movie) [Othello]: Commits suicide by stabbing himself. (I haven't seen this version, but I'm familiar with the story.)

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982; TV Movie) [Quasimodo]: Falls to his death from the tower of Notre Dame. (I haven't seen this version, but got the information from an IMDB review.)

• Guilty Conscience (1985; TV Movie) [Arthur Jamison]: Shot in the back by Blythe Danner as Anthony is climbing the staircase.

Notable Connections

• Ex-Mr. Petronella Barker.

• Ex-Mr. Stella Arroyave.

• Father of Abigail Hopkins.

Gallery

Anthony Hopkins' severed head (prop) in The Wolfman

The nuclear bomb explosion that kills Anthony Hopkins in RED 2