Oscar: Oldest Nominees (Actors)–Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”), 83

March 24, 2021 by
    • Slide 1 of 15: Let’s toast Sir Anthony Hopkins for making history as the oldest nominee ever to compete for a Best Actor trophy. The 83-year-old Welshman is currently up for his role as an elderly patriarch in the throes of increasingly debilitating dementia in “The Father.” He beat the record held for 21 years by Richard Farnsworth, who was 79 when he was recognized for his lead performance in 1999’s “The Straight Story.” Hopkins previously won the Best Actor prize for his portrait of the diabolical Hannibal Lecter in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” and would go to be nominated as a male lead as a reticent butler in 1993’s “The Remains of the Day” and as the disgraced 37th U.S. president in 1995’s “Nixon.” Hopkins also competed in the supporting category twice, as the sixth U.S. president John Quincy Adams in 1997’s “Amistad” and as Pope Benedict XVI in 2019’s “The Two Popes” at the age of 82. Having accomplished this feat twice now, Hopkins is far from being the only octogenarian performer to compete in the Oscar race over the years. Tour our photo gallery featuring the 14 actors and actresses for 18 roles that were nominated (or even won at the Academy Awards) at age 80 and beyond. Our list includes Jessica Tandy, Christopher Plummer, George Burns, Ruby Dee, Max von Sydow and more.
    • Slide 2 of 15: Sir Anthony Hopkins has now been nominated at the Oscars twice after age 80. The first time was for the 2019 film “The Two Popes.” The second time was for Best Actor in the 2020 film “The Father.”

Slide 6 of 15: In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Duvall has collected seven Oscar nominations for acting, beginning with his role as Tom Hagen in 1973’s “The Godfather.” He would would win for his lead role as a recovering alcoholic country singer who turns his life around in 1983’s ”Tender Mercies.” His most recent nomination at the age of 84 was for his supporting part in 2015’s “The Judge,” whose character is a suspect in a fatal hit and run accident.

    Sir Anthony Hopkins, age 83, made history last week when the Oscar nominations were announced, becoming the oldest nominee ever to compete for the Best Actor kudo.
The Welsh-born thespian is up for his role as an elderly patriarch in the throes of increasingly debilitating dementia in “The Father.”
He beat the record held for 21 years by Richard Farnsworth, who was 79 when he was recognized for his lead performance in 1999’s “The Straight Story.”
Hopkins previously won the Best Actor prize for his portrait of the diabolical Hannibal Lecter in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” and would go to be nominated as a male lead as a reticent butler in 1993’s “The Remains of the Day” and as the disgraced 37th U.S. president in 1995’s “Nixon.”
Hopkins also competed in the supporting category twice, as the sixth U.S. president John Quincy Adams in 1997’s “Amistad” and as Pope Benedict XVI in 2019’s “The Two Popes” at the age of 82.
Having accomplished this feat twice now, Hopkins is not the only octogenarian performer to compete in the Oscar race.
There have been 14 actors and actresses that were nominated for an Oscar at age 80 and beyond.
The list includes Jessica Tandy, Christopher Plummer, George Burns, Ruby Dee, Max von Sydow and others.

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