Did he miss the cut off point of filmmaking from the 1970's?
Is that why? Is he an asshole or something?
He's clearly better than all the 3 of the above.
He was an acclaimed actor in his younger days but he was another in a long line of Brits like Oliver Reed, Robert Shaw, Richard Burton...who struggled with alcoholism. His international breakout role was Hannibal Lecter and he was 53 by then. The other three you mentioned became famous by their late 20's-early 30's. I'm sure that's a big reason why.
shareMaybe your right. I don't know about the alcoholism part.
Thank you.
But still, 2 Oscars! And he's still pretty famous.\
Does he have to join a Comedy hit that nets 200 million at the box office?
Do you think he's going to be forgotten after he dies?
I'm thinking he belongs in the same category as Jack Nicholson.
A movie star who has been forgotten outside a fan of people going to the movies.
I just never understood why this man (with 2 Oscars now) still hasn't been taken seriously.
I hope the new generation of filmmakers is willing to pick these priceless actors out and put them as leads. No matter how old they are.
I suspect it will done in comic book movies though.
Yeah he's been sober now for decades. Good on him. This is from three years ago.
https://youtu.be/eTavdgg8170?feature=shared
Thanks for the link.
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Because he's British.
The "famous" issue, one would think, is because he is British.
As far as respect, he gets it - he has two Best Actor Oscar wins.
I believe the aforementioned 3 American actors only have one each.
Really, and this part is JMO, all four of these guys are old now. In their primes, some of the best - along with guys like Hackman, Nicholson, Duvall. Hopkins, again, IMO, fits right in with this group.
Absolutely, And Duvall.
Even on the Internet (and on nerd movie channels w/ ZERO subscribers) nobody mentions Robert Duvall.
What a cruel world
Right exactly.
The names I mentioned, they're all time greats.
Duvall fits right in.
I was reading thru your thread here, and it is true, why are there not more Brits in this group?
Because the Brit greats destroyed themselves with booze. Hopkins almost did, too.
Fortunately for everyone, he straightened himself out.
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shareThe best actors are always the more under-appreciated ones.
To get mass acclaim you need to be in a signature movie everyone loves. Pacino has Scarface, Hoffman has Rain Man and De Niro has Taxi Driver. Hopkins never had that.
He is every bit as famous and respected as De Niro, and more than Pacino or Hoffman.
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