Born to Richard Arthur and Muriel, december 31, 1937 in Margam, near Port Talbot, Wales, Anthony Hopkins was the only child. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School. Then was drawn to the theatre while attending the YMCA at age 17, and later learned the basics of his craft at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1960, Hopkins made his stage bow in The Quare Fellow, and then spent four years in regional repertory before his first London success in Julius Caesar. He graduated a Silver Medalist in 1963 and promptly joined the Phoenix Theater in Leicester. His next move was to the Liverpool Playhouse and Hornchurch Repertory Company. In 1965 he was invited to audition for Sir Laurence Olivier, then director of the National Theater at the Old Vic. Two ..[Full version]