How old was Anthony Hopkins in the movie The Silence of the Lambs?

Anthony Hopkins was 52 in The Silence of the Lambs when he played the character 'Dr. Hannibal Lecter'.

That was over 33 years ago in 1991.

Today he is 86, and has starred in 141 movies in total, 93 of those since The Silence of the Lambs was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Silence of the Lambs, I think Anthony Hopkins looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Jonathan Demme has worked with Anthony Hopkins just once in his career.
  • Anthony Hopkins' first movie was as 'Brechtian' in The White Bus, released in 1967 when he was 28
  • The Silence of the Lambs scores 8.34 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins' other movies