Born
1946 in Dundee, Scotland. He began his acting
career in the Dundee Repertory Theatre as
an apprentice. Two years later, he enrolled
in the prestigious London Academy of Music
and Dramatic Arts and then over the course
of the next few years, he trained and performed
at LAMDA, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and the
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Focusing
much of his time on Shakespearian plays,
Cox soon built a solid grounding in stage
acting which included Romeo & Juliet,
Othello, When We Dead Awaken,
In Celebration, Hedda Gabler
and Cromwell amongst others.
Cox
started directing stage performances such
as The Man with a Flower in His Mouth
and I Love My Love in 1982 for the
London stage.
Cox
landed roles in a number of film and television
productions, but it wasn't until Manhunter
in 1986, a film in which he played the first
Dr. Hannibal Lecter to grace the screen,
that film audiences took notice. In the
years that followed, Cox appeared in several
TV-movies, mini-series and specials both
in England and the US. In 2000 he played
Reichmarshal Hermann Goering in the telefilm,
Nuremberg, for which he earned multiple
awards and nominations from the Golden Globes,
Emmys and BAFTA.
Born
in Wales, Sir Anthony Hopkins was a bit
of trouble at an early age, confessing that
school was not really suited to him. He
became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000,
but was allowed to retain his British knighthood
and the title of Sir. He received an Academy
Award for his rendition of Lecter, in the
1991 release "The Silence of the Lambs".
He's proud of the improvisational touches
as Hannibal Lecter. For example, in Silence
of the Lambs, he clearly relishes the unnerving
effect he has on Jodie Foster when he mocked
her character's West Virginia accent; and
the vile slurping sound he makes after he
describes eating the census-taker, the last
person who attempted to "quantify"
him in any way.
Amongst
his usual duties as an in-demand actor,
he volunteers at the Ruskins School of Acting
in Santa Monica, California, teaching everything
from Shakespeare to scenes, theory, and
monologues.
And what does he think of Dr. Lecter?
In the words of the man himself:
“I
am interested in the appeal of a character
like Lecter, and without getting too heavy
about it I think we all like the bogey man,
we’re fascinated by the dark shadowy characters
in literature: Iago, Phantom of the Opera,
Richard III, notorious villains. Hannibal
is the Phantom of the Opera,” he says. >>
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Gaspard
Ulliel's dream has always been directing
a movie, and after finishing at lycée
(French high-school) he studied cinema at
the University of Saint-Denis. But fate
made him an actor (for the moment). He began
his acting career when still at school,
in a TV film called "Une femme en blanc".
During the following years, Ulliel continued
working on TV and making short movies such
as "Alias". He made a cameo in
"Le pacte des loups", and was
then discovered by director Michel Blanc
who gave him a role in "Embrassez qui
vous voudrez". Then Ulliel took summer
stages at the Cours Florent, and was asked
by director André Téchiné
to star in "Les égarés"
as Emmanuelle Béart's lover. Ulliel
has been nominated to the Cesar twice, in
2002 and 2003. His role as Manech in "Un
long dimanche de fiançailles"
brought him to stardom.
Born
1946 in Dundee, Scotland. He began his acting
career in the Dundee Repertory Theatre as
an apprentice. Two years later, he enrolled
in the prestigious London Academy of Music
and Dramatic Arts and then over the course
of the next few years, he trained and performed
at LAMDA, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and the
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. 
Cox
landed roles in a number of film and television
productions, but it wasn't until Manhunter
in 1986, a film in which he played the first
Dr. Hannibal Lecter to grace the screen,
that film audiences took notice. In the
years that followed, Cox appeared in several
TV-movies, mini-series and specials both
in England and the US. In 2000 he played
Reichmarshal Hermann Goering in the telefilm,
Nuremberg, for which he earned multiple
awards and nominations from the Golden Globes,
Emmys and BAFTA. 
Born
in Wales, Sir Anthony Hopkins was a bit
of trouble at an early age, confessing that
school was not really suited to him. He
became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000,
but was allowed to retain his British knighthood
and the title of Sir. He received an Academy
Award for his rendition of Lecter, in the
1991 release "The Silence of the Lambs".
He's proud of the improvisational touches
as Hannibal Lecter. For example, in Silence
of the Lambs, he clearly relishes the unnerving
effect he has on Jodie Foster when he mocked
her character's West Virginia accent; and
the vile slurping sound he makes after he
describes eating the census-taker, the last
person who attempted to "quantify"
him in any way.
“I
am interested in the appeal of a character
like Lecter, and without getting too heavy
about it I think we all like the bogey man,
we’re fascinated by the dark shadowy characters
in literature: Iago, Phantom of the Opera,
Richard III, notorious villains. Hannibal
is the Phantom of the Opera,” he says.
Gaspard
Ulliel's dream has always been directing
a movie, and after finishing at lycée
(French high-school) he studied cinema at
the University of Saint-Denis. But fate
made him an actor (for the moment). He began
his acting career when still at school,
in a TV film called "Une femme en blanc".
During the following years, Ulliel continued
working on TV and making short movies such
as "Alias". He made a cameo in
"Le pacte des loups", and was
then discovered by director Michel Blanc
who gave him a role in "Embrassez qui
vous voudrez". Then Ulliel took summer
stages at the Cours Florent, and was asked
by director André Téchiné
to star in "Les égarés"
as Emmanuelle Béart's lover. Ulliel
has been nominated to the Cesar twice, in
2002 and 2003. His role as Manech in "Un
long dimanche de fiançailles"
brought him to stardom.