Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (Order of the British Empire) (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh (Welsh people) actor of film, stage and television. Considered to be one of films greatest living actors, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic (cannibalism) serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs (film)), its sequel, Hannibal (Hannibal (film)), and its prequel, Red Dragon (Red Dragon (film)). Other prominent film credits include Magic (Magic (film)), The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man (film)), 84 Charing Cross Road (84 Charing Cross Road (film)), Dracula (Dracula (1992 film)), Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day (The Remains of the Day (film)), Amistad (Amistad (film)), Nixon (Nixon (film)) and Fracture (Fracture (2007 film)). Hopkins was born and brought up in Wales. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.