18 January 2015
21 days to go - Hopkins wins for his performance as Hannibal Lecter
In 1992, Hopkins received the Leading Actor award for his iconic performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Although he had previously won a BAFTA for his television work in 1973 for War and Peace (1972-1974), this was Hopkins' first at the Film Awards.
He won his third BAFTA in 1994 for The Remains of the Days (1993), and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2008.
Watch his acceptance speech for The Silence of the Lambs in full below, and find out more about his career on BAFTA Guru.
