Anthony Hopkins To Get Cecil B. DeMille Award, Probably Not For Zorro

Anthony Hopkins, depending on who you ask, is either one of the greatest actors ever to have graced the stage and silver screen, or the scary chap that eats people. Or Zorro.

Either way, Anthony Hopkins has been announced as the receiver of the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globe awards in January 2006. The early announcement leaves lots of time for Anthony Hopkins to stand in the mirror practising his "Really? Me? Oh shucks" face.

Sir Anthony Hopkins (DVDs) will receive the Cecil B. DeMille award for
lifetime achievement at the 63rd annual Golden Globe awards on January
16th, following in such giant acting footsteps as Robin Williams,
Harrison Ford, Doris Day and Darryl F. Zanuck.

Philip Berk, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
has called Anthony Hopkins our greatest living actor and added:

"It’s a choice I am particularly proud of. It’s an honour to us as well as to him."

Unbelievably, Anthony Hopkins has never won a Golden Globe award - despite being nominated six times; for Nixon, The Remains Of The Day, Silence Of The Lambs, Magic, Amistad, and The Tenth Man.

Even more unbelievably, his roles in the hilarious Chris Rock
mistaken identity comedy Bad Company and as Tom Cruise’s smartass
wisecracking boss in the action extravaganza Mission: Impossible II
were completely overlooked by the awards.

Where’s the justice, eh?

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[story by Stuart Heritage]