Early 3x4-inch black and white portrait, boldly signed in red felt-tip marker with his name alone in the early 1980s. In good condition. Perhaps best known for his Oscar-winning portrayal of man-eating ex-psychiatrist and all-around bon-vivant Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the horror classic The Silence of the Lambs (1991), acclaimed classical stage actor and film star Anthony Hopkins reprised the role in Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). He was also memorable in a mixed bag of dramas, biopics, comedies, horror flicks, and fantasy epics, including The Lion in Winter (1968), Hamlet (1969), David Lynch's heartbreaking The Elephant Man (1980), Othello (1981), The Bunker (1981), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Desperate Hours (1990), Dracula (1992), Howard's End (1992), Chaplin (1992), The Remains of the Day (1992), Shadowlands (1992), The Road to Welville (1994), Legends of the Fall (1994), Nixon (1995), Amistad (1997), Meet Joe Black (1997), Titus (1999), The Human Stain (2003), All the King's Men (2006), The Wolfman (2010), The Rite (2011), Thor (2011), and Alfred Hitchcock (2012).

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