ICONIC actor Anthony Hopkins has been nominated for six Oscars during the course of his brilliant career.

He became the oldest actor or actress to win an Academy Award on April 25 when he was named Best Actor for his performance in The Father.

How many Oscars has Anthony Hopkins won?

Anthony Hopkins, now 83, has won two Oscars – in 1992 and again in 2021.

Nearly three decades ago Hopkins won Best Actor for his performance as monstrous serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

Hopkins also appared as Lecter in the 2001 follow-up Hannibal and the 2002 prequel Red Dragon.

He won the Best Actor trophy again in 2021 for his performance in The Father.

Hopkins was not present at the Los Angeles ceremony to accept the trophy.

Presenter Joaquin Phoenix’s reading of his name was the last dramatic moment of a most unusual ceremony held at Union Station in Los Angeles.

Hopkins did post a short video message on Instagram after he won the award.

“I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early,” he said.

“I really did not expect this, so I feel very privileged and honored.”

Boseman, who died in 2020, had been expected to win the award for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, his final film.

In a rare move from the academy, The Best Actor award was the last to be handed out instead of Best Picture.

In The Father Hopkins played the role of a man fighting dementia.

He became the oldest to win an acting Oscar, surpassing Christopher Plummer, who won Best Supporting Actor at age 82 in 2010 for the film Beginners.

Hopkins has received four other Oscar nominations, including for his role as Benedict in The Two Popes in 2020.

He was also nominated for the lead role in Oliver Stone's Nixon, for playing John Quincy Adams in the Amistad, and for portraying a loyal butler in The Remains of the Day.

Hopkins said an acting career was not his original plan.

“I wanted to be a musician, but I drifted into this business by mistake,” he said in 2016.

“I’m still looking over my shoulder thinking somebody will say, ‘Sorry, Tony, you’re in the wrong business.’”

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