Alfred Molina
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-05-24
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
Biography
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; May 24, 1953) is a British and American actor. He is known for his leading roles and character actor roles on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over five decades, he has received a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a British Independent Film Award, an Independent Spirit Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony Awards. He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his performance in the production of Oklahoma! in 1980. He received Tony Award nominations for his roles on Broadway, playing Yvan in Art (1998), Tevyein Fiddler on the Roof (2004), and Mark Rothko in Red (2009). He returned to Broadway playing Professor Serebryakov in a revival of Uncle Vanya (2024). On film, he made his debut as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He went on to receive two BAFTA Award nominations for his roles as Diego Rivera in Frida (2002) and Jack Mellor in An Education (2009). His other notable films include Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Enchanted April (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Chocolat (2000), Luther (2003), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and Love Is Strange (2014). He has voiced characters in Rango (2011), Monsters University (2013), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), and Frozen II (2019). He is also known for his portrayal of Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 (2004) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). On television, Molina has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his roles as Ben Weeks in the HBO movie The Normal Heart (2014) and Robert Aldrich in the FXminiseries Feud: Bette and Joan (2017). His other notable television credits include Meantime (1983), Murder on the Orient Express (2001), and Three Pines (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred Molina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Boroughs
Remarkably Bright Creatures
When We Get There
Aimee Comes First
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
The Instigators
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Flutter
Three Pines
Chibiverse
DC League of Super-Pets
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Roar
PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Maya and the Three
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Monsters at Work
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Promising Young Woman
The Water Man
Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Crossing Swords
Solar Opposites
Harley Quinn
Frozen II
Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous
Don't Let Go
Infinity Train
The Devil Has a Name
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
Vice
Henchmen
Ralph Breaks the Internet
National Theatre Live: Red
The Front Runner
Sam Did It
Saint Judy
I Feel Bad
The Overcoat
Summer Camp Island
Quality Problems
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
Message from the King
Long Day's Journey Into Night
FEUD
Justice League Dark
Breakable You
Close to the Enemy
Sister Cities
A Family Man
Little Men
Paint It Black
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
Angie Tribeca
Long Live the Royals
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Secret in Their Eyes
Show Me a Hero
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Strange Magic
Road to Capri
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
We'll Never Have Paris
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Love Is Strange
Matador
Heavenly Sword
The Normal Heart
Return to Zero
Swelter
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Cosmos
The Stowaway
Rick and Morty
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Drunk History
Monsters University
The Truth About Emanuel
The Frame
Bless Me, Ultima
Monday Mornings
Loving Miss Hatto
Radioman
Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina
A Whisper to a Roar
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Gravity Falls
Serena
Innocent
Abduction
The Forger
Rango
Harry's Law
Law & Order: LA
The Tempest
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Red
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona
Yes, Virginia
An Education
Lessons in Self-Defense
Angels & Demons
Wonder Woman
The Pink Panther 2
The Little Traitor
The Lodger
Big Guy
Nothing Like the Holidays
The Ten Commandments
Silk
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!
The Company
The Moon and the Stars
Home
Orchids
The Hoax
As You Like It
The One Show
The Da Vinci Code
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
8 Arms to Hold You
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
The Tony Danza Show
Spider-Man 2
The Pot That Juan Built
Crónicas
Coffee and Cigarettes
Ape
Luther
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
VH1 Goes Inside
Identity
My Life Without Me
Pete's Meteor
Undertaking Betty
Bram & Alice
Frida
Monk
Texas Rangers
Justice League
Murder on the Orient Express
Chocolat
The Miracle Maker
Magnolia
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ladies Man
Dudley Do-Right
Family Guy
The Impostors
Hollywood Squares
The Treat
The Wild Thornberrys
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Boogie Nights
The View
Anna Karenina
A Further Gesture
Mojave Moon
Scorpion Spring
Before and After
Dead Man
Nervous Energy
Species
The Perez Family
The Steal
Hideaway
Requiem Apache
Maverick
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Cabin Boy
When Pigs Fly
The Trial
A Year in Provence
Typhon's People
GMTV
Trust Me
Crime Story
A Very Polish Practice
Angels
Enchanted April
Ashenden
The Trials of Oz
Hancock
American Friends
Not Without My Daughter
El C.I.D.
Drowning in the Shallow End
Revolutionary Witness
The Accountant
Screen One
Virtuoso
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
Manifesto
Blat
Prick Up Your Ears
Casualty
Sunday Premiere
Letter to Brezhnev
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Ladyhawke
Number One
Water
Screen Two
Angels in the Annexe
Miami Vice
Meantime
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Anyone for Denis
Anyone for Denis?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Song of the Shirt
The Losers
Film '72
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Poe
The Chaperones
Out on a Limb
The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story