Who won the Best Actor Oscar and BAFTA in 2021 for his role in 'The Father'?

In 2021, Anthony Hopkins won a fourth BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award and a second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an elderly man diagnosed with dementia in 'The Father'. This has made him the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner to date.

'The Father', co-written and directed by Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, is based on Zeller's 2012 play 'Le Père' ('The Father'). This is the second adaptation of the play, the first being 'Floride' in 2015. The 2020 version stars Anthony Hopkins as Anthony, an aging man forced to deal with his progressing dementia. The production team was lauded for its portrayal of the confusion and fear dementia causes in both patients and family.

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) is a Welsh actor famous for his role in as Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991), for which he also won an Academy Award and BAFTA. As well as BAFTAs and Academy Awards, he has won two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award.

Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003. In 2008, Hopkins was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2017, Hopkins revealed he had been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism (HFA).