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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-05-24 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Alfred Molina

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/DDoctor 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).

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Known For

Acting

2024

The Instigators as Richie Dechico
Harold and the Purple Crayon as Narrator (voice)
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Benjar Pranic (voice)

2023

Flutter as Jerry (voice)

2022

DC League of Super-Pets as Jor-El (voice)
Three Pines as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
Roar as Silas McCall
Chibiverse as Multi-Bear (voice)

2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Spider-Man: No Way Home as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
Monsters at Work as Professor Knight (voice)
Maya and the Three as Lord Mictlan (voice)

2020

The Water Man as Jim Bussey
Promising Young Woman as Mr. Green (uncredited)
Crossing Swords as Robin Hood (voice)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as Archie (voice)

2019

Saint Judy as Ray Hernandez
Don't Let Go as Howard Keleshian
Frozen II as Agnarr (voice)
Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous as Himself / Mark Rothko
Infinity Train as Chandelier (voice)
Harley Quinn as Mr. Freeze / Stew (voice)
Harley Quinn as Mr. Freeze (voice)

2018

Vice as Waiter (uncredited)
Quality Problems as Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited)
Henchmen as Baron Blackout (voice)
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as La Sombra (voice)
The Front Runner as Ben Bradlee
Ralph Breaks the Internet as Double Dan (voice)
Sam Did It as Alfred Molina
The Overcoat as Grandfather (voice)
Red as Mark Rothko
Summer Camp Island as Monster Under the Bed / Oscar's Dad (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Monster Under the Bed (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Additional Voices (voice)
Summer Camp Island as Andy (voice)
I Feel Bad as Max

2017

Breakable You as Paul Weller
Justice League Dark as Destiny (voice)
FEUD as Robert Aldrich

2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Ali Massoud Sadiq
Sister Cities as Mort Stone
A Family Man as Lou Wheeler
Little Men as Hernán
Close to the Enemy as Harold Lindsay-Jones
Angie Tribeca as Dr. Edelweiss (uncredited)

2015

Strange Magic as Fairy King (voice)
Secret in Their Eyes as Martin Morales
Road to Capri as Edmond
Dragons: Race to the Edge as Viggo (voice)
Show Me a Hero as Henry J. Spallone
Long Live the Royals as Rupert, Neil

2014

Love Is Strange as George
Swelter as Doc
The Normal Heart as Ben Weeks
Return to Zero as Robert Royal
Heavenly Sword as King Bohan (voice)
The Prophet as Sergeant (voice)
The Stowaway as Command Delhart (voice)
Matador as Andrés Galan
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Rippen (voice)
Cosmos as Ibn al-Haytham (voice)

2013

Monsters University as Professor Knight (voice)
Bless Me, Ultima as Voice of Antonio
Monday Mornings as Dr. Harding Hooten
The Frame as Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius
Drunk History as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Rick and Morty as The Devil (voice)

2012

Loving Miss Hatto as William Barrington Coupe
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Lex Luthor / Firestorm / Mr. Banjo (voice)
Radioman as Self
Serena as Priest
Gravity Falls as Multi-Bear (voice)

2011

Rango as Roadkill (voice)
Innocent as Sandy Stern
Abduction as Frank Burton
The Forger as Everly

2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Maxim Horvath
The Tempest as Stephano
Roger & Val Have Just Got In as Roger Stevenson
Law & Order: LA as Ricardo Morales

2009

Angels & Demons as Narrator (voice)
An Education as Jack Mellor
The Pink Panther 2 as Pepperidge
The Lodger as Chandler Manning
Wonder Woman as Ares (voice)
Yes, Virginia as Francis Church (voice)
Big Guy as Kent

2008

Nothing Like the Holidays as Edy Rodriguez

2007

The Ten Commandments as Ramses (voice)
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as Professor Jeffries (voice)
Silk as Baldabiou
The Moon and the Stars as Davide Rieti
The Company as Harvey Torriti
The Company as Harvey Torriti / The Sorcerer

2006

The Da Vinci Code as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
The Hoax as Dick Suskind
As You Like It as Touchstone
Orchids as Cliff
The One Show as Self

2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Gabriel Duvall
American Dad! as Tow Truck Driver (voice)
American Dad! as Kazim (voice)

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes as Alfred (segment "Cousins?")
Spider-Man 2 as Doc Ock / Otto Octavius
Crónicas as Victor Hugo Puente
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2003

My Life Without Me as Ann's Father
Identity as Doctor
Luther as Johann Tetzel
Ape as Mendez (Voice)

2002

Frida as Diego Rivera
Undertaking Betty as Boris Plots
Monk as Peter Magneri

2001

Texas Rangers as John King Fisher
Justice League as King Gustav (voice)

2000

Chocolat as Count Paul de Reynaud
The Miracle Maker as Simon the Pharisee (voice)

1999

Magnolia as Solomon Solomon
Dudley Do-Right as Snidely Whiplash
Ladies Man as Jimmy Stiles
Family Guy as Panamanian Man (voice)
Family Guy as Chris' Neighbor (voice)

1998

The Treat as The Colonel
The Impostors as Sir Jeremy Burtom
The Wild Thornberrys as Elcio (voice)

1997

Boogie Nights as Rahad Jackson
Anna Karenina as Levin
The View as Self

1996

Before and After as Panos Demeris
Scorpion Spring as Denis Brabant

1995

Species as Dr. Stephen Arden
Hideaway as Jonas
The Perez Family as Juan Raul Perez
The Steal as Cliff
Dead Man as Trading Post Missionary

1994

Cabin Boy as School Professor (uncredited)
Maverick as Angel
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Reverend Leland Drury
Requiem Apache as Hamish

1993

The Trial as Titorelli
When Pigs Fly as Marty
Typhon's People as Andreus
GMTV as Self
A Year in Provence as Tony Havers

1992

Trust Me as Harry Greaves
A Very Polish Practice as Tadeusz Melnick
Angels as George

1991

Enchanted April as Mellersh Wilkins
American Friends as Oliver Syme
The Trials of Oz as George Melly
Hancock as Tony Hancock
Ashenden as Carmona

1990

El C.I.D. as Bernard Blake

1989

Virtuoso as John Ogden
The Accountant as Lionel Ellerman
Revolutionary Witness as Robert Sauveur

1988

Manifesto as Avanti

1987

Prick Up Your Ears as Kenneth Halliwell

1986

Casualty as Harry Horner

1985

Ladyhawke as Cezar
Number One as DC Rogers
Water as Pierre

1984

Angels in the Annexe as Mike Brittain

1983

Meantime as John

1982

1981

1979

1978

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Poe as Graham (voice)

Production

2022

Three Pines as Executive Producer

2021

2 Timers as Executive Producer