About
Alfred Molina
Overview
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 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
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2024 | The Instigators | Actor | Richie Dechico | 60 Fair |
2024 | Harold and the Purple Crayon | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 61 Fair |
2023 | Flutter | Actor | Jerry (voice) | N/A N/A |
2022 | Three Pines | Actor | Chief Inspector Armand Gamache | 65 Fair |
2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Actor | Jor-El (voice) | 68 Fair |
2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2022 | Paw Patrol. Mission Xmas | Actor | voice | 59 Average |
2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Actor | Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock | 79 Good |
2021 | Maya and the Three | Actor | Lord Mictlan (voice) | 76 Good |
2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Actor | Archie (voice) | 65 Fair |
2021 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Actor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2020 | Promising Young Woman | Actor | Mr. Green (uncredited) | 72 Good |
2020 | The Water Man | Actor | Jim Bussey | 60 Fair |
2020 | Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2020 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Actor | Archie (voice) | 80 Very good |
2019 | Frozen II | Actor | Agnarr (voice) | 71 Good |
2019 | Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous | Actor | Himself / Mark Rothko | N/A N/A |
2019 | Don't Let Go | Actor | Howard Keleshian | 63 Fair |
2019 | The Devil Has a Name | Actor | Big Boss | 58 Average |
2019 | Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein | Actor | Aubrey Fields / Captain | 58 Average |
2019 | Saint Judy | Actor | Ray Hernandez | 60 Fair |
2018 | Vice | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 68 Fair |
2018 | Henchmen | Actor | Baron Blackout (voice) | 59 Average |
2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Actor | Double Dan (voice) | 71 Good |
2018 | Red | Actor | Mark Rothko | 58 Average |
2018 | The Front Runner | Actor | Ben Bradlee | 58 Average |
2018 | Sam Did It | Actor | Alfred Molina | 59 Average |
2018 | The Overcoat | Actor | Grandfather (voice) | 59 Average |
2018 | Quality Problems | Actor | Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2018 | Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie | Actor | La Sombra (voice) | 63 Fair |
2017 | Message from the King | Actor | Preston | 60 Fair |
2017 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Actor | James Tyrone | 59 Average |
2017 | Justice League Dark | Actor | Destiny (voice) | 68 Fair |
2017 | Breakable You | Actor | Paul Weller | 58 Average |
2016 | Close to the Enemy | Actor | Harold Lindsay-Jones | 66 Fair |
2016 | Sister Cities | Actor | Mort Stone | 59 Average |
2016 | A Family Man | Actor | Lou Wheeler | 62 Fair |
2016 | Little Men | Actor | Hernán | 60 Fair |
2016 | Paint It Black | Actor | Cal | 59 Average |
2016 | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Actor | Ali Massoud Sadiq | 61 Fair |
2016 | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Actor | Jerry Schrager | 58 Average |
2015 | Long Live the Royals | Actor | Rupert, Neil | 69 Fair |
2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship | Actor | Lex Luthor (voice) | 59 Average |
2015 | Secret in Their Eyes | Actor | Martin Morales | 62 Fair |
2015 | Show Me a Hero | Actor | Henry J. Spallone | 70 Good |
2015 | Strange Magic | Actor | Fairy King (voice) | 64 Fair |
2015 | Road to Capri | Actor | Edmond | N/A N/A |
2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Actor | Rippen (voice) | 69 Fair |
2014 | We'll Never Have Paris | Actor | Terry | 57 Average |
2014 | The Prophet | Actor | Sergeant (voice) | 61 Fair |
2014 | Love Is Strange | Actor | George | 60 Fair |
2014 | Matador | Actor | Andrés Galan | 68 Fair |
2014 | Heavenly Sword | Actor | King Bohan (voice) | 59 Average |
2014 | The Normal Heart | Actor | Ben Weeks | 71 Good |
2014 | Return to Zero | Actor | Robert Royal | 60 Fair |
2014 | Swelter | Actor | Doc | 57 Average |
2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Actor | Lex Luthor / Green Arrow (voice) | 59 Average |
2014 | The Truth About Emanuel | Actor | Dennis | 59 Average |
2014 | The Stowaway | Actor | Command Delhart (voice) | 58 Average |
2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | Actor | Reginald (voice) | 58 Average |
2013 | Monsters University | Actor | Professor Knight (voice) | 69 Fair |
2013 | Bless Me, Ultima | Actor | Voice of Antonio | 59 Average |
2013 | Monday Mornings | Actor | Dr. Harding Hooten | 70 Good |
2012 | Loving Miss Hatto | Actor | William Barrington Coupe | 59 Average |
2012 | Radioman | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2012 | Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina | Actor | Arthur H. Cartwright | 59 Average |
2012 | A Whisper to a Roar | Actor | 59 Average |
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2012 | On Set With Raiders Of The Lost Ark | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Actor | Lex Luthor / Firestorm / Mr. Banjo (voice) | 60 Fair |
2012 | Serena | Actor | Priest | 59 Average |
2011 | Innocent | Actor | Sandy Stern | 58 Average |
2011 | Abduction | Actor | Frank Burton | 58 Average |
2011 | The Forger | Actor | Everly | 58 Average |
2011 | Rango | Actor | Roadkill (voice) | 67 Fair |
2010 | The Tempest | Actor | Stephano | 58 Average |
2010 | Roger & Val Have Just Got In | Actor | Roger Stevenson | 70 Good |
2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Actor | Maxim Horvath | 60 Fair |
2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Actor | Sheik Amar | 62 Fair |
2009 | Yes, Virginia | Actor | Francis Church (voice) | 59 Average |
2009 | An Education | Actor | Jack Mellor | 66 Fair |
2009 | Lessons in Self-Defense | Actor | Ben | N/A N/A |
2009 | Angels & Demons | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 66 Fair |
2009 | Wonder Woman | Actor | Ares (voice) | 65 Fair |
2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Actor | Pepperidge | 57 Average |
2009 | The Lodger | Actor | Chandler Manning | 58 Average |
2009 | Big Guy | Actor | Kent | 59 Average |
2008 | Nothing Like the Holidays | Actor | Edy Rodriguez | 59 Average |
2007 | The Ten Commandments | Actor | Ramses (voice) | 59 Average |
2007 | Silk | Actor | Baldabiou | 58 Average |
2007 | The Little Traitor | Actor | Dunlop | 59 Average |
2007 | Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! | Actor | Professor Jeffries (voice) | 64 Fair |
2007 | The Moon and the Stars | Actor | Davide Rieti | 58 Average |
2006 | Home | Actor | 59 Average |
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2006 | Orchids | Actor | Cliff | 59 Average |
2006 | The Hoax | Actor | Dick Suskind | 60 Fair |
2006 | As You Like It | Actor | Touchstone | 58 Average |
2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Actor | Bishop Manuel Aringarosa | 66 Fair |
2004 | 8 Arms to Hold You | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Actor | Doc Ock / Otto Octavius | 72 Good |
2004 | The Pot That Juan Built | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2004 | Crónicas | Actor | Victor Hugo Puente | 59 Average |
2004 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Actor | Alfred (segment "Cousins?") | 65 Fair |
2003 | Ape | Actor | Mendez (Voice) | N/A N/A |
2003 | Luther | Actor | Johann Tetzel | 61 Fair |
2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
2003 | Identity | Actor | Dr. Malick | 70 Good |
2003 | My Life Without Me | Actor | Ann's Father | 59 Average |
2002 | Pete's Meteor | Actor | Hugh | 58 Average |
2002 | Undertaking Betty | Actor | Boris Plots | 59 Average |
2002 | Bram & Alice | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2002 | Frida | Actor | Diego Rivera | 70 Good |
2002 | Spider-Man trilogy | Actor | Dr. Otto Octavius | 61 Fair |
2001 | Texas Rangers | Actor | John King Fisher | 59 Average |
2001 | Murder on the Orient Express | Actor | Hercule Poirot | 59 Average |
2000 | Chocolat | Actor | Count Paul de Reynaud | 68 Fair |
2000 | The Miracle Maker | Actor | Simon the Pharisee (voice) | 59 Average |
1999 | Magnolia | Actor | Solomon Solomon | 74 Good |
1999 | Ladies Man | Actor | Jimmy Stiles | 69 Fair |
1999 | Dudley Do-Right | Actor | Snidely Whiplash | 54 Average |
1998 | The Impostors | Actor | Sir Jeremy Burtom | 58 Average |
1998 | The Treat | Actor | The Colonel | 58 Average |
1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples | Actor | Emile Taquet | N/A N/A |
1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Actor | Boris | 61 Fair |
1997 | Boogie Nights | Actor | Rahad Jackson | 73 Good |
1997 | Anna Karenina | Actor | Levin | 59 Average |
1997 | A Further Gesture | Actor | Tulio | 58 Average |
1996 | Mojave Moon | Actor | Sal | 58 Average |
1996 | Scorpion Spring | Actor | Denis Brabant | 58 Average |
1996 | Before and After | Actor | Panos Demeris | 58 Average |
1995 | Dead Man | Actor | Trading Post Missionary | 69 Fair |
1995 | Nervous Energy | Actor | Ira | 58 Average |
1995 | Species | Actor | Dr. Stephen Arden | 59 Average |
1995 | The Perez Family | Actor | Juan Raul Perez | 59 Average |
1995 | The Steal | Actor | Cliff | 58 Average |
1995 | Hideaway | Actor | Jonas | 57 Average |
1994 | Requiem Apache | Actor | Hamish | N/A N/A |
1994 | Maverick | Actor | Angel | 66 Fair |
1994 | White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf | Actor | Reverend Leland Drury | 60 Fair |
1994 | Cabin Boy | Actor | School Professor (uncredited) | 57 Average |
1993 | When Pigs Fly | Actor | Marty | 58 Average |
1993 | The Trial | Actor | Titorelli | 58 Average |
1993 | Typhon's People | Actor | Andreus | N/A N/A |
1992 | Trust Me | Actor | Harry Greaves | N/A N/A |
1992 | A Very Polish Practice | Actor | Tadeusz Melnick | N/A N/A |
1992 | Angels | Actor | George | N/A N/A |
1991 | Enchanted April | Actor | Mellersh Wilkins | 59 Average |
1991 | The Trials of Oz | Actor | George Melly | 59 Average |
1991 | Hancock | Actor | Tony Hancock | N/A N/A |
1991 | American Friends | Actor | Oliver Syme | 59 Average |
1991 | Not Without My Daughter | Actor | Moody | 61 Fair |
1990 | El C.I.D. | Actor | Bernard Blake | N/A N/A |
1990 | Drowning in the Shallow End | Actor | The Italian | N/A N/A |
1989 | Revolutionary Witness | Actor | Robert Sauveur | N/A N/A |
1989 | The Accountant | Actor | Lionel Ellerman | N/A N/A |
1989 | Virtuoso | Actor | John Ogden | N/A N/A |
1988 | Manifesto | Actor | Avanti | 58 Average |
1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Actor | Kenneth Halliwell | 60 Fair |
1985 | Letter to Brezhnev | Actor | Sergei | 59 Average |
1985 | Ladyhawke | Actor | Cezar | 66 Fair |
1985 | Number One | Actor | DC Rogers | 59 Average |
1985 | Water | Actor | Pierre | 59 Average |
1984 | Angels in the Annexe | Actor | Mike Brittain | N/A N/A |
1983 | Meantime | Actor | John | 60 Fair |
1982 | Anyone for Denis | Actor | Eric | N/A N/A |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Actor | Satipo | 78 Good |
1979 | The Song of the Shirt | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1978 | The Losers | Actor | 69 Fair |
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When We Get There | Actor | Marcus | N/A N/A |
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The Boroughs | Actor | Sam | N/A N/A |
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2022 | Three Pines | Production | Executive Producer | 65 Fair |