Alfred Molina
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Alfred Molina

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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).

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Films Featuring Alfred Molina

My Life Without Me

20036.1

Raiders of the Lost Ark

19817.9

Magnolia

19997.7

Coffee and Cigarettes

20046.9

Chocolat

20007.0

Ladyhawke

19857.0

Vice

20187.0

Spider-Man 2

20047.3

Frida

20027.4

The Da Vinci Code

20066.7

Angels & Demons

20096.7

Identity

20037.2

Undertaking Betty

20026.1

Boogie Nights

19977.6

Anyone for Denis

198210.0

The Miracle Maker

20006.1

Luther

20036.5

The Ten Commandments

20075.6

Murder on the Orient Express

20016.1

Mojave Moon

19964.9

An Education

20096.9

The Man Who Knew Too Little

19976.4

Cabin Boy

19945.2

Nothing Like the Holidays

20086.3

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

20106.3

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

20106.1

Enchanted April

19916.8

Not Without My Daughter

19916.7

Species

19956.0

Maverick

19946.9

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

20077.4

Hideaway

19955.2

The Hoax

20066.3

Prick Up Your Ears

19876.7

Texas Rangers

20016.0

When We Get There

20264.7

The Instigators

20246.1

Silk

20075.8

Pete's Meteor

20024.9

Letter to Brezhnev

19856.4

The Pink Panther 2

20095.7

The Lodger

20095.7

Wonder Woman

20097.2

Before and After

19965.9

The Little Traitor

20096.2

The Tempest

20105.3

The Perez Family

19956.1

Monsters University

20137.1

Rango

20116.9

Trust Me

19928.5

The Moon and the Stars

20075.1

Dudley Do-Right

19994.1

The Trial

19936.0

As You Like It

20065.8

Anna Karenina

19976.1

PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas

202210.0

Innocent

20115.7

Yes, Virginia

20097.1

Quality Problems

20186.7

American Friends

19916.3

Meantime

19836.7

Abduction

20115.8

The Forger

20115.8

Virtuoso

198910.0

Loving Miss Hatto

20127.2

The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

20127.5

Justin and the Knights of Valour

20135.9

Number One

19856.7

The Truth About Emanuel

20136.0

Drowning in the Shallow End

19907.0

A Whisper to a Roar

A Whisper to a Roar

20126.3

Manifesto

19884.0

Radioman

20126.3

Serena

Serena

20124.6

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

20226.8

The Trials of Oz

19916.3

Love Is Strange

20146.3

Flutter

2023

Swelter

20145.0

Scorpion Spring

19966.7

The Normal Heart

20147.7

DC League of Super-Pets

20227.1

Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro

2020

Return to Zero

20146.6

Angels in the Annexe

1984

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

19985.0

Heavenly Sword

20146.3

Strange Magic

20157.2

The Steal

19955.9

Hancock

1991

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

20166.3

The Accountant

1989

Message from the King

20176.2

We'll Never Have Paris

20144.8

8 Arms to Hold You

2004

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

20147.3

A Very Polish Practice

1992

Henchmen

20186.4

The Treat

19983.7

Sister Cities

20166.4

Harold and the Purple Crayon

20246.5

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

20157.4

A Further Gesture

19974.8

Breakable You

20175.4

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

20146.8

A Family Man

20166.7

The Impostors

19985.9

Revolutionary Witness

198910.0

Dead Man

19957.3

Little Men

20166.4

Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie

20165.3

Paint It Black

20165.8

Crónicas

20046.4

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

19946.9

Big Guy

20093.0

Water

19856.1

Lessons in Self-Defense

Lessons in Self-Defense

2009

Ape

Ape

2003

Justice League Dark

20177.3

Requiem Apache

19947.5

Nervous Energy

19954.7

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

20187.7

When Pigs Fly

19935.4

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

20046.7

The Devil Has a Name

20195.3

The Front Runner

20185.9

Saint Judy

20186.9

Ralph Breaks the Internet

20187.2

Sam Did It

20187.0

Angels

19929.0

The Overcoat

20188.0

Secret in Their Eyes

20156.4

Orchids

20067.0

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

20195.8

Don't Let Go

20196.9

Frozen II

20197.2

National Theatre Live: Red

20184.6

The Pot That Juan Built

2004

The Water Man

20206.1

Typhon's People

19937.0

Promising Young Woman

20207.4

Bless Me, Ultima

20136.3

Home

20068.6

Road to Capri

2015

Long Day's Journey Into Night

20175.5

The Song of the Shirt

1979

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

20217.6

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

2019

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

20217.8

The Stowaway

20145.3

Spider-Man: No Way Home

20217.9

Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina

20129.0

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

20037.9

Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona

2010

Poe

Aimee Comes First

202510.0

Blat

1987

The Chaperones

Remarkably Bright Creatures

20268.5