{"id":7119,"date":"2021-12-16T09:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T09:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2022-05-13T13:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:37:35","slug":"alfred-molina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/alfred-molina\/tv-and-films\/biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfred Molina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alfred Molina was born in London<\/a>, England in 1953. His mother Giovanna Molina is an Italian-born cook and cleaner, as his father Esteban Molina, is a Spanish-born waiter for Chauffeur.<\/p>\n

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Alfred Molina was born in London, England in 1953 and his Mother, Giovanna was an Italian-born cook and cleaner and his father, Esteban, was a Spanish-born waiter and chauffeur. Alfred started studying at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in Longdon when he was growing up and started making a name for himself very quickly.<\/p>\n

His first stage works were in two major Royal National Theatre productions, the Night of the Iguana and Speed the Plow. He then started starring in more and more and more productions before landing some amazing roles later on in life.<\/p>\n

He auditioned for the main villain in the second installment of Spiderman, after successfully becoming the villain in that movie, he became an icon to all Spiderman fans. After this, he went on and appeared in movies such as An Education, The Cherry Orchard, and in the same year, Fiddler on the Roof!<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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1981<\/td>\nRaiders of the Lost Ark<\/i><\/td>\nSatipo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nLetter to Brezhnev<\/i><\/td>\nSergei<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ladyhawke<\/i><\/td>\nCezar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water<\/i><\/td>\nPierre<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleni<\/i><\/td>\nYoung Christos<\/td>\nUncredited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nPrick Up Your Ears<\/i><\/td>\nKenneth Halliwell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nManifesto<\/i><\/td>\nAvanti<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nVirtuoso<\/i><\/td>\nJohn Ogdon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rescuers Speaking<\/i><\/td>\nItalian Priest<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nHancock<\/i><\/td>\nTony Hancock<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not Without My Daughter<\/i><\/td>\nSayyed Bozorg Mahmoody<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Friends<\/i><\/td>\nOliver Syme<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nEnchanted April<\/i><\/td>\nMellersh Wilkins<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nA Year in Provence<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nTony Havers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Trial<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nTitorelli<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When Pigs Fly<\/i><\/td>\nMarty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nMaverick<\/i><\/td>\nAngel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf<\/i><\/td>\nReverend Leland Drury<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cabin Boy<\/i><\/td>\nNathaniel's History Teacher<\/td>\nUncredited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nSpecies<\/i><\/td>\nDr. Stephen Arden<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Steal<\/i><\/td>\nCliff<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Perez Family<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nJuan Ra\u00fal Perez<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dead Man<\/i><\/td>\nTrading Post Missionary<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorpion Spring<\/i><\/td>\nDenis Brabant<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hideaway<\/i><\/td>\nDr. Jonas Nyebern<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nervous Energy<\/i><\/td>\nIra Moss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nMojave Moon<\/i><\/td>\nSal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Before and After<\/i><\/td>\nPanos Demeris<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nAnna Karenina<\/i><\/td>\nLevin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boogie Nights<\/i><\/td>\nRahad Jackson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Man Who Knew Too Little<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nBoris 'The Butcher' Blavasky<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Further Gesture<\/i><\/td>\nTulio<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nThe Impostors<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSir Jeremy Burtom<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pete's Meteor<\/i><\/td>\nHugh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Treat<\/i><\/td>\nThe Colonel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nDudley Do-Right<\/i><\/td>\nSnidely K. 'Whip' Whiplash<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnolia<\/i><\/td>\nSolomon Solomon<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nThe Miracle Maker<\/i><\/td>\nSimon the Pharisee<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chocolat<\/i><\/td>\nComte De Reynaud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nTexas Rangers<\/i><\/td>\nKing Fisher<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nFrida<\/i><\/td>\nDiego Rivera<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plots with a View<\/i>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Undertaking Betty<\/i>)<\/td>\nBoris Plots<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nMy Life Without Me<\/i><\/td>\nAnn's Father<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Identity<\/i><\/td>\nDr. Malick<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee and Cigarettes<\/i><\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luther<\/i><\/td>\nJohann Tetzel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nCr\u00f3nicas<\/i><\/td>\nVictor Hugo Puente<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spider-Man 2<\/i><\/td>\nDr. Otto Octavius \/ Doctor Octopus<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steamboy<\/i><\/td>\nJames Edward Steam<\/td>\nVoice; English dub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plots with a View<\/i><\/td>\nBoris Plots<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Da Vinci Code<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nBishop Manuel Aringarosa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
As You Like It<\/i><\/td>\nTouchstone<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchids<\/i><\/td>\nCliff<\/td>\nShort film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nThe Hoax<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nDick Suskind<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silk<\/i><\/td>\nBaldabiou<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Ten Commandments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nRamesses, the Pharaoh<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Moon and the Stars<\/i><\/td>\nDavide Rieti<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Little Traitor<\/i><\/td>\nSergeant Dunlop<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!<\/i><\/td>\nProfessor Jeffries<\/td>\nVoice; Direct-to-video<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nNothing like the Holidays<\/i><\/td>\nEdy Rodriguez<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nAn Education<\/i><\/td>\nJack Mellor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Pink Panther 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nRandall Pepperidge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angels & Demons<\/i><\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Lodger<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nChandler Manning<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wonder Woman<\/i><\/td>\nAres<\/td>\nVoice; Direct-to-video<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Guy<\/i><\/td>\nKent<\/td>\nShort film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva<\/i><\/td>\nDanny<\/td>\nVoice; English dub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe Tempest<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nStefano<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time<\/i><\/td>\nSheik Amar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Sorcerer's Apprentice<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/td>\nMaxim Horvath<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nAbduction<\/i><\/td>\nFrank Burton<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rango<\/i><\/td>\nRoadkill<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nLoving Miss Hatto<\/i><\/td>\nWilliam Barrington-Coupe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Forger<\/i><\/td>\nEverly Campbell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nBless Me, Ultima<\/i><\/td>\nAntonio<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Truth About Emanuel<\/i><\/td>\nDennis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justin and the Knights of Valour<\/i><\/td>\nReginald<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monsters University<\/i><\/td>\nProfessor Derek Knight<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vivaldi<\/i><\/td>\nTartini<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nLove Is Strange<\/i><\/td>\nGeorge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Return to Zero<\/i><\/td>\nRobert Royal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We'll Never Have Paris<\/i><\/td>\nTerry Berman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swelter<\/i><\/td>\nDoc<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet<\/i><\/td>\nSergeant<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heavenly Sword<\/i><\/td>\nKing Bohan<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nStrange Magic<\/i><\/td>\nFairy King<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Secret in Their Eyes<\/i><\/td>\nMartin Morales<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nLittle Men<\/i><\/td>\nHern\u00e1n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie<\/i><\/td>\nJerry Schrager<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot<\/i><\/td>\nAli Massoud Sadiq<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paint It Black<\/i><\/td>\nCal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Message from the King<\/i><\/td>\nPreston<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Family Man<\/i><\/td>\nLou Wheeler<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nBreakable You<\/i><\/td>\nPaul Weller<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justice League Dark<\/i><\/td>\nDestiny<\/td>\nVoice; Direct-to-video<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nThe Front Runner<\/i><\/td>\nBen Bradlee<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saint Judy<\/i><\/td>\nRay Hernandez<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ralph Breaks the Internet<\/i><\/td>\nDouble Dan<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henchmen<\/i><\/td>\nBaron Blackout<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vice<\/i><\/td>\nWaiter<\/td>\nUncredited cameo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nDon't Let Go<\/i><\/td>\nHoward Keleshian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein<\/i><\/td>\nAubrey Fields<\/td>\nShort film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Devil Has a Name<\/i><\/td>\nBig Boss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frozen II<\/i><\/td>\nKing Agnarr<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nPromising Young Woman<\/i><\/td>\nJordan Green<\/td>\nUncredited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Water Man<\/i><\/td>\nJim Bussey<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nTrollhunters: Rise of the Titans<\/i><\/td>\nArchie<\/td>\nVoice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/i><\/td>\nDr. Otto Octavius \/ Doctor Octopus<\/td>\nPost-production<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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