Alfred Molina
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Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor.
Molina was born in London to a Spanish father and an Italian mother. He has made an impact as a film, television and stage actor. He made his film debut in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, but his big break came with Letter to Brezhnev in 1985, which he followed up with a starring role in Prick Up Your Ears in 1987, playing Joe Orton's lover Kenneth Halliwell. Molina played the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera alongside Salma Hayek in Frida.
Other films include Luther, Species, Boogie Nights, Dudley Do-Right, Magnolia, Chocolat and Enchanted April. Recent high-profile roles include villains Doctor Octopus, in the 2004 Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man 2, and Bishop Manuel Aringarosa in the 2006 adaptation of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.
In 2004, Molina starred as Tevye in the Broadway version of Fiddler on the Roof.
He has been married to actress Jill Gascoine for many years. They have two children.
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- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) as Satipo
- Letter to Brezhnev (1985) as Sergei
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987) as Kenneth Halliwell
- Not Without My Daughter (1991) as Moody
- Enchanted April (1992) as Mellersh Wilkins
- Maverick (1994) as Angel
- Species (1995) as Dr. Stephan Arden
- The Perez Family as Juan Raúl Perez
- Dead Man (1995) as Trading Post Missionary
- Hideaway (1995) as Dr. Jonas Nyebern
- "Before and After" (1996) as Panos Demeris
- Boogie Nights (1997) as Rahad Jackson (Eddie Nash)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
- The Impostors (1998) as Sir Jeremy Burtom
- Dudley Do-Right (1999) as Snidely K. 'Whip' Whiplash
- Magnolia (1999) as Solomon Solomon
- Chocolat (2000) as Comte De Reynaud
- Murder on the Orient Express (2001) as Hercule Poirot
- Frida (2002) as Diego Rivera
- My Life Without Me (2003) as Ann's Father
- Identity (2003) as Dr. Malick
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) as Himself
- Luther (2003) as Johann Tetzel
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) as Doctor Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
- Steamboy (2004) as James Edward Steam
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
- Silk (2007) as Baldabiou
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| NAME | Alfred Molina |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 24 May 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London, England |
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