{"id":8467,"date":"2026-07-10T22:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T22:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/anthony-hopkins-88-announces-career-change-after-legendary-acting-career\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T22:38:25","slug":"anthony-hopkins-88-announces-career-change-after-legendary-acting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/anthony-hopkins-88-announces-career-change-after-legendary-acting-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hopkins, 88, announces career change after legendary acting career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F134023893.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anthony Hopkins is pivoting to a career in music after a 65-year-stint as one of Hollywood\u2019s most esteemed actors. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSilence of the Lambs\u201d star, 88, has signed a contract with record label Decca Classics and will launch his career as a classical music composer with an album release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic was my first desire, my first wish,\u201d the two-time Oscar winner <a href=\"https:\/\/store.deccaclassics.com\/collections\/cd\/products\/life-is-a-dream-cd?srsltid=AfmBOoo3b30OZRb0NHEQpY0BbaVD8Sbua_fAuw0fIqnipLloVwIL77Lq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>, per the record label\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been composing music all my life,\u201d he added. \u201cSome of these pieces have lived with me for decades, and I still find myself returning to them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is a Dream\u201d \u2014 an album containing decades-worth of Hopkins\u2019 compositions \u2014 is set for release Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Anthony Hopkins, seen above in 1992, announced he\u2019s making a career shift at age 88. <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Oscar-winning actor, pictured above in 2025, will release an album as a classical music composer next month. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The actor\u2019s original works \u2014 which, according to Decca, were \u201cinspired by Hopkins\u2019 family, Wales and a lifetime of experience\u201d \u2014 were performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s first single, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0hVfFyUxAS4\">\u201cBracken Road,\u201d<\/a> from the longtime actor\u2019s \u201c1947: Suite for Solo Piano and Orchestra,\u201d dropped Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The label called \u201cLife is a Dream\u201d the \u201cThor\u201d actor\u2019s \u201cmost personal musical project to date,\u201d and added that it \u201cfeatures works written across different periods of Hopkins\u2019 life, revealing a composer whose music shares the same emotional depth and storytelling that define his screen career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Decca continued, calling the album an \u201cintimate musical memoir shaped by loved-ones, imagination, and heritage\u201d and noting that \u201cseveral pieces draw directly on his Welsh upbringing and the landscapes of his boyhood, while others reflect important people and experiences that have accompanied him over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hopkins\u2019 album is entitled \u201cLife is a Dream\u201d and drops Aug. 21. He\u2019s shown here in 1971. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cMusic was my first desire, my first wish,\u201d the actor, seen here in 1991\u2019s \u201cThe Silence of Lambs,\u201d said in a statement. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Orion Pictures Corp\/Courtesy Everett Co \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite having a spectacularly successful career \u2014 including two Academy Awards, four BAFTAs, a pair of Primetime Emmys and a Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globes \u2014 the<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/09\/entertainment\/sir-anthony-hopkins-got-so-sick-of-legends-of-the-fall-director-he-just-flew-home\/\"> \u201cLegends of the Fall\u201d star <\/a>once <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/celebrities-who-have-slammed-the-oscars\/\">slammed the entertainment industry\u2019s highest honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I\u2019ve been around \u2014 I\u2019ve got the Oscar myself for\u00a0\u2018Silence of the Lambs\u2019\u00a0\u2014 and having to be nice to people and to be charming and flirting with them\u2026oh, come on!\u201d he told the Huffington Post back in 2012 before he won his second Oscar for \u201cThe Father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople go out of their way to flatter the nominating body, and I think it\u2019s kind of disgusting,\u201d the Welsh actor added. \u201cThat\u2019s always been against my nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hopkins is the latest celebrity to announce a surprising change after a longstanding career. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The album contains decades-worth of the highly decorated actor\u2019s compositions. He\u2019s pictured above in 1992.  <span class=\"credit\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hopkins, pictured here in 1995\u2019s \u201cNixon,\u201d has won two Academy Awards among many other high-profile acting honors. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Buena Vista Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, Dolly Parton, 80, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/07\/entertainment\/dolly-parton-makes-surprise-career-announcement-after-delivering-bad-health-update\/\">announced that she\u2019s off to Broadway<\/a> for her production, \u201cDolly: A True Original Musical.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis really is a dream come true,\u201d she said in a recent Instagram video. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to share it with all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, 59, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/13\/celebrity-news\/nicole-kidman-is-embarking-on-surprising-new-career-path-after-moms-death\/\">revealed plans to become a death doula<\/a> following the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/07\/entertainment\/nicole-kidman-leaves-venice-film-festival-early-after-learning-her-mom-died\/\">death of her mother,\u00a0Janelle Ann Kidman<\/a>, in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, after years in hiding, \u201cSex and the City\u201d alum Jason Lewis, 54, divulged in May that he\u2019d relocated to Costa Rica and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/celebrity-news\/sex-and-the-city-alum-reveals-surprising-career-move-after-coming-out-of-hiding\/\">penned a nine-book \u201cepic fantasy\u201d series<\/a> following 20 years as an actor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/10\/celebrity-news\/anthony-hopkins-88-announces-career-change-after-legendary-acting-career\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Hopkins is pivoting to a career in music after a 65-year-stint as one of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/134023893.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}