Alfred Molina

Molina as Dr. Octopus in Spiderman 2 (2004)

Alfred Molina (born 24 March, 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 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.

Filmography

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
Dead Man (1995) as Trading Post Missionary
*"Before and After" (1996) as Panos Demeris
Boogie Nights (1997) as Rahad Jackson
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
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
The Da Vinci Code (2006) as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
*''Silk (2007)

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