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Alfred Molina

Born 1953-05-24

📍 London, England, UK

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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Filmography 221

Remarkably Bright Creatures

as Marcellus (voice) (uncredited)

When We Get There

Aimee Comes First

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

as Benjar Pranic (voice)

The Instigators

as Richie Dechico

Harold and the Purple Crayon

as Narrator (voice)

as Jerry (voice)

as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

as Multi-Bear (voice)

DC League of Super-Pets

as Jor-El (voice)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as Silas McCall

PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock

Maya and the Three

as Lord Mictlan (voice)

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

as Archie (voice)

Monsters at Work

as Professor Knight (voice)

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Promising Young Woman

as Mr. Green (uncredited)

Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

as Archie (voice)

Crossing Swords

as Robin Hood (voice)

Solar Opposites

as The Duke (voice)

Solar Opposites

as Mr. Freeze / Stew (voice)

as Mr. Freeze (voice)

as Agnarr (voice)

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

as Himself / Mark Rothko

as Howard Keleshian

as Chandelier (voice)

The Devil Has a Name

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

as Aubrey Fields / Captain

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Baron Blackout (voice)

Ralph Breaks the Internet

as Double Dan (voice)

National Theatre Live: Red

The Front Runner

as Alfred Molina

as Ray Hernandez

as Grandfather (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Monster Under the Bed / Oscar's Dad (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Monster Under the Bed (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Additional Voices (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Andy (voice)

Quality Problems

as Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited)

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

as La Sombra (voice)

Message from the King

Long Day's Journey Into Night

as James Tyrone

as Robert Aldrich

Justice League Dark

as Destiny (voice)

Close to the Enemy

as Harold Lindsay-Jones

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as Ali Massoud Sadiq

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

as Jerry Schrager

as Dr. Edelweiss (uncredited)

Long Live the Royals

as Rupert, Neil

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

as Lex Luthor (voice)

Secret in Their Eyes

as Martin Morales

as Henry J. Spallone

Dragons: Race to the Edge

as Viggo (voice)

as Fairy King (voice)

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Rippen (voice)

We'll Never Have Paris

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

as Sergeant (voice)

Love Is Strange

as Andrés Galan

as King Bohan (voice)

The Normal Heart

as Robert Royal

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

as Lex Luthor / Green Arrow (voice)

as Ibn al-Haytham (voice)

as Command Delhart (voice)

as The Devil (voice)

Justin and the Knights of Valour

as Reginald (voice)

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Monsters University

as Professor Knight (voice)

The Truth About Emanuel

as Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius

Bless Me, Ultima

as Voice of Antonio

Monday Mornings

as Dr. Harding Hooten

Loving Miss Hatto

as William Barrington Coupe

Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina

as Arthur H. Cartwright

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

as Lex Luthor / Firestorm / Mr. Banjo (voice)

as Multi-Bear (voice)

as Frank Burton

as Roadkill (voice)

as Eric Sanders

Law & Order: LA

as Ricardo Morales

Roger & Val Have Just Got In

as Roger Stevenson

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

as Maxim Horvath

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona

as Francis Church (voice)

Angels & Demons

as Narrator (voice)

as Ares (voice)

The Pink Panther 2

The Little Traitor

as Chandler Manning

Nothing Like the Holidays

as Edy Rodriguez

The Ten Commandments

as Ramses (voice)

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

as Professor Jeffries (voice)

as Harvey Torriti / The Sorcerer

as Harvey Torriti

The Moon and the Stars

as Davide Rieti

as Dick Suskind

The Da Vinci Code

as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Gabriel Duvall

as Tow Truck Driver (voice)

as Kazim (voice)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

8 Arms to Hold You

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

as Doc Ock / Otto Octavius

The Pot That Juan Built

as Victor Hugo Puente

Coffee and Cigarettes

as Alfred (segment "Cousins?")

as Johann Tetzel

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

My Life Without Me

as Ann's Father

Undertaking Betty

as Diego Rivera

as Peter Magneri

as John King Fisher

as King Gustav (voice)

Murder on the Orient Express

as Hercule Poirot

as Count Paul de Reynaud

The Miracle Maker

as Simon the Pharisee (voice)

as Solomon Solomon

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Gabriel Duvall

as Jimmy Stiles

Dudley Do-Right

as Snidely Whiplash

as Panamanian Man (voice)

as Chris' Neighbor (voice)

as David Attenborough / Dr. Snelling (voice)

as Mr. Perez (voice)

as Sir Jeremy Burtom

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

The Wild Thornberrys

as Elcio (voice)

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

as Emile Taquet

The Man Who Knew Too Little

as Rahad Jackson

A Further Gesture

Scorpion Spring

as Denis Brabant

Before and After

as Panos Demeris

as Trading Post Missionary

as Dr. Stephen Arden

The Perez Family

as Juan Raul Perez

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

as Reverend Leland Drury

as School Professor (uncredited)

A Year in Provence

Typhon's People

as Harry Greaves

Enchanted April

as Mellersh Wilkins

The Trials of Oz

as George Melly

as Tony Hancock

American Friends

Not Without My Daughter

Drowning in the Shallow End

Revolutionary Witness

as Robert Sauveur

as Lionel Ellerman

Prick Up Your Ears

as Kenneth Halliwell

as Harry Horner

Letter to Brezhnev

Angels in the Annexe

as Mike Brittain

as Esther Nevin's Attorney

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Anyone for Denis

Anyone for Denis?

Anyone for Denis?

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Song of the Shirt

as Self - Nominee

as Self - Nominee / Presenter