Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Known for
Acting
Born
May 24, 1953 (age 73)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred Molina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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Poe poster

Poe

Movie · as Graham (voice)

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The Chaperones poster

The Chaperones

Movie

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Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

Movie

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The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story poster

The Wall: A Solar Opposites Story

Movie · as The Duke

2026
When We Get There poster

When We Get There

Movie · as Marcus

2026
Remarkably Bright Creatures poster

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Movie · as Marcellus (voice)

2026
The Boroughs poster

The Boroughs

TV · as Sam Cooper · 8 eps

2025
Aimee Comes First poster

Aimee Comes First

Movie

2024
The Instigators poster

The Instigators

Movie · as Richie Dechico

2024
Harold and the Purple Crayon poster

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew poster

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

TV · as Benjar Pranic (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Flutter poster

Flutter

Movie · as Jerry (voice)

2022
PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas poster

PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas

Movie · as voice

2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Movie · as Self

2022
DC League of Super-Pets poster

DC League of Super-Pets

Movie · as Jor-El (voice)

2022
Three Pines poster

Three Pines

TV · as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache · 8 eps

2022
Roar poster

Roar

TV · as Silas McCall · 1 ep

2022
Chibiverse poster

Chibiverse

TV · as Multi-Bear (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans poster

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

Movie · as Archie (voice)

2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age poster

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Movie · as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Professor Knight (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Maya and the Three poster

Maya and the Three

TV · as Lord Mictlan (voice) · 9 eps

2020
Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro poster

Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro

Movie · as Narrator

2020
The Water Man poster

The Water Man

Movie · as Jim Bussey

2020
Promising Young Woman poster

Promising Young Woman

Movie · as Mr. Green (uncredited)

2020
Crossing Swords poster

Crossing Swords

TV · as Robin Hood (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Solar Opposites poster

Solar Opposites

TV · as The Duke (voice), Ringo/ the duke (voice) · 5 eps

2020
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia poster

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

TV · as Archie (voice) · 10 eps

2019
The Devil Has a Name poster

The Devil Has a Name

Movie · as Big Boss

2019
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

Movie · as Aubrey Fields / Captain

2019
Don't Let Go poster

Don't Let Go

Movie · as Howard Keleshian

2019
Frozen II poster

Frozen II

Movie · as Agnarr (voice)

2019
Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous poster

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

Movie · as Himself / Mark Rothko

2019
Infinity Train poster

Infinity Train

TV · as Chandelier (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn

TV · as Mr. Freeze / Stew (voice), Mr. Freeze (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Vice poster

Vice

Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

2018
Quality Problems poster

Quality Problems

Movie · as Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited)

2018
Henchmen poster

Henchmen

Movie · as Baron Blackout (voice)

2018
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie poster

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

Movie · as La Sombra (voice)

2018
The Front Runner poster

The Front Runner

Movie · as Ben Bradlee

2018
Saint Judy poster

Saint Judy

Movie · as Ray Hernandez

2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Movie · as Double Dan (voice)

2018
Sam Did It poster

Sam Did It

Movie · as Alfred Molina

2018
The Overcoat poster

The Overcoat

Movie · as Grandfather (voice)

2018
National Theatre Live: Red poster

National Theatre Live: Red

Movie · as Mark Rothko

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Monster Under the Bed / Oscar's Dad (voice), Monster Under the Bed (voice), Additional Voices (voice), Andy (voice) · 1 ep

2018
I Feel Bad poster

I Feel Bad

TV · as Max · 1 ep

2017
Message from the King poster

Message from the King

Movie · as Preston

2017
Breakable You poster

Breakable You

Movie · as Paul Weller

2017
Justice League Dark poster

Justice League Dark

Movie · as Destiny (voice)

2017
Long Day's Journey Into Night poster

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Movie · as James Tyrone

2017
FEUD poster

FEUD

TV · as Robert Aldrich · 8 eps

2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot poster

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Movie · as Ali Massoud Sadiq

2016
Sister Cities poster

Sister Cities

Movie · as Mort Stone

2016
A Family Man poster

A Family Man

Movie · as Lou Wheeler

2016
Little Men poster

Little Men

Movie · as Hernán

2016
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie poster

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

Movie · as Jerry Schrager

2016
Paint It Black poster

Paint It Black

Movie · as Cal

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Dr. Edelweiss (uncredited) · 14 eps

2016
Close to the Enemy poster

Close to the Enemy

TV · as Harold Lindsay-Jones · 7 eps

2015
Strange Magic poster

Strange Magic

Movie · as Fairy King (voice)

2015
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship poster

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

Movie · as Lex Luthor (voice)

2015
Secret in Their Eyes poster

Secret in Their Eyes

Movie · as Martin Morales

2015
Road to Capri poster

Road to Capri

Movie · as Edmond

2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge poster

Dragons: Race to the Edge

TV · as Viggo (voice) · 19 eps

2015
Show Me a Hero poster

Show Me a Hero

TV · as Henry J. Spallone · 6 eps

2015
Long Live the Royals poster

Long Live the Royals

TV · as Rupert, Neil · 4 eps

2014
Love Is Strange poster

Love Is Strange

Movie · as George

2014
Swelter poster

Swelter

Movie · as Doc

2014
The Normal Heart poster

The Normal Heart

Movie · as Ben Weeks

2014
Return to Zero poster

Return to Zero

Movie · as Robert Royal

2014
Heavenly Sword poster

Heavenly Sword

Movie · as King Bohan (voice)

2014
We'll Never Have Paris poster

We'll Never Have Paris

Movie · as Terry

2014
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise poster

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

Movie · as Lex Luthor / Green Arrow (voice)

2014
The Stowaway poster

The Stowaway

Movie · as Command Delhart (voice)

2014
Matador poster

Matador

TV · as Andrés Galan · 13 eps

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Rippen (voice) · 61 eps

2014
Cosmos poster

Cosmos

TV · as Ibn al-Haytham (voice) · 1 ep

2013
Monsters University poster

Monsters University

Movie · as Professor Knight (voice)

2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour poster

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Movie · as Reginald (voice)

2013
The Truth About Emanuel poster

The Truth About Emanuel

Movie · as Dennis

2013
Bless Me, Ultima poster

Bless Me, Ultima

Movie · as Voice of Antonio

2013
Monday Mornings poster

Monday Mornings

TV · as Harding Hooten · 10 eps

2013
The Frame poster

The Frame

TV · as Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius · 1 ep

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1 ep

2013
Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty

TV · as The Devil (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Loving Miss Hatto poster

Loving Miss Hatto

Movie · as William Barrington Coupe

2012
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special poster

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

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

2012
A Whisper to a Roar

A Whisper to a Roar

Movie

2012
Radioman poster

Radioman

Movie · as Self

2012
Serena

Serena

Movie · as Priest

2012
Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina poster

Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina

Movie · as Arthur H. Cartwright

2012
Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls

TV · as Multi-Bear (voice) · 3 eps

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · as Roadkill (voice)

2011
Innocent poster

Innocent

Movie · as Sandy Stern

2011
Abduction poster

Abduction

Movie · as Frank Burton

2011
The Forger poster

The Forger

Movie · as Everly

2011
Harry's Law poster

Harry's Law

TV · as Eric Sanders · 3 eps

2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time poster

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Movie · as Sheik Amar

2010
The Sorcerer's Apprentice poster

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Movie · as Maxim Horvath

2010
The Tempest poster

The Tempest

Movie · as Stephano

2010
Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona poster

Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona

Movie · as Narrator

2010
Red poster

Red

Movie · as Mark Rothko

2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In poster

Roger & Val Have Just Got In

TV · as Roger Stevenson · 12 eps

2010
Law & Order: LA poster

Law & Order: LA

TV · as Ricardo Morales · 16 eps

2009
Angels & Demons poster

Angels & Demons

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2009
An Education poster

An Education

Movie · as Jack Mellor

2009
The Pink Panther 2 poster

The Pink Panther 2

Movie · as Pepperidge

2009
The Lodger poster

The Lodger

Movie · as Chandler Manning

2009
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Ares (voice)

2009
The Little Traitor poster

The Little Traitor

Movie · as Dunlop

2009
Yes, Virginia poster

Yes, Virginia

Movie · as Francis Church (voice)

2009
Big Guy poster

Big Guy

Movie · as Kent

2009
Lessons in Self-Defense

Lessons in Self-Defense

Movie · as Ben

2008
Nothing Like the Holidays poster

Nothing Like the Holidays

Movie · as Edy Rodriguez

2007
The Ten Commandments poster

The Ten Commandments

Movie · as Ramses (voice)

2007
Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! poster

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

Movie · as Professor Jeffries (voice)

2007
Silk poster

Silk

Movie · as Baldabiou

2007
The Moon and the Stars poster

The Moon and the Stars

Movie · as Davide Rieti

2007
The Company poster

The Company

TV · as Harvey Torriti / The Sorcerer · 1 ep

2006
The Da Vinci Code poster

The Da Vinci Code

Movie · as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa

2006
The Hoax poster

The Hoax

Movie · as Dick Suskind

2006
As You Like It poster

As You Like It

Movie · as Touchstone

2006
Orchids poster

Orchids

Movie · as Cliff

2006
Home poster

Home

Movie · as Self

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Gabriel Duvall · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Tow Truck Driver (voice), Kazim (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Coffee and Cigarettes poster

Coffee and Cigarettes

Movie · as Alfred (segment "Cousins?")

2004
Spider-Man 2 poster

Spider-Man 2

Movie · as Doc Ock / Otto Octavius

2004
8 Arms to Hold You poster

8 Arms to Hold You

Movie · as Self

2004
Crónicas poster

Crónicas

Movie · as Victor Hugo Puente

2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing poster

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Movie · as Self

2004
The Pot That Juan Built poster

The Pot That Juan Built

Movie · as Narrator

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
My Life Without Me poster

My Life Without Me

Movie · as Ann's Father

2003
Identity poster

Identity

Movie · as Doctor

2003
Luther poster

Luther

Movie · as Johann Tetzel

2003
Ape

Ape

Movie · as Mendez (Voice)

2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy poster

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

Movie · as self

2003
VH1 Goes Inside poster

VH1 Goes Inside

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Frida poster

Frida

Movie · as Diego Rivera

2002
Undertaking Betty poster

Undertaking Betty

Movie · as Boris Plots

2002
Pete's Meteor poster

Pete's Meteor

Movie · as Hugh

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Peter Magneri · 1 ep

2002
Bram & Alice poster

Bram & Alice

TV · as Bram · 9 eps

2001
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Hercule Poirot

2001
Texas Rangers poster

Texas Rangers

Movie · as John King Fisher

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as King Gustav (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Chocolat poster

Chocolat

Movie · as Count Paul de Reynaud

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as Simon the Pharisee (voice)

1999
Magnolia poster

Magnolia

Movie · as Solomon Solomon

1999
Dudley Do-Right poster

Dudley Do-Right

Movie · as Snidely Whiplash

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Gabriel Duvall · 1 ep

1999
Ladies Man poster

Ladies Man

TV · as Jimmy Stiles · 30 eps

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Panamanian Man (voice), Chris' Neighbor (voice), David Attenborough / Dr. Snelling (voice), Mr. Perez (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples poster

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

Movie · as Emile Taquet

1998
The Treat poster

The Treat

Movie · as The Colonel

1998
The Impostors poster

The Impostors

Movie · as Sir Jeremy Burtom

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Elcio (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
Boogie Nights poster

Boogie Nights

Movie · as Rahad Jackson

1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little poster

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Movie · as Boris

1997
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Levin

1997
A Further Gesture poster

A Further Gesture

Movie · as Tulio

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Mojave Moon poster

Mojave Moon

Movie · as Sal

1996
Before and After poster

Before and After

Movie · as Panos Demeris

1996
Scorpion Spring poster

Scorpion Spring

Movie · as Denis Brabant

1995
Species poster

Species

Movie · as Dr. Stephen Arden

1995
Hideaway poster

Hideaway

Movie · as Jonas

1995
The Perez Family poster

The Perez Family

Movie · as Juan Raul Perez

1995
The Steal poster

The Steal

Movie · as Cliff

1995
Dead Man poster

Dead Man

Movie · as Trading Post Missionary

1995
Nervous Energy poster

Nervous Energy

Movie · as Ira

1994
Cabin Boy poster

Cabin Boy

Movie · as School Professor (uncredited)

1994
Maverick poster

Maverick

Movie · as Angel

1994
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf poster

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf

Movie · as Reverend Leland Drury

1994
Requiem Apache poster

Requiem Apache

Movie · as Hamish

1993
The Trial poster

The Trial

Movie · as Titorelli

1993
When Pigs Fly poster

When Pigs Fly

Movie · as Marty

1993
Typhon's People poster

Typhon's People

Movie · as Andreus

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
A Year in Provence poster

A Year in Provence

TV · as Tony Havers · 2 eps

1992
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

Movie · as Harry Greaves

1992
A Very Polish Practice poster

A Very Polish Practice

Movie · as Tadeusz Melnick

1992
Angels poster

Angels

Movie · as George

1992
Crime Story

Crime Story

TV · as Ian Spiro · 1 ep

1991
Enchanted April poster

Enchanted April

Movie · as Mellersh Wilkins

1991
Not Without My Daughter poster

Not Without My Daughter

Movie · as Moody

1991
American Friends poster

American Friends

Movie · as Oliver Syme

1991
The Trials of Oz poster

The Trials of Oz

Movie · as George Melly

1991
Hancock poster

Hancock

Movie · as Tony Hancock

1991
Ashenden

Ashenden

TV · as Carmona · 1 ep

1990
Drowning in the Shallow End poster

Drowning in the Shallow End

Movie · as The Italian

1990
El C.I.D.

El C.I.D.

TV · as Bernard Blake · 13 eps

1989
Virtuoso poster

Virtuoso

Movie · as John Ogden

1989
The Accountant poster

The Accountant

Movie · as Lionel Ellerman

1989
Revolutionary Witness poster

Revolutionary Witness

Movie · as Robert Sauveur

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Lionel Ellerman, Tony Hancock, Tadeusz Melnik, Harry Greaves · 1 ep

1988
Manifesto poster

Manifesto

Movie · as Avanti

1988
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill

Omnibus: Caryl Churchill

Movie · as Player in 'Serious Money' extract

1987
Prick Up Your Ears poster

Prick Up Your Ears

Movie · as Kenneth Halliwell

1987
Blat poster

Blat

Movie · as Gino

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Harry Horner · 1 ep

1986
Sunday Premiere

Sunday Premiere

TV · as Gino · 1 ep

1985
Ladyhawke poster

Ladyhawke

Movie · as Cezar

1985
Letter to Brezhnev poster

Letter to Brezhnev

Movie · as Sergei

1985
Number One poster

Number One

Movie · as DC Rogers

1985
Water poster

Water

Movie · as Pierre

1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes poster

C.A.T.S. Eyes

TV · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Titorelli, John Ogdon, The Italian, Ira Moss · 1 ep

1984
Angels in the Annexe poster

Angels in the Annexe

Movie · as Mike Brittain

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Esther Nevin's Attorney · 1 ep

1983
Meantime poster

Meantime

Movie · as John

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies poster

Reilly: Ace of Spies

TV · as Blumkin · 1 ep

1982
Anyone for Denis poster

Anyone for Denis

Movie · as Eric

1982
Anyone for Denis? poster

Anyone for Denis?

TV · as Eric · 1 ep

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark poster

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Movie · as Satipo

1979
The Song of the Shirt poster

The Song of the Shirt

Movie

1978
The Losers poster

The Losers

TV · 6 eps

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep