Alfred Molina
Born: 1953-05-24 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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/DDoctor 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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Benjar Pranic (voice)
- Harold and the Purple Crayon as Narrator (voice)
- The Instigators as Richie Dechico
2023
- Flutter as Jerry (voice)
2022
- DC League of Super-Pets as Jor-El (voice)
- Roar as Silas McCall
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
- Three Pines as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
- Chibiverse as Multi-Bear (voice)
- PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas as voice
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
- Monsters at Work as Professor Knight (voice)
- Maya and the Three as Lord Mictlan (voice)
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Archie (voice)
- 2 Timers ... (Executive Producer)
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
- Solar Opposites as The Duke (voice)
- Promising Young Woman as Mr. Green (uncredited)
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia as Archie (voice)
- The Water Man as Jim Bussey
- Crossing Swords as Robin Hood (voice)
- Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro as Narrator
2019
- Frozen II as Agnarr (voice)
- Harley Quinn as Mr. Freeze / Stew (voice)
- Infinity Train as Chandelier (voice)
- Saint Judy as Ray Hernandez
- Don't Let Go as Howard Keleshian
- The Devil Has a Name as Big Boss
- Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as Aubrey Fields / Captain
- Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous as Himself / Mark Rothko
2018
- Summer Camp Island as Monster Under the Bed / Oscar's Dad (voice)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet as Double Dan (voice)
- Vice as Waiter (uncredited)
- Red as Mark Rothko
- Henchmen as Baron Blackout (voice)
- Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as La Sombra (voice)
- The Front Runner as Ben Bradlee
- I Feel Bad as Max
- Sam Did It as Alfred Molina
- The Overcoat as Grandfather (voice)
- Quality Problems as Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited)
2017
- FEUD as Robert Aldrich
- Breakable You as Paul Weller
- Justice League Dark as Destiny (voice)
- Message from the King as Preston
- Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone
- Inside Look: Feud - Bette and Joan as Self
2016
- Angie Tribeca as Dr. Edelweiss (uncredited)
- Little Men as Hernán
- A Family Man as Lou Wheeler
- Sister Cities as Mort Stone
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Ali Massoud Sadiq
- Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Jerry Schrager
- Paint It Black as Cal
- Close to the Enemy as Harold Lindsay-Jones
2015
- Dragons: Race to the Edge as Viggo (voice)
- Strange Magic as Fairy King (voice)
- Secret in Their Eyes as Martin Morales
- Show Me a Hero as Henry J. Spallone
- Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship as Lex Luthor (voice)
- Long Live the Royals as Rupert, Neil
- Road to Capri as Edmond
2014
- Cosmos as Ibn al-Haytham (voice)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Rippen (voice)
- Swelter as Doc
- The Normal Heart as Ben Weeks
- The Prophet as Sergeant (voice)
- Heavenly Sword as King Bohan (voice)
- Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Lex Luthor / Green Arrow (voice)
- Matador as Andrés Galan
- Return to Zero as Robert Royal
- We'll Never Have Paris as Terry
- Love Is Strange as George
- The Stowaway as Command Delhart (voice)
2013
- Rick and Morty as The Devil (voice)
- Monsters University as Professor Knight (voice)
- Drunk History as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Frame as Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius
- Monday Mornings as Dr. Harding Hooten
- Bless Me, Ultima as Voice of Antonio
- The Truth About Emanuel as Dennis
- Justin and the Knights of Valour as Reginald (voice)
2012
- Gravity Falls as Multi-Bear (voice)
- Radioman as Self
- Serena as Priest
- Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Lex Luthor / Firestorm / Mr. Banjo (voice)
- Loving Miss Hatto as William Barrington Coupe
- A Whisper to a Roar
- Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina as Arthur H. Cartwright
2011
- Rango as Roadkill (voice)
- Harry's Law as Eric Sanders
- Abduction as Frank Burton
- The Forger as Everly
- Innocent as Sandy Stern
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Ricardo Morales
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Maxim Horvath
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Sheik Amar
- The Tempest as Stephano
- Roger & Val Have Just Got In as Roger Stevenson
- Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona as Narrator
2009
- Angels & Demons as Narrator (voice)
- The Lodger as Chandler Manning
- Wonder Woman as Ares (voice)
- Yes, Virginia as Francis Church (voice)
- The Pink Panther 2 as Pepperidge
- Big Guy as Kent
- An Education as Jack Mellor
- Lessons in Self-Defense as Ben
2008
- Nothing Like the Holidays as Edy Rodriguez
2007
- Silk as Baldabiou
- The Company as Harvey Torriti
- Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as Professor Jeffries (voice)
- The Ten Commandments as Ramses (voice)
- The Little Traitor as Dunlop
- The Moon and the Stars as Davide Rieti
2006
- The One Show as Self
- The Da Vinci Code as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
- As You Like It as Touchstone
- Orchids as Cliff
- The Hoax as Dick Suskind
- Home
2005
- American Dad! as Tow Truck Driver (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Gabriel Duvall
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Spider-Man 2 as Doc Ock / Otto Octavius
- Crónicas as Victor Hugo Puente
- Coffee and Cigarettes as Alfred (segment "Cousins?")
- 8 Arms to Hold You as Self
- Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
- The Pot That Juan Built as Narrator
2003
- Identity as Doctor
- Luther as Johann Tetzel
- My Life Without Me as Ann's Father
- Ape as Mendez (Voice)
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
2002
- Monk as Peter Magneri
- Frida as Diego Rivera
- Undertaking Betty as Boris Plots
- Pete's Meteor as Hugh
- Bram & Alice as Bram
2001
- Justice League as King Gustav (voice)
- Texas Rangers as John King Fisher
- Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot
2000
- Chocolat as Count Paul de Reynaud
- The Miracle Maker as Simon the Pharisee (voice)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gabriel Duvall
- Family Guy as Panamanian Man (voice)
- Magnolia as Solomon Solomon
- Ladies Man as Jimmy Stiles
- Dudley Do-Right as Snidely Whiplash
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Elcio (voice)
- Hollywood Squares
- The Impostors as Sir Jeremy Burtom
- The Treat as The Colonel
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples as Emile Taquet
1997
- The View as Self
- Boogie Nights as Rahad Jackson
- Anna Karenina as Levin
- The Man Who Knew Too Little as Boris
- A Further Gesture as Tulio
1996
- Mojave Moon as Sal
- Scorpion Spring as Denis Brabant
- Before and After as Panos Demeris
1995
- Species as Dr. Stephen Arden
- The Steal as Cliff
- Nervous Energy as Ira
- Dead Man as Trading Post Missionary
- The Perez Family as Juan Raul Perez
- Hideaway as Jonas
1994
- Maverick as Angel
- Cabin Boy as School Professor (uncredited)
- White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Reverend Leland Drury
- Requiem Apache as Hamish
1993
- GMTV as Self
- The Trial as Titorelli
- When Pigs Fly as Marty
- Typhon's People as Andreus
- A Year in Provence as Tony Havers
1992
- Trust Me as Harry Greaves
- Angels as George
- A Very Polish Practice as Tadeusz Melnick
1991
- Not Without My Daughter as Moody
- Enchanted April as Mellersh Wilkins
- American Friends as Oliver Syme
- Hancock as Tony Hancock
- Ashenden as Carmona
- The Trials of Oz as George Melly
1990
- El C.I.D. as Bernard Blake
- Drowning in the Shallow End as The Italian
1989
- The Accountant as Lionel Ellerman
- Virtuoso as John Ogden
- Revolutionary Witness as Robert Sauveur
1988
- Manifesto as Avanti
1987
- Blat as Gino
- Prick Up Your Ears as Kenneth Halliwell
1986
- Casualty as Harry Horner
1985
- Screen Two as Titorelli
- Ladyhawke as Cezar
- Number One as DC Rogers
- C.A.T.S. Eyes
- Letter to Brezhnev as Sergei
- Water as Pierre
1984
- Miami Vice as Esther Nevin's Attorney
- Angels in the Annexe as Mike Brittain
1983
- Meantime as John
- Reilly: Ace of Spies as Blumkin
1982
- Anyone for Denis as Eric
- Anyone for Denis?
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as Satipo
1978
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1953
- The Oscars as Self