Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina is an accomplished and versatile actor with over 70 film, television and theatre productions to his credit.

Following his feature film debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark and a notable role as a Soviet sailor in Letter to Brezhnev, Molina appeared in his international breakthrough role as Kenneth Halliwell, the tragic lover of Joe Orton, in 1987’s Prick Up Your Ears. Molina starred as Doc Ock in Spider-man 2 and appeared in the 2006 blockbuster The Da Vinci Code. He gave a memorable performance as Diego Rivera in the Academy Award-winner Frida, and appeared in Lasse Hallström’s hit Chocolat. In 1998, Molina earned accolades for his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights, winner of the SAG acting ensemble award.

Additional feature credits include The Little Traitor, Silk, The Hoax, Coffee and Cigarettes, As You Like It, The Impostors, Anna Karenina, Species, The Perez Family, Maverick, Enchanted April, Pete’s Meteor, Not Without My Daughter and Texas Rangers. He is currently filming Prince of Persia for director Mike Newell. On television, Molina served as a producer and actor in the CBS situation comedy, “Ladies Man,” co-starring Sharon Lawrence and Betty White. He also appeared in the mini-series “The Company” produced by Ridley Scott and John Calley for TNT.

On stage, Molina appeared in off-Broadway in Howard Katz by Patrick Marber at the Roundabout Theatre and at the Mark Taper Forum in The Cherry Orchard opposite Annette Bening. He made his Broadway debut in 1998 in the Tony winning play Art with Alan Alda and Victor Garber. In addition to a Best Actor Tony nomination, he received a Drama Desk Award for his performance, and the production was honoured with an Outer Circle Critics Award for Best Ensemble. He received another Tony nomination for his performance in Fiddler on the Roof.

Off Broadway, Molina appeared in Molly Sweeney for which he received a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Most Outstanding Debut Performance. Other theatre credits include roles in the Royal National Theatre productions of Night of the Iguana and, Speed-the-Plow for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance; Oklahoma! at the Palace Theatre for which he received an Olivier nomination and in the Royal Court Theatre and West End productions of Serious Money.

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