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).
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Primarily2025 Poe as Graham (voice)
2025 When We Get There as Marcus
2024 The Instigators as Richie Dechico
2024 Harold and the Purple Crayon as Narrator (voice)
2023 Flutter as Jerry (voice)
2022 DC League of Super-Pets as Jor-El (voice)
2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
2022 PAW Patrol. Mission Xmas as voice
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
2021 2 Timers Executive Producer
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Archie (voice)
2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020 Promising Young Woman as Mr. Green (uncredited)
2020 The Water Man as Jim Bussey
2020 Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro as Narrator
2019 Frozen II as Agnarr (voice)
2019 Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous as Himself / Mark Rothko
2019 Don't Let Go as Howard Keleshian
2019 The Devil Has a Name as Big Boss
2019 Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein as Aubrey Fields / Captain
2019 Saint Judy as Ray Hernandez
2018 Vice as Waiter (uncredited)
2018 Henchmen as Baron Blackout (voice)
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet as Double Dan (voice)
2018 Red as Mark Rothko
2018 The Front Runner as Ben Bradlee
2018 Sam Did It as Alfred Molina
2018 The Overcoat as Grandfather (voice)
2018 Quality Problems as Bakery Dishwasher (uncredited)
2018 Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as La Sombra (voice)
2017 Message from the King as Preston
2017 Long Day's Journey Into Night as James Tyrone
2017 Justice League Dark as Destiny (voice)
2017 Breakable You as Paul Weller
2016 Sister Cities as Mort Stone
2016 A Family Man as Lou Wheeler
2016 Little Men as Hernán
2016 Paint It Black as Cal
2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Ali Massoud Sadiq
2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Jerry Schrager
2015 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship as Lex Luthor (voice)
2015 Secret in Their Eyes as Martin Morales
2015 Strange Magic as Fairy King (voice)
2015 Road to Capri as Edmond
2014 We'll Never Have Paris as Terry
2014 The Prophet as Sergeant (voice)
2014 Love Is Strange as George
2014 Heavenly Sword as King Bohan (voice)
2014 The Normal Heart as Ben Weeks
2014 Return to Zero as Robert Royal
2014 Swelter as Doc
2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Lex Luthor / Green Arrow (voice)
2014 The Truth About Emanuel as Dennis
2014 The Stowaway as Command Delhart (voice)
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour as Reginald (voice)
2013 Monsters University as Professor Knight (voice)
2013 Bless Me, Ultima as Voice of Antonio
2012 Loving Miss Hatto as William Barrington Coupe
2012 Radioman as Self
2012 Children's Theater Critic with Alfred Molina as Arthur H. Cartwright
2012 A Whisper to a Roar
2012 Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Lex Luthor / Firestorm / Mr. Banjo (voice)
2012 Serena as Priest
2011 Innocent as Sandy Stern
2011 Abduction as Frank Burton
2011 The Forger as Everly
2011 Rango as Roadkill (voice)
2010 The Tempest as Stephano
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Maxim Horvath
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Sheik Amar
2010 Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen Of Cremona as Narrator
2009 Yes, Virginia as Francis Church (voice)
2009 An Education as Jack Mellor
2009 Lessons in Self-Defense as Ben
2009 Angels & Demons as Narrator (voice)
2009 Wonder Woman as Ares (voice)
2009 The Pink Panther 2 as Pepperidge
2009 The Lodger as Chandler Manning
2009 Big Guy as Kent
2008 Nothing Like the Holidays as Edy Rodriguez
2007 The Ten Commandments as Ramses (voice)
2007 Silk as Baldabiou
2007 The Little Traitor as Dunlop
2007 Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as Professor Jeffries (voice)
2007 The Moon and the Stars as Davide Rieti
2006 Home
2006 Orchids as Cliff
2006 The Hoax as Dick Suskind
2006 As You Like It as Touchstone
2006 The Da Vinci Code as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
2004 Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
2004 8 Arms to Hold You as Self
2004 Spider-Man 2 as Doc Ock / Otto Octavius
2004 The Pot That Juan Built as Narrator
2004 Crónicas as Victor Hugo Puente
2004 Coffee and Cigarettes as Alfred (segment "Cousins?")
2003 Ape as Mendez (Voice)
2003 Luther as Johann Tetzel
2003 Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy as self
2003 Identity as Doctor
2003 My Life Without Me as Ann's Father
2002 Pete's Meteor as Hugh
2002 Undertaking Betty as Boris Plots
2002 Frida as Diego Rivera
2001 Texas Rangers as John King Fisher
2001 Murder on the Orient Express as Hercule Poirot
2000 Chocolat as Count Paul de Reynaud
2000 The Miracle Maker as Simon the Pharisee (voice)
1999 Magnolia as Solomon Solomon
1999 Dudley Do-Right as Snidely Whiplash
1998 The Impostors as Sir Jeremy Burtom
1998 The Treat as The Colonel
1998 Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples as Emile Taquet
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little as Boris
1997 Boogie Nights as Rahad Jackson
1997 Anna Karenina as Levin
1997 A Further Gesture as Tulio
1996 Mojave Moon as Sal
1996 Scorpion Spring as Denis Brabant
1996 Before and After as Panos Demeris
1995 Dead Man as Trading Post Missionary
1995 Nervous Energy as Ira
1995 Species as Dr. Stephen Arden
1995 The Perez Family as Juan Raul Perez
1995 The Steal as Cliff
1995 Hideaway as Jonas
1994 Requiem Apache as Hamish
1994 Maverick as Angel
1994 White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf as Reverend Leland Drury
1994 Cabin Boy as School Professor (uncredited)
1993 When Pigs Fly as Marty
1993 The Trial as Titorelli
1993 Typhon's People as Andreus
1992 Trust Me as Harry Greaves
1992 A Very Polish Practice as Tadeusz Melnick
1992 Angels as George
1991 Enchanted April as Mellersh Wilkins
1991 The Trials of Oz as George Melly
1991 Hancock as Tony Hancock
1991 American Friends as Oliver Syme
1991 Not Without My Daughter as Moody
1990 Drowning in the Shallow End as The Italian
1989 Revolutionary Witness as Robert Sauveur
1989 The Accountant as Lionel Ellerman
1989 Virtuoso as John Ogden
1988 Manifesto as Avanti
1987 Prick Up Your Ears as Kenneth Halliwell
1985 Letter to Brezhnev as Sergei
1985 Ladyhawke as Cezar
1985 Number One as DC Rogers
1985 Water as Pierre
1984 Angels in the Annexe as Mike Brittain
1983 Meantime as John
1982 Anyone for Denis as Eric
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark as Satipo
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