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What role did Anthony Hopkins play in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad?
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Steven Spielberg
American motion-picture director and producer Steven Spielberg attending the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis at the Cannes International Film Festival, France, 2013.
In Steven Spielberg’s 1997 film Amistad, Anthony Hopkins played the role of former U.S. president John Quincy Adams.1
In the film, Adams is importuned to defend the Africans who led a slave revolt aboard the ship Amistad before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hopkins earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in this role.12