Line #2 Creator/AlfredMolina


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2	[[caption-width-right:275:''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Hello, Troper.]]'']]
3	->''"Oh my god, it's Alfred Molina!"''
4	-->-- '''ComicBook/SpiderMan''', ''WebAnimation/TheLazerCollection''
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6	Alfredo "Alfred" Molina (born 24 May 1953 in Paddington, London) is an English-American character actor.
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8	He began his career mostly typecast into "foreigner" roles due to his Spanish and Italian heritage. Nevertheless, Molina has carved out a career spanning more than four decades on stage and in film. His turn as Doctor Octopus in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' was arguably his biggest mainstream breakout, so much so that he reprised the role seventeen years later in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', but before that he had racked up a steady array of memorable performances: in ''Film/{{Frida}}'' as legendary Mexican painter Diego Rivera, ''Film/BoogieNights'' as Rahad Jackson, ''Film/PrickUpYourEars'' as Kenneth Halliwell, Boris the Butcher in ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'', ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' as Snidely Whiplash and even his debut film performance in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' as Satipo, Indy's treacherous assistant at the beginning.
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10	He also has a distinguished theatre career, having played Tevye in the 2004 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' and originating the role of the great abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in the play ''Red'', among other things.
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12	He also holds the record for most {{Franchise/LEGO}} minifigures made out of a single actor, at seven (there are five different Lego figures for Dr. Octopus[[note]]Though only one was intentionally made with his likeness[[/note]], plus one for [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Satipo]] and one for [[Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime Sheik Amar]].)
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15	!!Filmography
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18	[[folder:Film]]
19	* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981) as Satipo
20	* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' (1985) as Cezar
21	* ''Film/PrickUpYourEars'' (1987) as Kenneth Halliwell
22	* ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' (1994) as Angel
23	* ''Film/{{Species}}'' (1995) as Dr. Stephen Arden
24	* ''Film/ThePerezFamily'' (1995) as Juan Raúl Pérez
25	* ''Film/BoogieNights'' (1997) as Rahad Jackson
26	* ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooLittle'' (1997) as Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
27	* ''Film/RescuersStoriesOfCourage'' (1998) as Emile Taquet
28	* ''Film/{{Magnolia}}'' (1999) as Solomon Solomon
29	* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' (1999) as Snidely Whiplash
30	* ''Film/{{Frida}}'' (2002) as Diego Rivera
31	* ''Film/CoffeeAndCigarettes'' (2003) {{as Himself}}
32	* ''Film/{{Identity}}'' (2003) as Dr. Malick
33	* ''Film/{{Luther\|2003}}'' (2003) as Johann Tetzel
34	* ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (2004) as [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus]]
35	** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' (2021)
36	* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' (2004) as Edward Steam [[note]]English dub[[/note]]
37	* ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'' (2006) as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
38	* ''WesternAnimation/ChillOutScoobyDoo'' (2007) as Professor Jeffries
39	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman\|2009}}'' (2009) as [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]]
40	* ''[[Film/TheTempest2010 The Tempest]]'' (2010) as Stephano
41	* ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice'' (2010) as Maxim Horvath
42	* ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' (2010) as Sheik Amar
43	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' (2011) as Roadkill
44	* ''Film/{{Abduction}}'' (2011) as Burton
45	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' (2013) as Professor Knight
46	* ''Film/WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot'' (2016) as Ali Massoud Sadiq
47	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark'' (2017) as Destiny
48	* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018) as Double Dan
49	* ''Film/{{Vice\|2018}}'' (2018) as Walter
50	* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (2019) as King Agnarr
51	* ''Film/PromisingYoungWoman'' (2020) as Jordan Green
52	* ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' (2022) as Jor-El
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55	[[folder:Television]]
56	* ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (2001) as Literature/HerculePoirot
57	* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (2005) as Gabriel Duvall
58	** ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' (2005)
59	* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (2007) as Peter Magneri
60	* ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' (2010-11) as Det. Ricardo Morales
61	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' (2012) as Ke-pa
62	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (2012, 2015-16) as Multi-Bear
63	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2012-20) as ComicBook/LexLuthor, various
64	* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2013) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (episode: "Detroit")
65	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (2014) as Lucius Needful
66	* ''Theatre/TheNormalHeart'' (2014) as Ben Weeks
67	* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'' (2014-17) as Rippen
68	* ''WesternAnimation/HeavenlySword'' (2014) as King Bohan/[[spoiler:the Raven Lord]]
69	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' (2016-17) as Viggo Grimborn
70	* ''Series/AngieTribeca'' (2016-17) as Dr. Edelweiss
71	* ''Series/{{Feud}}: Bette and Joan'' (2017) as Creator/RobertAldrich
72	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' (2017) as La Sombra
73	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' (2019) as Sir Ghoulgood
74	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' (2020) as Cogburn
75	* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'' (2020-21) as The Duke
76	* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'' (2020) as Mr. Freeze, Stew
77	* ''WesternAnimation/CrossingSwords'' (2020) as Robin Hood
78	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' (2021) as Professor Knight
79	* ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndTheThree'' (2021) as Lord Mictlan
80	* ''Series/ThreePines'' (2022) as Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
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83	[[folder:Radio Drama]]
84	* ''Radio/{{James Bond\|JarvisAndAyres}}'' (BBC Radio 4 dramas) as [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
85	** ''[[Radio/OnHerMajestysSecretService2014 On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (2014)
86	** ''Radio/{{Thunderball\|2016}}'' (2016)
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89	[[folder:Theatre]]
90	* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' as Tevye
91	* ''Red'' as Mark Rothko
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94	[[folder:Video Games]]
95	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' (2014) as Abnur Tharn
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98	[[folder:Web Videos]]
99	* ''Funny Or Die: "Children's Theater Critic"'' as Arthur H. Cartwright
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103	!!The Power of these Tropes in the palm of his hand:
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105	* AsHimself: In ''Coffee and Cigarettes'', Molina plays an exaggeratedly {{Woobie}} version of himself, in contrast to his scene partner, Steve Coogan, playing a heightened {{Jerkass}} version of himself. This was nearly unanimously regarded as one of the standout vignettes in the film due to an epic reversal at the end of their scene.
106	* CunningLinguist: Due to growing up in a home where both were spoken regularly, he's fluent in Italian and Spanish.
107	* EvilBrit: He's often typecast as one, to his delight.
108	-->"I love being added to that list of English actors playing villains. I guess somewhere in the history of American film and television someone decided that the English accent sounded somehow villainous."
109	* ICallItVera: Molina had pet names for his four mechanical tentacles as Doc Ock. Harry and Larry were the bottom two, Moe was the top right one and Flo was the top left one.
110	* PhraseCatcher: Fans regularly toss his most famous lines back at him during meetings, most famously "throw me the Idol, I'll throw you the whip!"
111	* PlaysGreatEthnics: He's played Russians, Arabs, Mexicans, and a Peruvian. (And [[Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress a Belgian]].)
112	* RoleReprise:
113	** Played Doctor Octopus once in 2004 for the Film/SpiderManTrilogy, before revisiting the role 17 years later in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
114	** He also returned to voice Professor Knight in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'', eight years after playing him in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity''.
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