Alfred Molina was born on the 24th May 1953, in Paddington, London, England, of Spanish and Italian descent, and is an actor perhaps best known for his role as Doctor Octopus in the film “Spider-Man 2” (2004), and for films such as “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), “The Apprentice of Warlock” (2010) and “Prince of Persia” (2010) among others. Molina has been active in the entertainment industry since 1978.
How much is the net worth of Alfred Molina? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $8 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Acting is the main source of Molina’s modest fortune.
Alfred Molina Net Worth $8 Million
To begin with, Alfred Molina’s father, Esteban, left Madrid in 1939 to escape the civil war in Spain and worked as a waiter and driver for a London hotel. His mother arrived in 1948 from Italy, and was a housekeeper and cook in the hotel. Alfred grew up in Notting Hill, and says that he made the decision to become an actor at the age of nine, after seeing the movie “Spartacus” by Stanley Kubrick, with Kirk Douglas starring. He first joined the National Youth Theatre before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which he graduated from earning a degree in classical comedy. The first ten years of his artistic career were entirely devoted to the theatre, notably in the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1998, he made his debut on Broadway by interpreting Yvan in the play “Art” by Yasmina Reza, which allowed him to obtain a Drama Desk Award, as well as a nomination for the Tony Award. His net worth was well established.
Concerning his career on the big screen, he was featured for the first time in the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) by Steven Spielberg, in which he played the role of Satipo, but his real breakthrough came with a starring role in the film “Letter to Brezhnev” (1985), which two years later was followed by “Prick Up Your Ears” (1987), in which he played the role of Kenneth Halliwell, the lover of famous English playwright Joe Orton (played in the film by a young Gary Oldman). In the 1990s, he starred in several films that earned him distinctions like “Boogie Nights” (1997) and “Magnolia” (1999) both directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
In 2000, he starred alongside Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench in the blockbuster “Chocolate” by Lasse Hallström – the film was nominated among others for five Oscars as well as the box office grossing $152 million. In 2002, he shared the screen with Salma Hayek in the film “Frida” by Julie Taymor, which earned him numerous nominations notably at the British Academy Film Awards. In 2004, he played the Dr. Otto Octavius in the film “Spider-Man 2” by Sam Raimi. Then, the actor obtained important roles in several big-budget films, including “The Da Vinci Code” (2006) by Ron Howard, “The Pink Panther 2” (2009) by Harald Zwart and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (2010) by Jon Turteltaub. Afterwards, he appeared in the films among others “The Truth About Emanuel” (2013), “We’ll Never Have Paris” (2014) and “Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie” (2016). Currently, he is working on voicing the upcoming film “Henchmen”.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, Alfred Molina has been married to actress Jill Gascoine since 1985. He has two stepsons, Adam and Sean (Jill’s sons) and a daughter named Rachel (1980) from a previous relationship.
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