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Alfred Molina

Birth Name: Alfred Molina
Birth date: May 24, 1953
Country: UK

Alfred Molina was born May 24, 1953 in London, UK. He is an English actor of both the stage and screen.

His first onscreen credit came in 1978 with a regular role in the British series, The Losers. Although his feature film debut was a small role in A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), his first credited role came with the blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), in which he played the double-crossing guide who almost gets the golden idol from Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford.

After that he starred in such films include Ladyhawke (1985), Enchanted April (1992), Chocolat (2000) and Frida (2002).

In 2006, he played the plum role of Bishop Aringarosa in the highly-touted The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks. Molina made his Broadway debut in Art in 1998, receiving a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award for his performance.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, British actress Jill Gascoine.