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Sir Anthony Hopkins was painting and walking in Wales rather than picking up his Bafta on Sunday

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Sir Anthony Hopkins last night celebrated becoming the oldest recipient of a Best Actor Bafta, but missed the ceremony because he was doing some painting back home in Wales.

And the 83-year-old from Port Talbot later admitted he didn't even know he'd won the coveted title and assumed the sudden cheers from the room next door was because there was a football match on TV.

The Silence of the Lambs star, who normally resides in Malibu, had returned to his old stomping ground a few days prior to Sunday's awards ceremony and was in the running for a gong for his acclaimed portrayal of an elderly man struggling with dementia in the upcoming film The Father.

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