Anthony Hopkins celebrates Christmas by donning Santa hat and dancing to Leonard Cohen

Anthony Hopkins got into the Christmas spirit in a charming video he posted to Instagram on Christmas Day.

The 84-year-old acclaimed actor donned a sparkly Santa hat and danced at home to the amusement of his loved ones.

With his unmistakable mischievous grin, the Silence Of The Lambs star twirled the floor to Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me To The End Of Love.

Sweet: Anthony Hopkins got into the Christmas spirit in a charming video he posted to Instagram on Christmas Day

‘Born free. Be free. Happy Holidays,’ Anthony wrote, possibly as a tip of the hat to the famous 1960s British film Born Free about a royal couple raising a lioness.

Her comments were inundated with supporters, including Hugh Jackman, her co-star in the new movie The Son, who wrote: “Merry Christmas Tony x.”

The Son is based on a play by French playwright Florian Zeller, part of a trilogy that includes The Father and The Mother.

Anthony previously won worldwide acclaim and an Academy Award for the film adaptation of The Father, in which he starred opposite Olivia Colman.

Shaking a leg: The 84-year-old acclaimed actor donned a sparkly Santa hat and danced around the house to the amusement of his loved ones

Feeling the beat: Sporting his unmistakable mischievous grin, the Silence Of The Lambs star twirled the floor to Leonard Cohen’s Dance Me To The End Of Love.

Backstory: She evidently showed her fondness for the comforts of home when she won an Oscar last year, but missed the ceremony because she was sleeping at home in Wales.

She evidently showed her fondness for the comforts of home when she won an Oscar for The Father last year and didn’t even Zoom into the ceremony to accept it.

A source later said page six that Anthony was “deeply asleep” at his home in Wales when his Oscar win was announced.

At the time, his victory was considered in some quarters a surprise, considering that fellow nominee Chadwick Boseman had recently died.

‘Happy Holidays’: His caption included: ‘Born Free’, possibly as a tip of the hat from the famous 1960s British film Born Free about a royal couple raising a lioness.

The next day, Anthony posted a video from Wales expressing his surprise and gratitude and winning the Academy Award.

He also praised Chadwick, who died during the summer of 2020 at the age of just 43 after a secret battle with cancer.

Florian Zeller directed The Son himself and adapted the screenplay with Dangerous Liaisons writer Christopher Hampton.

With a cast that includes Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby, the film garnered a lukewarm critical response with a 40% tune in rotten tomatoes.

Showdown: Her comments were inundated with supporters, including Hugh Jackman, her co-star in new movie The Son (pictured), who wrote: “Merry Christmas Tony x.”