MOSCOW, October 5. /TASS/. British actor Anthony Hopkins was named on Monday a winner of the International Stanislavsky Award for his "contribution into the development of world’s theater art."

Prominent Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich also won the award for his "contribution into the development of theatre art."

The International Stanislavsky Award was established in 1994, honoring more than 170 theater stars across the globe.