Nicholas Hope
Nicholas Hope | |
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| Born | Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Nicholas Hope is a British-born Australian actor, director and teacher of acting, most notable for his performance as the lead role in the 1993 film Bad Boy Bubby.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in 1959,[1] in Manchester, England,[1] Hope's family emigrated to the steel and he was raised in shipbuilding town of Whyalla, South Australia.[1] In 2010, he gained a PhD in Performance Studies at The University of Sydney.[2] In 2014, he was teacher of direction and acting for Film, at the Sydney Film School,[2] and was Head of Acting at the International Screen Academy, Sydney.[2]
Career
[edit]Hope started his career, working in many productions for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.[1] His big break happened when he played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993).[3]
In 1998, he was nominated for best supporting actor at the Amanda Awards for his performance in the Norwegian film En dag til i solen (1998).[2]
He appeared in The School in 2018,[4] and Moon Rock For Monday, directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021.[5]
Recognition and awards
[edit]Hope won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994 for his role in Bad Boy Bubby.[3]
A portrait of Hope appears in the National Portrait Gallery.[1]
Partial filmography
[edit]- Confessor Caressor (1989)
- Bad Boy Bubby (1993) – Bubby[2]
- Exile (1994)
- Little White Lies (1996)
- Henry Fool (1997) – Father Hawkes
- En dag til i solen (1998)[2]
- The Goddess of 1967 (2000) – Grandpa
- Scooby-Doo (2002) – Old Man Smithers
- Paradise Found (2003) – Maurrin
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) – Christian Van Dyke
- Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? (2006) – Geoffrey Chandler
- Uro (2006)
- Bitter Flowers (2007) – Warren Donaldson
- The Prime Minister is Missing (2008) – William McMahon
- 3 Acts of Murder (2009) – Harry Manning
- Redd Inc. (2012)
- Double Happiness Uranium (2013)
- Gallipoli (2015) – Walter Braithwaite
- The Daughter (2015) – Peterson
- Truth (2015) – Marcel Matley
- Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 (2016) – Professor Raymond Knowby
- Cleverman (2017) – Dr. Mitchell
- The School (2018) – Dr. Peter Masuta
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) – Colonel Fitzhubert
- Henry Needs a New Home (short film, 2018) – Henry
- Moon Rock For Monday The Drover's Wife (film) – The Bobbins
- The Drover's Wife (2021)
- Limbo (2023)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Nicholas Hope, b. 1959". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "AUTHORS: Nicholas Hope". triarchypress.net. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Interview: 'Bad Boy Bubby' Star Nicholas Hope Talks About Starring in the Controversial Aussie Cult Classic". Screen Realm. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Jeremy, Kay (3 April 2017). "Production underway on supernatural thriller 'The School'". Screen Daily.
- ^ Free, Erin (8 September 2021). "Moon Rock For Monday - Review". Film Ink. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021.
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