Nicholas Hope is a British-born Australian actor, known for the lead role in the 1993 film Bad Boy Bubby.

Early life and education

Born in Manchester, England, Hope's family emigrated to the steel and ship building town of Whyalla, South Australia, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers.

Nicholas Hope

Career

Hope played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993).

Nicholas Hope

He appeared in The School in 2018, and Moon Rock For Monday, directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021.

Nicholas Hope

In 2004, he published a memoir called Brushing the Tip of Fame, and in 2006 produced a monologue "The Colour of Panic", which played in Sydney (The Studio, Sydney Opera House) and Oslo (Det Åpne Teater).

Recognition and awards

Hope won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994 for his role in Bad Boy Bubby.

A portrait of Hope appears in the National Portrait Gallery.

Partial filmography

Confessor Caressor (1989) Bad Boy Bubby (1993) – Bubby Exile (1994) Little White Lies (1996) Henry Fool (1997) – Father Hawkes 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 (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

External links

Australia: The Dream is Dead, article written by Hope

Interview from July 2004

Hope takes the rap

1958 births

British emigrants to Australia

Living people

Male actors from Manchester

Male actors from South Australia

People from Whyalla

20th-century Australian male actors

21st-century Australian male actors