Nicholas Hope (born 25 December 1958) is a British-born Australian actor. Born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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, Hope's family emigrated to the steel and ship building town of

Whyalla, South Australia Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta i ...

, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers. He played the lead role in ''

Bad Boy Bubby ''Bad Boy Bubby'' is a 1993 black comedy film written and directed by Rolf de Heer, and starring Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill and Carmel Johnson. Hope stars as the titular character, a mentally challenged man who has been held ...

'' (1993), for which he won the

Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsib ...

Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994. He continues to work in film, theatre and television in Australia and Europe. He lives in

Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ...

. He also appeared in

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in 2018 and

Moon Rock For Monday Moon Rock For Monday is a 2022 Cinema of Australia, Australian independent film. The film was written and directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison. It stars Australian actors George Pullar, Nicholas Hope, Alan Dukes, Aaron Jeffery, Jessi ...

directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021. 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). A portrait of Hope appears in the

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Partial filmography

* ''Confessor Caressor'' (1989) * ''

'' (1993) – Bubby * ''

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'' (1994) * '' Little White Lies'' (1996) * ''

Henry Fool ''Henry Fool'' is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Hal Hartley, featuring Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, and Parker Posey. Set like previous Hartley films in less affluent parts of Long Island, it recount ...

'' (1997) – Father Hawkes * ''

The Goddess of 1967 ''The Goddess of 1967'' is a 2000 Australian film directed by Macau-born Australian Clara Law, who wrote the script with her husband (and previous script collaborator) Eddie Ling-Ching Fong. The film is about a rich young Japanese man (Rikiya Ku ...

'' (2000) – Grandpa * ''

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'' (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? ''Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?'' is an Australian documentary film about the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler in Sydney, Australia in 1963. Although it was assumed the couple were murdered, police investiga ...

'' (2006) – Geoffrey Chandler * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Bitter Flowers'' (2007) – Warren Donaldson * ''The Prime Minister Is Missing'' (2008) –

William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1971 to 1972 as leader of the Liberal Party. He was a government minister for over 21 years, t ...

* ''

3 Acts of Murder ''3 Acts of Murder'' is a 2009 Australian television film directed by Rowan Woods. It is based on the true-life story of how author Arthur Upfield inadvertently inspired The Murchison Murders. The film starred Robert Menzies as Upfield and Luk ...

'' (2009) – Harry Manning * '' Redd Inc.'' (2012) * ''Double Happiness Uranium'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) - Walter Braithwaite * '' The Daughter'' (2015) - Peterson * ''

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'' (2015) - Marcel Matley * ''

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'' (2016) - Professor Raymond Knowby * ''

Cleverman A cleverman is a traditional healer and keeper of culture in many Aboriginal cultures of Australia. The roles, terms for, and abilities of a cleverman vary between different Aboriginal nations. Some clevermen heal bodily injuries and illnesses ...

'' (2017) - Dr. Mitchell * ''

'' (2018)) - Dr. Peter Masuta * '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (2018) - Colonel Fitzhubert * ''Henry Needs a New Home (short film)'' (2018) - Henry * ''

'' (2021) - The Bobbins *''The Drover's Wife'' (2021) * ''

Limbo In Catholic theology, Limbo (Latin '' limbus'', edge or boundary, referring to the edge of Hell) is the afterlife condition of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. Medieval theologians of Western Euro ...

'' (2023)

References

External links

Australia: The Dream is Dead
article written by Hope

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1958 births Australian male film actors Australian male television actors English 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 {{Australia-actor-stub