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Nicholas Hope Born 25 December 1958
Manchester, England, UKOccupation Actor Nicholas Hope (born 25 December 1958 in Manchester, England) is an English born Australian actor currently living in Sydney, Australia. He is probably best known for his role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993), for which he won the Australian Film Institute Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994. He continues to work in film, theatre and television in Australia and Europe.
In 2004, he wrote a memoir called Brushing the Tip of Fame (1994, Bantam Australia; ISBN 1863254404), and in 2006 produced a monologue 'The Colour of Panic", which played in Sydney (The Studio, Sydney Opera House) and Oslo (Det Åpne Teater). He is currently completing a PhD in Performance Studies.
Partial filmography
- Bad Boy Bubby (1993) - Bubby
- Exile (1994)
- 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)
- The Prime Minister is Dead (2008) - William McMahon
- 3 Acts of Murder (2009) - Harry Manning
External links
- Australia: The Dream is Dead, article written by Hope (Norwegian)
- Interview from July 2004
- Nicholas Hope at the Internet Movie Database
- Hope takes the rap
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1980–1999) Jack Thompson (1980) · Mel Gibson (1981) · Ray Barrett (1982) · Norman Kaye (1983) · John Hargreaves (1984) · Chris Haywood (1985) · Colin Friels (1986) · Leo McKern (1987) · John Waters (1988) · Sam Neill (1989) · Max von Sydow (1990) · Hugo Weaving (1991) · Russell Crowe (1992) · Harvey Keitel (1993) · Nicholas Hope (1994) · John Lynch (1995) · Geoffrey Rush (1996) · Richard Roxburgh (1997) · Hugo Weaving (1998) · Russell Dykstra (1999)
Complete list · (1972–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–present) Categories:- Australian people of English descent
- English actors
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Australian actors
- People from Manchester
- Australian actor stubs
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