Nicholas Hope

British-born Australian actor (born 1958)

Nicholas Hope
Born	Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor

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 shipbuilding town of Whyalla, South Australia, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Hope played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993).^[1]

He appeared in The School in 2018,^[2] and Moon Rock For Monday, directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021.^[3]

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).^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

A portrait of Hope appears in the National Portrait Gallery.^[4]

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 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

^ ^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.
^ "Nicholas Hope, b. 1959". National Portrait Gallery people. Retrieved 28 June 2021.