Nicholas Hope Explained

Nicholas Hope
Birth Place:	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.

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).

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.^[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
• (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)

External links

• Australia: The Dream is Dead, article written by Hope
• Interview from July 2004
  • Hope takes the rap

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview: 'Bad Boy Bubby' Star Nicholas Hope Talks About Starring in the Controversial Aussie Cult Classic . 2021-06-28. Screen Realm. 8 May 2021 . en-AU.
2. Web site: Jeremy . Kay . 3 April 2017 . Production underway on supernatural thriller 'The School' . Screen Daily.
3. Web site: Free . Erin . 8 September 2021 . Moon Rock For Monday - Review . Film Ink.
4. Web site: Nicholas Hope, b. 1959 . 2021-06-28. National Portrait Gallery people.