Nicholas Hope

Nicholas Hope is a British-born Australian actor, director and teacher of acting, most notable for his performance as the lead role in the 1993 film Bad Boy Bubby.

Nicholas Hope
Born	Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor

Early life and education

Born in 1959,^[1] in Manchester, England,^[1] Hope's family emigrated to the steel and he was raised in shipbuilding town of Whyalla, South Australia.^[1] In 2010, he gained a PhD in Performance Studies at The University of Sydney.^[2] In 2014, he was teacher of direction and acting for Film, at the Sydney Film School,^[2] and was Head of Acting at the International Screen Academy, Sydney.^[2]

Career

Hope started his career, working in many productions for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.^[1] His big break happened when he played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993).^[3]

In 1998, he was nominated for best supporting actor at the Amanda Awards for his performance in the Norwegian film En dag til i solen (1998).^[2]

He appeared in The School in 2018,^[4] and Moon Rock For Monday, directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021.^[5]

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.^[3]

A portrait of Hope appears in the National Portrait Gallery.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Confessor Caressor (1989)
• Bad Boy Bubby (1993) – Bubby^[2]
• Exile (1994)
• Little White Lies (1996)
• Henry Fool (1997) – Father Hawkes
• En dag til i solen (1998)^[2]
• 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)