Nicholas Hope

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.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

Hope played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993).{{Cite web|last=|title=Interview: 'Bad Boy Bubby' Star Nicholas Hope Talks About Starring in the Controversial Aussie Cult Classic |url=https://www.screenrealm.com/bad-boy-bubby-movie-interview-actor-nicholas-hope/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Screen Realm|date=8 May 2021 |language=en-AU}}

He appeared in The School in 2018,{{Cite web |last=Jeremy |first=Kay |date=3 April 2017 |title=Production underway on supernatural thriller 'The School' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/production-underway-on-supernatural-thriller-the-school/5116465.article?referrer=RSS |website=Screen Daily}} and Moon Rock For Monday, directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Free |first=Erin |date=8 September 2021 |title=Moon Rock For Monday - Review |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/moon-rock-for-monday/ |website=Film Ink}}

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).{{cn|date=February 2024}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Nicholas Hope, b. 1959 |url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/nicholas-hope-1959/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=National Portrait Gallery people}}

• 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)

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• [https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/34Xov/Australia-Drommen-er-dod Australia: The Dream is Dead], article written by Hope {{in lang|no}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930171037/http://www.who.com/who/magazine/article/0,19636,7401040719-661587,00.html Interview from July 2004]
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• [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/17/1087245023830.html Hope takes the rap]

{{Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1980-1999}}

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