Tom Hopper

Thomas Edward Hopper was born on 28 January 1985 in Coalville, Leicestershire. He attended Ashby School, where he first developed an interest in acting. He enrolled in a drama class and appeared in a production of the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-game-thrones-actor--240451|title=New Game of Thrones actor is . . . Tom from Coalville|date=26 July 2017|last=Jarvis|first=Jacob|access-date=3 March 2019|work=Leicester Mercury}}{{cite web|url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a26350778/tom-hopper-umbrella-academy-interview/|title=Tom Hopper From Netflix's Umbrella Academy Shares His Superhero Workout Tips|date=15 February 2019|last=Schrodt|first=Paul|access-date=4 March 2019|work=Men's Health}} He studied acting at Rose Bruford College.{{cite web|url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/careers-industry/famous-alumni/|title=Notable alumni|access-date=4 March 2019|publisher=Rose Bruford College}}

Hopper was cast in As You Like It at the Watford Palace TheatreAs You Like It – Watford Palace Theatre [http://www.watfordtheatre.co.uk/pl102cast.html "Main Cast List"], Watford#Watford Palace Theatre, Retrieved on 13 May 2009. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216031227/http://watfordtheatre.co.uk/pl102cast.html |date=16 February 2009}}As You Like It – VocalEyes Introduction [http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk/events/word/As%20You%20Like%20It.doc "Introduction Transcript"], Retrieved on 13 May 2009. {{dead link|date=March 2019}} and has appeared in various television programmes and films including Saxon, Casualty, Kingdom and Doctors. Hopper portrayed Marcus in the comedy-horror film, Tormented about a bullied teenager who comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates. The film was released in May 2009.

In 2010, he was in an episode of Doctor Who. Hopper played Sir Percival in the BBC series Merlin. He joined the series in the third season in 2010, and was a regular for the next two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/bbc-role-dream-come-true-tom-hopper-supanova/1606995/|title=BBC role a dream come true for Tom Hopper|date=5 November 2012|last=Dodd|first=Kate|access-date=3 March 2019|work=The Toowoomba Chronicle}} After Merlin ended in 2012, he featured in Good Cop in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19371163|title=BBC police drama tries not to be uniform|date=30 August 2012|last=Smith|first=Neil|access-date=4 March 2019|publisher=BBC}} In 2013, Hopper starred in Cold, directed and written by his Merlin co-star Eoin Macken. The film was later released in the United States as Leopard.{{cite web|url=http://iris.theaureview.com/interview-eoin-macken-talks-the-night-shift-the-challenges-of-indie-filmmaking/|title=Interview: Eoin Macken talks The Night Shift & the challenges of indie filmmaking|date=15 October 2016|last=Fuamoli|first=Sosefina|access-date=20 March 2019|work=The Iris}} In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in Northmen: A Viking Saga.{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/458287/First-look-at-Tom-Hopper-and-Ryan-Kwanten-in-upcoming-film-Northmen-A-Viking-Saga|title=Exclusive: First look at Tom Hopper in upcoming film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga'|date=6 February 2014|last=McCormack|first=Kirsty|access-date=3 March 2019|work=Daily Express}}

Hopper became the first actor to join the Starz series Black Sails, in which he portrayed Billy Bones. The pirate drama serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.{{cite news |author=Morgan Jeffery |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a405251/merlin-star-tom-hopper-joins-starz-pirate-drama-black-sails/|title='Merlin' star Tom Hopper joins Starz pirate drama 'Black Sails'|work=Digital Spy |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=17 June 2016}} Hopper deliberately chose to play Bones as a "selfless person, looking out for his crew", believing that the character would have changed dramatically in the time period between Black Sails and Treasure Island.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/02/09/star-tom-hopper-shows-a-different-side-to-treasure-island-character-in-starz-drama/|title=Star Tom Hopper shows a different side to 'Treasure Island' character in Starz drama|date=9 February 2014|last=Perigard|first=Mark|access-date=3 March 2019|work=Boston Herald}} The show was filmed on location in South Africa.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/21/black-sails-season-3-tom-hopper/|title=Black Sails season 3: Tom Hopper talks surviving a hurricane in Scene Breakdown|date=21 January 2016|last=Telling|first=Gillian|access-date=3 March 2019|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

In 2016, Hopper appeared in the thriller Kill Ratio and an episode of Barbarians Rising.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-kill-ratio-review-20161206-story.html|title=Ridiculous political thriller 'Kill Ratio' does Eastern Europe on the cheap|date=8 December 2016|last=Rechtstaffen|first=Michael|access-date=3 March 2019|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/we-had-a-chat-with-that-smokin-hot-pirate-from-black-sails-20160226|title=We had a chat with that smokin' hot pirate from Black Sails!|date=26 February 2016|last=Zeeman|first=Kyle|access-date=3 March 2019|publisher=Channel 24}} The following year, he joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in season 7 as Dickon Tarly, replacing Freddie Stroma who had previously appeared in the role in season 6.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/tv-blogs/game-of-thrones-season-seven-release-date-cast-763459|title=Game of Thrones season 7: release date, cast, trailers, spoilers & more|date=17 January 2017|newspaper=NME|language=en-US|access-date=17 January 2017}} In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/lauren-hutton-tom-hopper-adrian-martinez-i-feel-pretty-amy-schumer-movie-stx-films-1202158483/|title=Lauren Hutton, Tom Hopper Join 'I Feel Pretty' With Amy Schumer|date=30 August 2017|last=Busch|first=Anita|access-date=3 March 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood}} In 2019, Hopper appeared as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/tom-hopper-emmy-raver-lampman-david-castaneda-umbrella-academy/|title=Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman & David Castaneda: Umbrella Academy|date=14 February 2019|last=Deckelmeier|first=Joe|access-date=3 March 2019|publisher=Screen Rant}} For the role, Hopper wore a muscle suit to achieve the correct look and underwent martial arts training.{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a26135665/tom-hopper-interview-umbrella-academy/|title=Tom Hopper's arm have their own instagram account|date=19 February 2019|last=Dibdin|first=Emma|access-date=20 March 2019|work=Elle}}

Hopper appeared in the 2020 film SAS: Red Notice. In March 2019, he joined the cast of Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, which was released in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/the-umbrella-academy-tom-hopper-the-hitmans-bodyguard-sequel-lionsgate-1202582871/|title='The Umbrella Academy's Tom Hopper Joins The Hitman's Bodyguard Sequel At Lionsgate|date=26 March 2019|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|access-date=28 March 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood}}

Hopper starred in the Netflix film Love in the Villa which premiered 1 September 2022.{{cite web|title=Tom Hopper And Kat Graham To Star in Netflix's Love In The Villa |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/tom-hopper-kat-graham-netflixs-love-in-the-villa-1234840563/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=20 September 2021|access-date=21 September 2021}}

In 2021, he starred as Captain Albert Wesker, leader of S.T.A.R.S., and secondary antagonist of Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. An adaptation of the popular Resident Evil franchise's early stories, it included elements from the mansion incident, Raccoon Police Station attack, and bombing of Raccoon City from the first Playstation games. {{cite web | url=https://gamerant.com/resident-evil-tom-hopper-albert-wesker-stereotypical-villain/ | title=Resident Evil: Tom Hopper Says His Albert Wesker Isn't A 'Stereotypical Villain' | date=30 October 2021 }} He has expressed interest in returning to the role, stating in an interview about the film's reception, "I certainly hope to go back and play Albert Wesker again. It ended in a way where I was like 'Oh, I can get used to this guy.'"{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/resident-evil-raccoon-city-sequel-movie-albert-wesker/ | title=Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Sequel Chances Addressed by Star | website=Screen Rant | date=20 June 2022 }}

Hopper married actress Laura Higgins in 2014. They have a son and daughter.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/babies/game-of-thrones-actor-tom-hopper-welcomes-daughter/amp/|title=GoT's Tom Hopper Welcomes a Daughter, Posts Poignant Photo Sharing Skin-to-Skin Contact with Baby|last1=Fernandez|first1=Alexia|work=People|date=9 July 2018|access-date=17 July 2018}}

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