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

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, 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). He appeared in '' The School'' in 2018, and '' Moon Rock For Monday'', directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021. In 2004, he published a memoir called ''Brushing the Tip of Fame'', and in 2006 produced a

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"The Colour of Panic", which played in

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(The Studio,

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) and

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(Det Åpne Teater).

Recognition and awards

Hope won the

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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

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Partial filmography

* ''Confessor Caressor'' (1989) * '' Bad Boy Bubby'' (1993) – Bubby * ''

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'' (1994) * '' Little White Lies'' (1996) * '' Henry Fool'' (1997) – Father Hawkes * '' The Goddess of 1967'' (2000) – Grandpa * ''

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'' (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) * ''

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'' (2015) – Walter Braithwaite * '' The Daughter'' (2015) – Peterson * ''

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'' (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) * ''

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'' (2023)

References

External links

Australia: The Dream is Dead
article written by Hope

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Year of birth missing (living people) British emigrants to Australia Living people Male actors from Manchester Male actors from South Australia People from Whyalla 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors {{Australia-actor-stub