Tom Hopper
Thomas Edward Hopper (born 28 January 1985) is a British actor. He has appeared as Sir Percival in Merlin, Billy Bones in Black Sails, Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.
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Born | Thomas Edward Hopper 28 January 1985 Coalville, Leicestershire, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse(s) | Laura Higgins
(m. 2014) |
Children | 2 |
Website | https://www.tomhopper.net |
Early life
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.[1][2] He studied acting at Rose Bruford College.[3]
Career
Hopper was cast in As You Like It at the Watford Palace Theatre[4][5] 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.[6] 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.[6] After Merlin ended in 2012, he featured in Good Cop in 2012.[7] 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.[8] In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in Northmen: A Viking Saga.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11] The show was filmed on location in South Africa.[12]
In 2016, Hopper appeared in thriller Kill Ratio and an episode of Barbarians Rising.[13][14] 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.[15] In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty.[16] In 2019, Hopper appeared as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.[17] For the role, Hopper wore a muscle suit to achieve the correct look and underwent martial arts training.[18]
Hopper will appear in the 2020 film SAS: Red Notice. In March 2019, he joined the cast of The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard.[19]
Personal life
Hopper married actress Laura Higgins in 2014.[14][20] They have a son and daughter.[20]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2007 | Saxon | Fishmonger | ||
2009 | Tormented | Marcus | [21] | |
2013 | Cold | Tom | Also known as Leopard | [8] |
2014 | Northmen: A Viking Saga | Asbjörn | ||
2016 | Kill Ratio | James Henderson | ||
2018 | I Feel Pretty | Grant LeClair | ||
2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate | Hadrell | ||
2021 | The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Magnusson | Post-production | |
2021 | Resident Evil | Albert Wesker | Filming | |
TBA | SAS: Red Notice | Declan | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Casualty | Hugh "Chewy" Mullen | Episode: "Stitch" |
2008 | Doctors | Josh Mullen | Episode: "Don't Try This at Home" |
2008 | Kingdom | Soldier | 1 episode |
2010 | Doctor Who | Jeff | Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" |
2010–2012 | Merlin | Sir Percival | Guest role (series 3); recurring role (series 4–5) |
2012 | Good Cop | Andy Stockwell | 2 episodes |
2014–2017 | Black Sails | William "Billy Bones" Manderly | Main role |
2016 | Barbarians Rising | Arminius | Episode: "Rebellion" |
2017 | Game of Thrones | Dickon Tarly | 4 episodes |
2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Luther Hargreeves / Number One | Main role |
2020 | Robot Chicken | John Rolfe, Solid Snake (voice) | Episode: "Gracie Purgatory in: That's How You Get Hemorrhoids" |
References
- Jarvis, Jacob (26 July 2017). "New Game of Thrones actor is . . . Tom from Coalville". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Schrodt, Paul (15 February 2019). "Tom Hopper From Netflix's Umbrella Academy Shares His Superhero Workout Tips". Men's Health. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Notable alumni". Rose Bruford College. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- As You Like It – Watford Palace Theatre "Main Cast List", Watford#Watford Palace Theatre, Retrieved on 13 May 2009. Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- As You Like It – VocalEyes Introduction "Introduction Transcript", Retrieved on 13 May 2009.
- Dodd, Kate (5 November 2012). "BBC role a dream come true for Tom Hopper". The Toowoomba Chronicle. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Smith, Neil (30 August 2012). "BBC police drama tries not to be uniform". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- Fuamoli, Sosefina (15 October 2016). "Interview: Eoin Macken talks The Night Shift & the challenges of indie filmmaking". The Iris. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- McCormack, Kirsty (6 February 2014). "Exclusive: First look at Tom Hopper in upcoming film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga'". Daily Express. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Morgan Jeffery (11 September 2012). "'Merlin' star Tom Hopper joins Starz pirate drama 'Black Sails'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- Perigard, Mark (9 February 2014). "Star Tom Hopper shows a different side to 'Treasure Island' character in Starz drama". Boston Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Telling, Gillian (21 January 2016). "Black Sails season 3: Tom Hopper talks surviving a hurricane in Scene Breakdown". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Rechtstaffen, Michael (8 December 2016). "Ridiculous political thriller 'Kill Ratio' does Eastern Europe on the cheap". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Zeeman, Kyle (26 February 2016). "We had a chat with that smokin' hot pirate from Black Sails!". Channel 24. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- "Game of Thrones season 7: release date, cast, trailers, spoilers & more". NME. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- Busch, Anita (30 August 2017). "Lauren Hutton, Tom Hopper Join 'I Feel Pretty' With Amy Schumer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Deckelmeier, Joe (14 February 2019). "Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman & David Castaneda: Umbrella Academy". Screen Rant. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Dibdin, Emma (19 February 2019). "Tom Hopper's arm have their own instagram account". Elle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- N'Duka, Amanda (26 March 2019). "'The Umbrella Academy's Tom Hopper Joins 'The Hitman's Bodyguard' Sequel At Lionsgate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Fernandez, Alexia (9 July 2018). "GoT's Tom Hopper Welcomes a Daughter, Posts Poignant Photo Sharing Skin-to-Skin Contact with Baby". People. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- Tormented Cast Pages. "Tom's Cast List Page", Tormented, Retrieved on 13 May 2009.
External links
- Tom Hopper at IMDb
- Tom Hopper on Instagram