---
name: "Nicholas Hope"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-hope"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-hope"
imdb_id: "nm0394034"
tmdb_id: 81172
wikidata_id: "Q11991305"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 December 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T02:38:59.502306+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nicholas Hope

## Identity

Nicholas Hope

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-hope
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-hope
- **IMDb ID:** nm0394034
- **TMDB ID:** 81172
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11991305
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11991305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81172

Actor. Born 25 December 1958 in Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 December 1958, Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 48 (1), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Horror 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $429m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hope, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11991305, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81172

## Biography

Nicholas Hope is a British-born Australian actor. Born in Manchester, England, on 25 December 1958, his family emigrated to Whyalla in South Australia. He trained at the University of Sydney, where he later completed a PhD in performance studies.

Hope is best known for his lead performance as Bubby in the 1993 film *Bad Boy Bubby*, for which he won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1994, along with awards at the Venice Film Festival and elsewhere. His other credits include *Scooby-Doo* (2002), *Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid* (2004), *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), *The Invisible Man* (2020), *The Artful Dodger* (2023) and the role of Deliverance Healer in *Leviticus* (2026). He has also worked extensively in theatre and as a director and teacher.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Leviticus* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Deliverance Healer — [page](https://film.one/film/leviticus.md)
- *The Invisible Man* (2020), Fi1m 76, as Head Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-man.md)
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Fi1m 48, as Old Man Smithers — [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leviticus* (2026), as Deliverance Healer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/leviticus.md)
- *It Will Find You* (2026), as Professor Scott Richards
- *Sunny Nights* (2025), series, as Glenn
- *The Run* (2025), as Jimmy
- *Kangaroo Island* (2025), as Dr Roberts
- *Nautilus* (2024), series, as Dr Skin
- *Exposure* (2024), as Glen
- *It Will Find You* (2024), as Professor Scott Richards
- *The Artful Dodger* (2023), series, as Justice Micawber
- *Pasifika Drift* (2023), as Darryl
- *Limbo* (2023), as Joseph
- *Contagion of Fear* (2023), as Langston Charlesworth
- *Black Snow* (2023), series, as Tommy Doyle, Tommy Cormack
- *Crazy Fun Park* (2023), series, as Neville Moore
- *The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson* (2022), as Judge Eisenmangher
- *The Home Team* (2022), as Darren
- *The Story of Lee Ping* (2021), Actor
- *Moon Rock for Monday* (2021), as The Bobbins
- *Deadhouse Dark* (2021), series, as David
- *Operation Buffalo* (2020), series, as Dr. Breston
- *The Invisible Man* (2020), as Head Doctor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invisible-man.md)
- *Slam* (2019), as Pete the Journalist
- *Scout* (2019), as Boss
- *Henry Needs a New Home* (2019), Actor
- *Book Week* (2019), as Ken Cutler
- *The Reckoning of Christian Spencer* (2019), Producer
- *The School* (2018), as Dr. Masuta
- *Jade of Death* (2018), series, as Wilkins
- *Event Zero* (2017), as Langston Charlesworth
- *Random and Whacky* (2017), series, as Nigel
- *Maurice's Symphony* (2017), as Mr. Ferk
- *Mary: The Making of a Princess* (2015), as Per Thornitt
- *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), series, as Professor Raymond Knowby
- *Truth* (2015), as Marcel Matley
- *The Daughter* (2015), as Peterson
- *Gallipoli* (2015), series, as Walter Braithwaite
- *Permafrost* (2014), as Max
- *Butterflies* (2013), as Dalton Hearst
- *Greg's First Day* (2013), as Bernard
- *Double Happiness Uranium* (2013), as Reuben Henschke
- *Redd Inc.* (2012), as Thomas Reddmann
- *All at Sea* (2012), as Eric
- *Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries* (2012), series, as Geoffrey Spall
- *3 Acts of Murder* (2009), as Detective Harry Manning
- *The Prime Minister Is Missing* (2008), as William McMahon
- *Cold Lunch* (2008), as Restaurateur
- *Varg Veum - Bitter Flowers* (2007), as Warren Donaldson
- *Uro* (2006), as Dealeren
- *Krapp sving* (2006), Actor
- *Fallen* (2004), as Chief Supt. Edridge
- *Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid* (2004), as Christian Van Dyke
- *The 13th House* (2003), as Man from the 14th Floor
- *The Night We Called It a Day* (2003), as Phil
- *The Flaming Brain* (2003), as Eric
- *Paradise Found* (2003), as Maurrin
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), as Old Man Smithers — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *Harvey* (2002), Actor
- *Changi* (2001), series, as Guillaume Koper
- *The Goddess of 1967* (2000), as Grandpa
- *Når mørket er forbi* (2000), as Edwin
- *The Darkest Light* (2000), as Father Mark
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, as Khadros
- *Farscape* (1999), series, as Akkor, Kreetago — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Henry Fool* (1998), as Father Hawkes
- *Getting Hurt* (1998), as Edgar Bosco
- *Water Easy Reach* (1998), as Windy
- *Little White Lies* (1996), as Barrett
- *Lust and Revenge* (1996), as Karl-Heinz Applebaum
- *North Star* (1996), as Sheriff Lamont
- *Eldorado* (1996), as Rocko
- *The Life of Harry Dare* (1995), as Kevin
- *Bugs* (1995), series, as Yerevenkian
- *Exile* (1994), as MacKenzie
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, as Father Leary
- *Bad Boy Bubby* (1993), as Bubby
- *Confessor Caressor* (1989), as Michael Freely
- *Resonance*, as Marcus (voice)

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