Biography
William Hope is a Canadian actor, also credited as Bill Hope. Born in Montreal in 1955, he joined the National Youth Theatre in London after high school and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked extensively in theatre and BBC radio drama before moving into film and television.
Hope is known for playing Lieutenant Gorman in Aliens (1986). His other film roles include Ambassador Standish in Sherlock Holmes (2009), a SHIELD lieutenant in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), the sheriff in Dark Shadows (2012), and Andrew in The Son (2022). He has also appeared in xXx (2002), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) and the series Silo (2023).
He is the older brother of actor Barclay Hope.
