Nicholas Hope | |
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Born | Manchester, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Nicholas Hope is a British-born Australian actor, known for the lead role in the 1993 film Bad Boy Bubby .
Born in Manchester, England, Hope's family emigrated to the steel and shipbuilding town of Whyalla, South Australia, where he was educated by the Christian Brothers.[ citation needed ]
Hope played the lead role in Bad Boy Bubby (1993). [1]
He appeared in The School in 2018, [2] and Moon Rock For Monday , directed by Kurt Martin and produced by Jim Robison in 2021. [3]
In 2004, he published a memoir called Brushing the Tip of Fame, and in 2006 produced a monologue "The Colour of Panic", which played in Sydney (The Studio, Sydney Opera House) and Oslo (Det Åpne Teater).[ citation needed ]
Hope won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994 for his role in Bad Boy Bubby. [1]
A portrait of Hope appears in the National Portrait Gallery. [4]
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