Tom Hopper

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::summary British actor (born 1985) ::

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Field	Value
name	Tom Hopper
image	Tom Hopper Brussels Comiccon 2022 (cropped).jpg
caption	Hopper in 2022
birth_name	Thomas Edward Hopper
birth_date
birth_place	Coalville, Leicestershire, England
occupation	Actor
spouse
children	2
years_active	2007–present
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| name = Tom Hopper | image = Tom Hopper Brussels Comiccon 2022 (cropped).jpg | caption = Hopper in 2022 | birth_name = Thomas Edward Hopper | birth_date = | birth_place = Coalville, Leicestershire, England | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = 2 | years_active = 2007–present

Thomas Edward Hopper (born 28 January 1985) is an English actor known for his roles as Percival in Merlin (2010–12), Billy Bones in Black Sails (2014–17), Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones (2017), and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019–24).

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. He studied acting at Rose Bruford College.

Career

Hopper was cast in As You Like It at the Watford Palace Theatre 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. After Merlin ended in 2012, he featured in Good Cop in 2012. 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. In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in Northmen: A Viking Saga.

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. 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. The show was filmed on location in South Africa.

In 2016, Hopper appeared in the thriller Kill Ratio and an episode of Barbarians Rising. 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. In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty. In 2019, Hopper appeared as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy. For the role, Hopper wore a muscle suit to achieve the correct look and underwent martial arts training.

Hopper appeared in the 2020 film SAS: Red Notice. In March 2019, he joined the cast of Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, which was released in 2021. Hopper starred in the Netflix film Love in the Villa which premiered 1 September 2022.

In 2021, he starred as Captain Albert Wesker, leader of S.T.A.R.S., and secondary antagonist of Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. An adaptation of the popular Resident Evil franchise's early stories, it included elements from the mansion incident, Raccoon Police Station attack, and bombing of Raccoon City from the first PlayStation games. He has expressed interest in returning to the role, stating in an interview about the film's reception, "I certainly hope to go back and play Albert Wesker again. It ended in a way where I was like 'Oh, I can get used to this guy.'"

Personal life

Hopper married actress Laura Higgins in 2014.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Saxon	Fishmonger
2009	Tormented	Marcus		Tormented]]'', Retrieved on 13 May 2009.
2013	Cold	Tom	Also known as Leopard
Knights of Badassdom	Gunther	Credit only
2014	Northmen: A Viking Saga	Asbjörn
2016	Kill Ratio	James Henderson
2018	I Feel Pretty	Grant LeClair
2019	Terminator: Dark Fate	William Hadrell
2021	SAS: Red Notice	Declan Smith
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Magnusson
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City	Albert Wesker
2022	Love in the Villa	Charlie Fletcher
2023	Place of Bones	Bear John
2024	Space Cadet	Logan O'Leary
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Casualty	Hugh "Chewy" Mullen	Episode: "Stitch"
2008	Doctors	Josh Mullen	Episode: "Don't Try This at Home"
Kingdom	Soldier	Episode #2.3
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	3 episodes
2014–2017	Black Sails	William "Billy Bones" Manderly	Main role
2016	Barbarians Rising	Arminius	2 episodes
2017	Game of Thrones	Dickon Tarly	4 episodes
2019–2024	The Umbrella Academy	Luther Hargreeves / Number One	36 episodes
2020	Robot Chicken	Eddie Brock, Solid Snake, John Rolfe (voice)	Episode: "Gracie Purgatory in: That's How You Get Hemorrhoids"
2025	The Terminal List: Dark Wolf	Raife Hastings	Main role
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References

References

1. Jarvis, Jacob. (26 July 2017). "New Game of Thrones actor is . . . Tom from Coalville". [[Leicester Mercury]].
2. Schrodt, Paul. (15 February 2019). "Tom Hopper From Netflix's Umbrella Academy Shares His Superhero Workout Tips". [[Men's Health]].
3. "Notable alumni". [[Rose Bruford College]].
4. ''As You Like It – Watford Palace Theatre'' [http://www.watfordtheatre.co.uk/pl102cast.html "Main Cast List"], ''[[Watford#Watford Palace Theatre]]'', Retrieved on 13 May 2009. {{Webarchive. link. (16 February 2009)
5. ''As You Like It – VocalEyes Introduction'' [http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk/events/word/As%20You%20Like%20It.doc "Introduction Transcript"], Retrieved on 13 May 2009. {{dead link. (March 2019)
6. Dodd, Kate. (5 November 2012). "BBC role a dream come true for Tom Hopper". [[The Toowoomba Chronicle]].
7. Smith, Neil. (30 August 2012). "BBC police drama tries not to be uniform". [[BBC]].
8. Fuamoli, Sosefina. (15 October 2016). "Interview: Eoin Macken talks The Night Shift & the challenges of indie filmmaking". The Iris.
9. McCormack, Kirsty. (6 February 2014). "Exclusive: First look at Tom Hopper in upcoming film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga'". [[Daily Express]].
10. Morgan Jeffery. (11 September 2012). "'Merlin' star Tom Hopper joins Starz pirate drama 'Black Sails'". [[Digital Spy]].
11. Perigard, Mark. (9 February 2014). "Star Tom Hopper shows a different side to 'Treasure Island' character in Starz drama". [[Boston Herald]].
12. Telling, Gillian. (21 January 2016). "Black Sails season 3: Tom Hopper talks surviving a hurricane in Scene Breakdown".
13. Rechtstaffen, Michael. (8 December 2016). "Ridiculous political thriller 'Kill Ratio' does Eastern Europe on the cheap". [[Los Angeles Times]].
14. Zeeman, Kyle. (26 February 2016). "We had a chat with that smokin' hot pirate from Black Sails!". Channel 24.
15. (17 January 2017). "Game of Thrones season 7: release date, cast, trailers, spoilers & more". [[NME]].
16. Busch, Anita. (30 August 2017). "Lauren Hutton, Tom Hopper Join 'I Feel Pretty' With Amy Schumer". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
17. Deckelmeier, Joe. (14 February 2019). "Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman & David Castaneda: Umbrella Academy". [[Screen Rant]].
18. Dibdin, Emma. (19 February 2019). "Tom Hopper's arm have their own instagram account". [[Elle (magazine).
19. N'Duka, Amanda. (26 March 2019). "'The Umbrella Academy's Tom Hopper Joins ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' Sequel At Lionsgate". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
20. Kroll, Justin. (20 September 2021). "Tom Hopper And Kat Graham To Star in Netflix's ''Love In The Villa''".
21. (30 October 2021). "Resident Evil: Tom Hopper Says His Albert Wesker Isn't A 'Stereotypical Villain'".
22. (20 June 2022). "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Sequel Chances Addressed by Star".
23. (9 July 2018). "GoT's Tom Hopper Welcomes a Daughter, Posts Poignant Photo Sharing Skin-to-Skin Contact with Baby". [[People (magazine).
24. Tormented]]'', Retrieved on 13 May 2009.

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