Wayne Hope

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title: "Wayne Hope" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["australian-male-film-actors", "australian-male-television-actors", "living-people", "australian-male-comedians", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "place-of-birth-missing-(living-people)"] description: "Australian actor, writer, director, and producer" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Hope" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian actor, writer, director, and producer ::

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Field	Value
name	Wayne Hope
image	Wayne_Hope.jpg
birth_name	Wayne Hope
birth_place	Australia
occupation	Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
yearsactive	1996–present
spouse	Robyn Butler
children	Molly Daniels
website
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Wayne Hope is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for co-creating, with his wife Robyn Butler, several TV series, including Very Small Business, Upper Middle Bogan, and Summer Love.

Career

Hope's acting career began in 1996, when he appeared on The Glynn Nicholas Show.

He has co-created many series with his wife Robyn Butler, including Very Small Business, Upper Middle Bogan (2013–2016), and Summer Love (2022).

In 2025, Butler and Hope created, wrote and directed the Stan Original series Dear Life, which premiered on the platform on 1 January 2026.

Personal life

Hope is married to actor and filmmaker Robyn Butler, with whom he runs the production company Gristmill.

Writer, director, and actor Molly Daniels is the daughter of Butler and step-daughter of Hope.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1997	The Castle	Wayne Kerrigan	Feature film
2006	BoyTown	Carl	Feature film
2007	BoyTown Confidential	Carl	Feature film
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Type
1996	The Glynn Nicholas Show		TV series
	The Adventures of Lano and Woodley	Guest role	TV series, 1 episode
1998-2001	The Micallef Program		TV series
2002	Halifax f.p.		TV series, Season 6 episode 3: “Takes Two”
2003	CrashBurn	Phillip	TV series
2004	Stories from the Golf	Anton	TV series
2006-08	Stupid, Stupid Man	Carl van Dyke	TV series
2007-10	The Librarians	Terry O’Brien	TV series
2008	Very Small Business	Don Angel / Marcus Goode / James White / Haydn King / Kerry Akermanis / Pete Mandela	last=Groves
2018	Back in Very Small Business		TV series
2020	Love in Lockdown	Josh	TV series, 1 episode
2020	Drunk History Australia	Alexander Pierce	TV series, 1 episode
2022	Summer Love	Eddy	TV series, episode 4
2024	Colin from Accounts	Director	3 episodes
2026	Dear Life	Writer, director	Stan Original; 6 episodes
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Crew

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Year	Title	Role	Type
2004	Stories from the Golf	Director / Writer / Producer	TV series
2007	The Librarians	Writer	url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/upper-middle-bogan-returns-and-creators-wayne-hope-and-robin-butler-hope-they-are-older-and-kinder-20141016-117cuz.html
2008	Very Small Business	Creator / Writer / Producer	TV series
2013	Upper Middle Bogan	Creator / Director / Writer	TV series
2015	Little Lunch	Writer / Producer	TV series Writer
2015	Now Add Honey	Director / Producer	last=Maddox
2018	Back in Very Small Business	Writer / Producer	TV series
2019	The InBESTigators	Creator / Writer	TV series, 40 episodes
2022	Summer Love	Creator / Writer	TV series, 8 episodes
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References

References

1. "The Screen Guide".
2. (9 December 2022). "Podcast – Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope on making Australian TV".
3. Pickard, Michael. (25 July 2013). "Heart to heart".
4. Morris, Anthony. (31 December 2025). "Dear Life review: Ballarat dramedy goes all-out on the dark side".
5. Maddox, Garry. (25 August 2015). "Upper Middle Bogan's Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope turn to film for Now Add Honey".
6. Groves, Don. (5 October 2017). "Gristmill to reboot 'Very Small Business' for the ABC".
7. Korsten, Tracey. (28 August 2018). "Interview: Wayne Hope".
8. Rigden, Clare. (10 September 2022). "ABC's Summer Love: Robyn Butler worked with hubby Wayne Hope both in front of and behind the camera".
9. Pobjie, Ben. (29 August 2018). "Eight questions for 'small businessman' Wayne Hope".
10. Wilson, Jake. (18 October 2006). "BoyTown".
11. (22 May 2004). "Stories from the Golf".
12. "Stupid Stupid Man series 1 (2006) - The Screen Guide".
13. Groves, Don. (5 October 2017). "Gristmill to reboot 'Very Small Business' for the ABC".
14. Pobjie, Ben. (29 August 2018). "Eight questions for 'small businessman' Wayne Hope".
15. (18 December 2023). "Cameras roll on Colin from Accounts S2 | TV Tonight".
16. (30 July 2009). "Kitchen table school of laughs".
17. Enker, Debi. (16 October 2014). "Upper Middle Bogan returns, and creators Wayne Hope and Robin Butler hope they are 'older and kinder'".
18. Rigden, Clare. (8 July 2015). "Little projects, big laughs".
19. Maddox, Garry. (25 August 2015). "Upper Middle Bogan's Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope turn to film for Now Add Honey".
20. (5 September 2018). "ABC Commercial taking Robyn Butler & Wayne Hope comedy global".

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