Nicolás Hope

La primera incursión de Hope en las presentaciones en vivo fue como bajista en varias bandas de rock en las décadas de 1970 y 1980. ^{[ 3 ]}

Comenzó su carrera actoral en el teatro, trabajando en numerosas producciones para la Compañía de Teatro Estatal de Australia Meridional . Protagonizó un cortometraje y luego obtuvo su gran oportunidad ^{[ 1 ]} cuando interpretó el papel principal de Bubby en la película de culto de comedia dramática y crimen de 1993, Bad Boy Bubby , ^{[ 4 ] [ 5 ]} escrita y dirigida por Rolf de Heer . El papel le valió varios premios al mejor actor en los Premios del Instituto Australiano de Cine , el Festival de Cine de Venecia en 1993 y el Festival de Cine de Valenciennes de Francia en 1995. ^{[ 1 ]}

En 1998, Hope fue nominado a mejor actor de reparto en los Premios Amanda por su actuación en la película noruega En dag til i solen (1998). ^{[ 2 ]}

Subsequent film credits include The Goddess of 1967 (2000),^[6] alongside Rose Byrne; family film Scooby-Doo (2002), opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.; The Night We Called It a Day (2003), with Joel Edgerton, Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith; creature thriller Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004); and Australian drama film Lost and Found (2005).^[1] Later films include The Daughter (2015),^[6] with Sam Neill and Geoffrey Rush; The School (2018);^[7]The Invisible Man (2020)^[6] alongside Elisabeth Moss and directed by Leigh Whannell; Moon Rock for Monday (2020)^[8] and The Drover's Wife (2021), opposite Leah Purcell.^[3]

He played lead roles in the 2012 films Redd Inc and Double Happiness Uranium.^[6] He received a Film Critics Circle of Australia nomination for best actor in a supporting role for his role as Joseph in Ivan Sen's 2023 film, Limbo.^[9]

Hope has also starred in numerous television series. He made early appearances in G.P., Blue Heelers, Farscape and Beastmaster. He starred in the award-winning 2001 miniseries Changi, as well as Gallipoli (2014) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018). His other television credits include Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Offspring, Janet King, Ash Vs Evil Dead, Operation Buffalo, The Twelve, The Secrets She Keeps, The Messenger, The Artful Dodger, Black Snow and Ten Pound Poms.^[6]

Hope is also a writer, director, and producer. He made his writer/director debut with the play Little Gods in 2013. The following year, he directed Four Places for Outhouse Theatre, and in 2015 he directed his own play Five Properties of Chainmale for Griffin Theatre Company.^[9][10][11] He directed the short film Like Gold (2017), and produced the 2019 short film The Reckoning of Christian Spencer.^[9][3]

In 2014, he was teacher of direction and acting for film, at the Sydney Film School,^[2] and was head of acting at the International Screen Academy, Sydney.^[2]