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'{{Distinguish|Tom Hooper}} {{about|the English actor|the English footballer|Tom Hopper (footballer)}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Hopper | image = Tom Hopper 2013.jpg | caption = Hopper at the 2013 MCMComicCon | birth_name = Thomas Edward Hopper | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Coalville]], [[Leicestershire]], [[England]] | occupation = Actor | spouse = {{marriage|Laura Higgins|8 June 2014}} | children = 2 | years_active = 2007–present }} '''Thomas Edward Hopper''' (born 28 January 1985) is an English actor, who is best known for his television work. He has appeared as Luther Hargreeves in ''[[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]]'', [[Billy Bones]] in ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'', Sir Percival in ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'', and Dickon Tarly in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. ==Early life== Hopper was born in [[Coalville]], [[Leicestershire]], England. He attended [[Ashby School]], where he first developed an interesting in acting. He enrolled in a drama class, and then appeared in a production of the musical ''[[Return to the Forbidden Planet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-game-thrones-actor--240451|title=New Game of Thrones actor is . . . Tom from Coalville|date=26 July 2017|last=Jarvis|first=Jacob|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Leicester Mercury]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a26350778/tom-hopper-umbrella-academy-interview/|title=Tom Hopper From Netflix's Umbrella Academy Shares His Superhero Workout Tips|date=15 February 2019|last=Schrodt|first=Paul|accessdate=4 March 2019|work=[[Men's Health]]}}</ref> He studied acting at [[Rose Bruford College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/careers-industry/famous-alumni/|title=Notable alumni|accessdate=4 March 2019|publisher=[[Rose Bruford College]]}}</ref> ==Career== After returning in many shows Tom Hopper reaches the peak of his career after starring in the box off and critical disappointment ‘Standing Ovation’ even though this fil received severe backlash Tom Hopper still decided to throw one of the biggest parties at his house for his ‘success’ an insider source said that only Tom Hopper and his wife and kids were there. The insider source was none other than his three year old son Freddie Douglas Hopper who said it was a sh¡t show. Hopper was cast in ''[[As You Like It]]'' at the [[Watford Palace Theatre]]<ref>''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. {{dead link|date=March 2019}}</ref><ref>''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|date=March 2019}}</ref> and has appeared in various television programmes and films including ''[[Saxon (film)|Saxon]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]'' and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|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 featured in an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name=Dodd/> Hopper played Sir Percival in the BBC series ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''. He joined the series in the third season in 2010, and was a regular for the next two seasons.<ref name=Dodd>{{cite web|url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/bbc-role-dream-come-true-tom-hopper-supanova/1606995/|title=BBC role a dream come true for Tom Hopper|date=5 November 2012|last=Dodd|first=Kate|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[The Toowoomba Chronicle]]}}</ref> After ''Merlin'' ended in 2012, he featured in ''[[Good Cop]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19371163|title=BBC police drama tries not to be uniform|date=30 August 2012|last=Smith|first=Neil|accessdate=4 March 2019|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> On 3 June 2012, he appeared as himself on the game show ''[[Deal or No Deal]]'', opening a box for a celebrity special involving his friends, pop band [[McFly]]. He stars in the feature film ''Cold'' filmed in Ireland in 2012 and released at festivals in 2013. In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in ''[[Northmen: A Viking Saga]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/458287/First-look-at-Tom-Hopper-and-Ryan-Kwanten-in-upcoming-film-Northmen-A-Viking-Saga|title=Exclusive: First look at Tom Hopper in upcoming film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga'|date=6 February 2014|last=McCormack|first=Kirsty|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Daily Express]]}}</ref> Hopper became the first actor to join the [[Starz]] series ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'', in which he portrayed [[Billy Bones]]. The pirate drama serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's ''[[Treasure Island]]''.<ref name="Digital_Spy">{{cite news |author=Morgan Jeffery |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a405251/merlin-star-tom-hopper-joins-starz-pirate-drama-black-sails/|title='Merlin' star Tom Hopper joins Starz pirate drama 'Black Sails'|work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=11 September 2012 |accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref> 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 ''Tresure Island''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/02/09/star-tom-hopper-shows-a-different-side-to-treasure-island-character-in-starz-drama/|title=Star Tom Hopper shows a different side to 'Treasure Island' character in Starz drama|date=9 February 2014|last=Perigard|first=Mark|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Boston Herald]]}}</ref> The show was filmed on location in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/21/black-sails-season-3-tom-hopper/|title=Black Sails season 3: Tom Hopper talks surviving a hurricane in Scene Breakdown|date=21 January 2016|last=Telling|first=Gillian|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In 2016, Hopper appeared in thriller ''[[Kill Ratio]]'' and an episode of ''[[Barbarians Rising]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-kill-ratio-review-20161206-story.html|title=Ridiculous political thriller 'Kill Ratio' does Eastern Europe on the cheap|date=8 December 2016|last=Rechtstaffen|first=Michael|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name=channel24>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/we-had-a-chat-with-that-smokin-hot-pirate-from-black-sails-20160226|title=We had a chat with that smokin' hot pirate from Black Sails!|date=26 February 2016|last=Zeeman|first=Kyle|accessdate=3 March 2019|publisher=Channel 24}}</ref> The following year, he joined the cast of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' in [[Game of Thrones (season 7)|season 7]] as [[Dickon Tarly]], replacing [[Freddie Stroma]] who had previously appeared in the role in [[Game of Thrones (season 6)|season 6]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/tv-blogs/game-of-thrones-season-seven-release-date-cast-763459|title=Game of Thrones season 7: release date, cast, trailers, spoilers & more|date=17 January 2017|newspaper=[[NME]]|language=en-US|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside [[Amy Schumer]] in ''[[I Feel Pretty (film)|I Feel Pretty]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/lauren-hutton-tom-hopper-adrian-martinez-i-feel-pretty-amy-schumer-movie-stx-films-1202158483/|title=Lauren Hutton, Tom Hopper Join 'I Feel Pretty' With Amy Schumer|date=30 August 2017|last=Busch|first=Anita|accessdate=3 March 2019|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In 2019, Hopper appeared as Luther Hargreeves in ''[[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/tom-hopper-emmy-raver-lampman-david-castaneda-umbrella-academy/|title=Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman & David Castaneda: Umbrella Academy|date=14 February 2019|last=Deckelmeier|first=Joe|accessdate=3 March 2019|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> ==Charity work== Hopper has provided his image to causes supporting awareness of colon cancer screenings and treatment, as well as other cancers that are male specific such as testicular and penile cancer.<ref>[http://malecelebrityunderwear.famewatcher.com/tom-hopper-naked-cosmo-magazine-photo/ "Tom Hopper Strips For Male Cancer Awareness"], Retrieved 4 June 2013. {{dead link|date=March 2019}}</ref> ==Personal life== Hopper married British actress Laura Higgins on 7 June 2014. The couple have a son<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Tomhopperhops|number=606569167760838657|date=4 June 2015|title=Myself & @laurahopperhops would like to introduce our baby boy, Freddie Douglas Hopper. Born June 1st, weighing 6lb15}}</ref> and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fernandez|first1=Alexia|url=https://people.com/babies/game-of-thrones-actor-tom-hopper-welcomes-daughter/amp/|title=GoT's Tom Hopper Welcomes a Daughter, Posts Poignant Photo Sharing Skin-to-Skin Contact with Baby|website=people.com|date=9 July 2018|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> == Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 2007 | ''[[Saxon (film)|Saxon]]'' | Fishmonger | |- | 2009 | ''[[Tormented (2009 British film)|Tormented]]'' | Marcus |<ref>Tormented Cast Pages. [http://blog.tormentedthemovie.com/?p=882/ "Tom's Cast List Page"], ''[[Tormented (2009 British film)|Tormented]]'', Retrieved on 13 May 2009.</ref> |- |2013 |''Cold'' | Tom | |- | 2014 | ''[[Northmen: A Viking Saga]]'' | Asbjörn | |- | 2016 | ''[[Kill Ratio]]'' | James Henderson | |- | 2018 | ''[[I Feel Pretty (film)|I Feel Pretty]]'' | Grant LeClair | |- | 2020 | ''[[SAS: Red Notice]]'' | Declan | Post-Production |- |} === Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |- | 2007 | ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' | Hugh "Chewy" Mullen | Episode: "[[List of Casualty episodes (series 21–22)#Series Twenty-One (2006–2007)|Stitch]]" |- | 2008 | ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]'' | Soldier | 1 episode |- | 2008 | ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' | Josh Mullen | Episode: "Don't Try This at Home" |- | 2010 | ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | Jeff | Episode: "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]" |- | 2010–12 | ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' | [[List of Merlin characters#Percival|Sir Percival]] | Recurring role, 26 episodes |- | 2012 | ''[[Good Cop]]'' | Andy Stockwell | 2 episodes |- | 2014–17 | ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'' | [[Billy Bones|William "Billy Bones" Manderly]] | Main role,<ref name="Digital_Spy" /> 34 episodes |- | 2016 | ''[[Barbarians Rising]]'' | Arminius | Episode: "Rebellion" |- | 2017 | ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' | [[Dickon Tarly]] | Season 7, 4 episodes |- | 2019–present | ''[[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]]'' | Luther Hargreeves | Main role |} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2584392|name=Tom Hopper}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopper, Tom}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Alumni of Rose Bruford College]] [[Category:English male film actors]] [[Category:English male television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Male actors from Leicestershire]] [[Category:People from Leicester]]'