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William Hope is a Canadian actor, best known for his numerous roles in the Alien and Alien vs. Predator franchises, portraying Lieutenant Scott Gorman in Aliens (1986) and Alien: River of Pain (2017), the Xenomorphs (Aliens) and Yautja (Predators) in Aliens Versus Predator (1999) and Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001), Doctor H. G. Groves in Aliens vs. Predator (2010), and Colonial Marshal Waits in Alien: Isolation (2014) and its 2019 animated miniseries adaptation.

Career

Early on, he turned down a major role in Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket for a role in James Cameron's Aliens (1986) as Lt. Gorman. Soon after he appeared as Kyle MacRae in the horror film Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), the sequel to Clive Barker's Hellraiser (1987).

Hope appeared in Shining Through (1992) and The Saint (1997), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and XXX (2002). He co-starred in two Wesley Snipes' action epics The Marksman (2005) and The Detonator (2006) and as the villain in Steven Seagal's action movie Submerged (2005).

He played Harry Ramos in the award-winning TV docudrama 9/11: The Twin Towers (2007), and as the President of Lehman Brothers in The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009) starring James Cromwell, in theatrical releases he has been seen opposite Woody Harrelson in The Walker (2007), Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes (2009), and The Whistleblower (2010) with Rachel Weisz and Legacy with Idris Elba. He had television work including playing Matt LeBlanc's agent in Episodes (2011). He was also in Luc Besson's The Lady (2012) about the life of Aung San Suu Kyi and in 2011 he guest-starred in the BBC's final series of Spooks (2002) and alongside Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows (2012).

From 2009 to 2021, he provided voices for Edward, Toby, Whiff, Rocky and Farmer McColl in the US dub and also Bert of the Thomas & Friends children's TV and DVD series. He also returned to the horror genre, working in the Solar Film's experimental Dark Floors, released in Europe in 2008. He is regularly heard on BBC Radio and is part of the BBC "Broken News" cast. He appeared in a book tour with Tim Parfitt, his brother-in-law.

Filmography

Film

Television

Self

• McLibel (1998) – Guardian Newspaper Representative
• Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens (2003) (V) – Himself
• Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007) – Charles Wilbour

Video games

Audiobooks/plays

References

1. Grant, Barry Keith (1996). The dread of difference: gender and the horror film. University of Texas Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-292-72794-1.
2. "Movie Review - Sherlock Holmes". RTÉ. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
3. We're All Neighbors website. Accessed May 10, 2011.
4. Fuge, Jon (March 22, 2021). "'Don't Breathe 2' & 'Texas Chainsaw' Sequel Are Finished and Fantastic Teases Producer". MovieWeb. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

External links

• William Hope at IMDb
• William Hope at Flixster
• William Hope at TV Guide
• William Hope at Fandango
• William Hope films at New York Times

• Living people
• Canadian emigrants to England
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male television actors
• Canadian male video game actors
• Canadian male voice actors
• Male actors from Montreal
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• 20th-century Canadian male actors
• 21st-century Canadian male actors