Canadian actor
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 ' (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 ' (2014) and its 2019 .
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 "" (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 "" (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 &amp; 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.
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