William Hope

• Name — William Hope • Other Names — Bill Hope • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1980–present

Hope was born in Canada. He studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Early in his career, 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). Hope has performed as a voice and stage actor as well. He voiced several character in both the UK and US versions of Thomas & Friends. 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 has also acted in London’s West End. 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 has performed in many radio plays. He is part of the BBC Broken News cast. He appeared in a book tour with author Tim Parfitt, his brother-in-law.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1980 — Flickers — Frank — 1 episode • 1982 — Nancy Astor — Harry Langhorne — 3 episodes • 1984 — Lace — Francis — 2 episodes • 1985 — Tender Is the Night — American in bar — 1 episode • Behind Enemy Lines — Lt. Michael Turner — Television film • 1986 — data-sort-value="Last Days of Patton, The" | The Last Days of Patton — MP Philip • 1987 — Screen Two — Lt. Anson — Episode: "Going Home" • 1989 — data-sort-value="Shell Seekers, The" | The Shell Seekers — Young Richard — Television film • 1992 — Tropical Heat — Lyle — Episode: "Stranger in Paradise" • 1993 — Scales of Justice — Defense lawyer — Episode: "Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?" • data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room — Kevin — Episode: "My Sister's Keeper" • Street Legal — Mike Hogan — Episode: "Black and White in Color" • 1994 — To Save the Children — Duane Barton — Television film • 1995 — As Time Goes By — Young Lionel — Episode: "Improvements" • 1996 — Drop the Dead Donkey — James Sillett — Episode: "The Godless Society" • 1997 — data-sort-value="Vanishing Man, The" | The Vanishing Man — Kyle Jacob — Television film • Bodyguards — Robert Connor — Episode: "Know Thine Enemy" • 1998 — data-sort-value="Vanishing Man, The" | The Vanishing Man — Kim Richards — Episode: "Out on a Limb" • 1999 — Gimme Gimme Gimme — Terry Clinger — Episode: "I Do, I Do, I Do" • data-sort-value="Ambassador, The" | The Ambassador — Fr. Gardiner — Episode: "Unholy Alliance" • 2000 — Animated Epics: Moby Dick — Peter Coffin, Flask — Voices Television film • Sword of Honour — General Clayton — Television film • 2002 — Fields of Gold — Nick Venner • 2004 — Dunkirk — Cdr J Clouston RN — Television film documentary • 2005 — Coming Up — Major Winchester — Episode: "Viva Liberty!" • Egypt — Theodore Davis — TV Mini-series documentary Episode: "The Search for Tutankhamun" • Broken News — Robert Strang — Episode: "Hijack" • 2006 — data-sort-value="Eagle Falls, The" | The Eagle Falls — Col. Kyle — Television film • Surviving Disaster — Jim Kyle — Episode: "Iran Hostage Rescue" • Avenger — Stephen Edmonds — Television film • If... — Kim — Episode: "If... The Oil Runs Out" • Ultimate Force — Bob Schulman — Episode: "The Dividing Line" • 9/11: The Twin Towers — Harry Ramos • 2007 — Midsomer Murders — Alan Alexander — Episode: "The Animal Within" • 2008 — Inspector Lewis — Quentin Jackson — Episode: "And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea" • Bonekickers — Preston Lester — Episode: "Warriors" • Holby City — Steve Randall — Episode: "Hope, Faith and Charity" • 2009 — Moonshot — Psychologist — Television film • 2010–2021 — Thomas & Friends — Edward, Toby, Whiff, Bert (Season 16 onwards; US/UK), Bash, Rocky, Stephen Hatt, Farmer McColl, The Duke of Boxford, The Dock Manager, The Maithwaite Stationmaster (Double Trouble and Wonky Whistle only) and The Knapford Stationmaster (Season 17 onwards) — Main/Recurring Roles; US;UK • 2011 — Spooks / MI-5 — Jim Coaver — Season 10, six episodes • Episodes — Matt's Agent — 1 episode • 2012 — Upstairs Downstairs — Ambassador Kennedy — Episode: "The Love That Pays the Price" • 2013 — Agatha Christie's Marple / Marple — Lippincott — 1 episode ("Endless Night") • 2013–2014 — Rãmâi cu mine — Tony — 4 episodes • 2014 — data-sort-value="Searchers, The" | The Searchers — Amos Edwards — TV Mini-series 2 episodes • 2015 — Thunderbirds Are Go — Professor Callaway — Voice; 1 episode • data-sort-value="Syndicate, The" | The Syndicate — Scott Mitchell — 3 episodes • 2016 — data-sort-value="Syndicate, The" | The Syndicate — Scott Mitchell — 4 episodes • 2017 — Red Moon — Unknown episode • 2018–2019 — Deep State — Senator Hawes — 7 episodes • 2019 — Alien: Isolation — Marshal Waits — Voice and likeness

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

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Aliens Versus Predator — Xenomorphs (Aliens) and Yautja (Predators) — Voice • 2001 — C-12: Final Resistance — Cyborg 1 — Voice • Aliens vs. Predator 2 — Predators — Voice • 2004 — Vietcong: Fist Alpha — Voice • Headhunter: Redemption — MW3M — Voice • 2005 — Constantine — John Constantine — Voice • Evil Dead: Regeneration — Additional voices — Voice • X3: Reunion — Ion — Voice • Kameo: Elements of Power — Halis — Voice (as Bill Hope) • Ultimate Spider-Man — Ultimate Carnage Vocal-Effects — Voice, uncredited • 2006 — Hitman: Blood Money — Guard At Metal Detector — Voice, uncredited • 2008 — EN Pinball — Voice • 2010 — Aliens vs. Predator — Doctor H. G. Groves — Voice • 2012 — Driver: San Francisco — Voice • 2014 — Alien: Isolation — Marshal Waits — Voice and likeness • 2018 — 11-11: Memories Retold — Mr. Taylor • 2020 — Resident Evil 3 — Mikhail Victor, Dr. Nathaniel Bard — Voice and motion capture

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — Aliens — Narrator (all roles) — Novelisation • Alien Resurrection • 2017 — Alien: River of Pain — Lieutenant Scott Gorman — Audible audio play; uncredited