Tom Hopper Biography
Tom Hopper is a well-known English actor. He is well known for his roles in various films like Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, Percival in Merlin, Billy Bones in Black Sails, and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.
Tom Hopper Age
Hopper is 37 years old as of 2022, he was born on 28 January 1985, in Coalville, United Kingdom.
Tom Hopper Height
Hopper stands at a height of 6 feet 4 inches (1.96 m) tall.
Tom Hopper Education
Hopper schooled at Newbridge High School as well as Ashby School, where he foremost developed an interest in acting. Later on, he enrolled in a drama class and appeared in a production of the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. He studied acting at Rose Bruford College.
Tom Hopper Wife
Hopper is married to her lovely wife Laura Higgins who is an actress. The two got married in the year 2014 and together they are blessed with a son and daughter.
Tom Hopper Net Worth
Hopper has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Tom Hopper Game of Thrones
Hopper starred in Game of Thrones which was an American fantasy drama television series that was produced by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It was an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of imagination novels by George R. R. Martin, the first of which was Game of Thrones. The performance was shot in the United Kingdom, Morocco Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Canada, and Spain.
It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons. Positioned on the fictional mainland of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has a large ensemble cast and follows several narrative arcs throughout the course of the show.
The first main arc interests the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. A second focuses on the last descendant of the realm’s deposed ruling dynasty, who has been exiled to Essos and is plotting to return and reclaim the throne. The third pursues the Night’s Watch, a military order protecting the kingdom against threats from beyond Westeros’s northern border.
Tom Hopper Merlin
Hopper is a British actor who was portraying the character of Sir Percival in the BBC series Merlin. His first appearance was in the final episode of Series 3 when his character arrived with Lancelot just in time to save Arthur and Merlin. He was later knighted by Arthur before continuing to fight alongside him in the re-taking of Camelot. Percival returned in Series 4, now one of Arthur’s most counted knights, and again in Series 5, as one of the Knights of the Round Table.
His other notable roles include playing Jeff in the Doctor Who episode The Eleventh Hour, which introduced the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith. This makes him one of the many Merlin actors to have appeared in Doctor Who. He also portrays Luther in the Umbrella Academy.
Tom Hopper Umbrella Academy
Hopper was featured in the Umbrella Academy which was an American superhero streaming television series founded on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. Created for Netflix by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater, it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse. The series is produced by Borderline Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Cable Productions.
The cast features Elliot Page,[a] Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, and Kate Walsh. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures in 2011. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. The series is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario.
The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. In April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release, thus becoming one of the most-streamed series. That same month following the first season’s success, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020. Both seasons acquired positive reviews from critics. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, set to be released on June 22, 2022.