Career
Most of Hope"s stage work has been leading roles in a wide variety of regional, touring and West End theatres in England. Early on, he turned down a major role in Kubrick"s Full Metal Jacket for a lead role in James Cameron"s Aliens (1986) as Lieutenant Gorman, for which he began to receive recognition.
Soon after he appeared as Kyle MacRae in the horror film Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (1988), the sequel to Clive Barker"s Hellraiser (1987).
After Hellbound, Hope went on to a number of theatrical films while working a lot on stage and in radio drama. Seen in parts 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). Recently seen on television as Harry Ramos in the award winning television 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 Junior. in Sherlock Holmes (2009), and The Whistleblower (2010) with Rachel Weisz and Legacy with Idris Elba.
His most recent television work included 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 British Broadcasting Corporation"s final series of "Spooks" (2002) and alongside Johnny Depp in Tim Burton"s Dark Shadows (2012). Since 2009, he has been heard as many of the voices of the Thomas & Friends children"s television and Digital Video Disc 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 British Broadcasting Corporation Radio and is part of the British Broadcasting Corporation "Broken News" cast.
He appeared in a book tour with Tim Parfitt, his brother-in-law. Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007) - Charles Wilbour
Superior Firepower: The Making of "Aliens (2003) (V) - Himself
McLibel (1998) - Guardian Newspaper Representative
Hitman: Blood Money (2006) (VG) (voice) - Guard At Metal Detector (uncredited)
Kameo: Elements of Power (2005) (VG) (voice) - Halis (as Bill Hope)
Ultimate Spider-Manitoba (2005) (VG) (voice) - Ultimate Carnage Vocal-Effects (uncredited)
Aliens vs Predator (2010) (VG) (voice) - Doctor Groves/Predator/Alien
Driver: San Francisco (2012) (VG) (voice) -
Alien Isolation (2014) (VG) (voice) - Marshal Waits.