William Hope (actor)
William Hope (born March 2, 1955) is a Canadian actor. 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 Lt. Gorman, for which he began to receive recognition. Soon after he appeared as Kyle MacRae in the horror film "" (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 TV as 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. 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 BBC's final series of "Spooks" (2002) and alongside Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" (2012). From 2009 to 2021, he has been heard providing 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.