caption children years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
hopper at the 2013 mcmcomiccon 1 2007 -- present coalville , leicestershire , england tom hopper 28 january 1985 laura higgins 8 june 2014 tom hopper 2013.jpg tom hopper
 thomas edward hopper actor
tom hopper

thomas edward `` tom '' hopper -lrb- born 28 january 1985 -rrb- is an english actor who has appeared in several television programmes and films including `` merlin '' , `` doctor who '' , `` casualty '' and `` tormented '' .
he is best known for playing sir percival in the bbc series `` merlin '' .
his current screen role is in the neil marshall drama series `` black sails '' .
set twenty years prior to robert louis stevenson 's classic `` treasure island '' , tom plays the role of billy bones .
