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John Hopkins

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50 Years Old

John Hopkins was born in Luton and majored in English at the University of Leeds from 1993 to 1996. As an undergrad, he joined the university's drama group and appeared in several plays, ultimately winning the "Sunday Times" student-actor award for his performance in "A Short Play About Sex and Death." With his thespian credentials thus bolstered, John was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which he graduated in 2000. Almost immediately, he was recruited by the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, with which he performed his first repertory season, from 2001 to 2002. Around this time, his looks encouraged television offers and, after minor roles in "Love in a Cold Climate" and "Trial and Retribution 7," he was offered and accepted the role for which he is best known to non-theater goers, as Sergeant Scott in the increasingly labored but popular British whodunit television series Midsomer Murders (1997). Give him his due: he left the show after the 2004-2005 season and was back with the Royal Shakespeare Company for its 2006-2007 season in both London and Stratford-upon-Avon, playing Caesar opposite Patrick Stewart in 'Antony and Cleopatra'. More recently his stage roles have included Richard Hannay in Patrick Barlow's comedic four handed version of 'The 39 Steps', Richard I in the new play 'Holy Warriors' at Shakespeare's Globe, and Benedick in 'Much Ado About Nothing', a performance which The Guardian said "confirms Hopkins as one of our best Shakespearean actors". Back on television he was a villain in 'Stan Lee's Lucky Man', and played Sir Francis Basset for two series of the BBC drama 'Poldark'. In a 2020 article in The Times (London), he was named one of '10 of the best British actors on stage now'.

Born

Luton, England, UK on 1st January 1975

All Credits

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Midsomer Murders
Sgt Daniel Scott
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Family Affairs
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Father Brown
Sherman Quinn
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Tom
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Masters of the Air
Dr. 'Smokey' Stover
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Endeavour
Dr. Dean Powell
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Merlin
Sir Oswald
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Poldark
Sir Francis Basset
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The Bill
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Paris Has Fallen
Richard
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Spooks
Anton
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Hilda
Erik Ahlberg (voice)
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Agatha Raisin
Tom 'Bunchie' Richards
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A Very Royal Scandal
Jeffrey Epstein
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Alice in Wonderland
Lowell
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Robin Hood
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Dancing on the Edge
Prince George
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Jesus: His Life
Pedro
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Hilda and the Mountain King
Erik Ahlberg (voice)
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The Child in Time
Home Secretary
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The Pool
Frank
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Absent Now the Dead
Odysseus (voice)
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National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
General Jack D. Ripper
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint
Binks
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Experiment
Morgan
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A Christmas Carol
Scrooge
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Smile School
Lloyd