Paul Hopkins (actor)
Paul Hopkins | |
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| Born | July 12, 1968 |
Paul Hopkins (born July 12, 1968) is a Canadian television, film and theatre actor. He is also a theatre producer and director.
As an actor he is best known for his portrayal of Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the TV miniseries More Tales of the City (1998) and its follow-up Further Tales of the City (2001). These miniseries were sequels to Tales of the City (1994), which starred Marcus D'Amico in the role of Mouse. Paul is also known for his portrayal of Karl in the Canadian TV series Vampire High (2001–2002) and Jim Bouchard on 19-2.
Between 2004-2005, Hopkins spent two seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, where he was a member of The Birmingham Conservatory of Classical Theatre Training.
In 2007, he became the Artistic Director and Producer of Repercussion Theatre, Montreal's touring Shakespeare-in-the-Park company, a position he held until 2015. During his tenure he oversaw over 200 presentations seen by over 70,000 people throughout Greater Montreal and the Province of Quebec. These presentations included 7 Shakespeare-in-the-Park tours, two co-productions with The Montreal Baroque Festival (Macbeth in Hell: A Cabaret! and Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen), Shakespeare Unplugged, and, in collaboration with Centaur Theatre's Wildside Festival, Repercussion Theatre presented Raoul Bhaneja's Hamlet Solo and Teaching Hamlet by Keir Cutler.
While at Repercussion Theatre, Hopkins conceived innovative ways to create strong community ties and loyal audiences. Since 2010, approximately 100 local youth were featured in cameo roles in the summer productions and children's workshops were added, resulting in pre-show vignettes performed by the young participants that were introduced to Shakespeare and live theatre in a fun, interactive way. Repercussion Theatre also became a research partner in a 5-year project called Early Modern Conversions, Religions, Cultures, Cognitive Ecologies led by McGill University’s Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (IPLAI).
In 2013, Hopkins' efforts were recognized when he was named one of three finalist for the Christopher Plummer Award of Excellence in Classical Theatre[1] by the Shakespeare Globe Centre of Canada.
Filmography
| Title | Date | Episode | Character |
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| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | 1994 | The Tale of Long Ago Locket (1994) | Lt. William |
| Highlander III: The Sorcerer | 1994 | Tommy | |
| War at Sea: The Black Pit | 1995 | Ken Lunny | |
| Snowboard Academy | 1996 | Paul Barry | |
| For Love Alone: the Ivana Trump Story | 1996 | ||
| A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 1996 | Sir Galahad | |
| Captive (TV movie) | 1998 | Paul Summers | |
| The Hunger (TV series) | 1998-2000 | Hidebound (1998) - I'm Very Dangerous Tonight (2000) | Colin King / Henry Seecam |
| More Tales of the City | 1998 | Michael "Mouse" Tolliver | |
| Who Gets the House? | 1999 | Hoss' Son | |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (TV movie) | 1999 | Knickerbocker | |
| The Great Gatsby (2000 film) | 2000 | Police Detective | |
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | 2000 | The Tale of the Last Dance | Lurker |
| Nuremberg (2000 film) | 2000 | Capt. Kiley | |
| The Island of the Dead (2002 film) | 2000 | Rodger Mackloe | |
| The Art of War | 2000 | Ray, FBI Agent | |
| Big Wolf on Campus | 1999-2001 | Stormy Weather (2001) ; The Wolf is Out There (1999) | Chris Cutler / Stormfront |
| Vampire High | 2001–2002 | Karl Todman | |
| Further Tales of the City | 2001 | Michael "Mouse" Tolliver | |
| Aftermath (2002 film) | 2002 | Agent Burton | |
| Bliss (TV series) | 2002 | In Praise of Drunkenness and Fornication | John |
| Tracker (TV series) | 2002 | Remember When ; Back into the Breach ; Breach | Ramel / Wes Furley / Kres |
| Mambo Italiano (film) | 2003 | Hunky Pilot | |
| Alien Tracker (video) | 2003 | ||
| My First Wedding (2006 film) | 2006 | Andre | |
| The Covenant (film) | 2006 | Fireman | |
| Thrill of the Kill | 2006 | Hank | |
| Still Life | 2007 | Henry Lemon | |
| Stephen King's Dead Zone | 2007 | Outcome | Andrew |
| The Perfect Assistant | 2008 | John Price | |
| The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall | 2008 | McGuire - Dave | |
| Die (2010 film) | 2010 | Cop #1 | |
| Being Human (North American TV series) | 2011 | Some Thing to Watch Over Me | Officer Garrity' |
| Jack of Diamonds (TV movie) | 2011 | Vance Vartan | |
| Nanny's revenge | 2012 | Mark Wright | |
| Assassin's Creed III | 2012 | Benedict Arnold (voice) | |
| Shockwave | 2013 | Paul | |
| Red 2 | 2013 | Funeral Director | |
| Charming Christmas | 2015 | Daniel Botchwick | |
| 19-2 | 2015-2016 | Recurring Role | Jim Bouchard |
References
- ^ "Christopher Plummer to give $20,000 prize to Canadian theatre artist". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
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