Raymond Bruce Hopkins[1] (born 25 November 1955) is a New Zealand actor, most famous for his portrayal of Gamling in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy by Peter Jackson and for playing the voice of evil alien Choobo on Power Rangers Ninja Storm. He also founded ActionActors, an actor-specific temporary employment agency, with Bruce Hurst.[2]
Hopkins was born in Invercargill, the son of Colleen Marguerite and Bill Hopkins, a crayfisherman.[1] He was a crayfisherman and a PE teacher before dedicating himself to the performing arts. He has worked as a professional dancer, theater company actor, television and film actor, voice actor, and radio host.[2]
bruce, hopkins, actor, raymond, bruce, hopkins, born, november, 1955, zealand, actor, most, famous, portrayal, gamling, lord, rings, film, trilogy, peter, jackson, playing, voice, evil, alien, choobo, power, rangers, ninja, storm, also, founded, actionactors, . Raymond Bruce Hopkins 1 born 25 November 1955 is a New Zealand actor most famous for his portrayal of Gamling in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy by Peter Jackson and for playing the voice of evil alien Choobo on Power Rangers Ninja Storm He also founded ActionActors an actor specific temporary employment agency with Bruce Hurst 2 Bruce HopkinsBornRaymond Bruce Hopkins 1955 11 25 25 November 1955 age 67 Invercargill New ZealandOccupationActorYears active1987 presentHopkins was born in Invercargill the son of Colleen Marguerite and Bill Hopkins a crayfisherman 1 He was a crayfisherman and a PE teacher before dedicating himself to the performing arts He has worked as a professional dancer theater company actor television and film actor voice actor and radio host 2 Contents 1 Filmography 1 1 Film 1 2 Television 2 References 3 External linksFilmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1990 Linda s Body Colin Short1993 Desperate Remedies Chorus 81996 The Beach David Short1996 Warm Gun Bruce1997 The Bar Short1998 Flying Chris Short1999 I ll Make You Happy Jock2000 Savage Honeymoon Rhys2000 Jubilee Larry2000 Her Iliad Drug Dealer 12002 This Is Not a Love Story TV Writer2002 The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Gamling2003 The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King2004 1nite Bruce2004 Point Annihilation Claw Short2005 Rest Stop Carl Short2007 You Move You Die Officer Smuggler Video2008 Dean Spanley Shepherd2009 Under the Mountain Richard Matheson2012 Outback Revenge Det Raynor AKA Sleeper2012 Rotting Hill Farmer Short2012 Strongman The Tragedy Dick Thomas Documentary2014 3 Mile Limit McGrath2014 Housebound Officer Carson2015 Broke Man Short2016 Each to Their Own Pastor Chris Short2017 Into the Rainbow Major2018 Sail Away Short20 Ara David Strand Pre productionTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1990 1992 The New Adventures of Black Beauty Farmer Episodes Breaking In Hope The Convicts 1995 High Tide Barney Crenshaw Episode The Runaways 1995 1997 1999 Hercules The Legendary Journeys Various Guest seasons 2 4 5 1995 1996 1999 2000 Xena Warrior Princess Various Guest seasons 1 2 4 5 1998 Young Hercules Theseus Episode Amazon Grace 1999 Greenstone Brig Officer TV film1999 This Is It Various TV film1999 Lawless Andy Deakin TV film2000 Cleopatra 2525 Jake Lawson Episode Last Stand 2000 Jack of All Trades Captain Standish Episode Shark Bait 2001 Lawless Beyond Justice Andy Deakin TV film2001 Lawless Dead Evidence Andy Deakin TV film2001 Mercy Peak Colin Mitford Episode Lazy Sunday Afternoon 2002 Being Eve Mr Crabshaw Episode Being Individual 2002 The Vector File Doug TV film2002 Blood Crime Hostage Gunman TV film2002 Shortland Street Marcus Bowman Regular role2002 Murder in Greenwich Lancaster TV film2003 Power Rangers Ninja Storm Choobo voice Main role2004 Ike Countdown to D Day U S Colonel at Savoy TV film2004 Power Rangers Dino Thunder Ruby Dragon voice Episode House of Cards 2005 Power Rangers S P D Ringbah Praxis voice Episodes Confronted Walls 2006 Power Rangers Mystic Force Clawbster voice Episode Rock Solid 2008 Power Rangers Jungle Fury Gakko voice Episodes A Taste of Poison Can t Win Them All Pizza Slice of Life 2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Mr Cooper Episode Brown s Bush Part 2 2015 The Monster of Mangatiti Sergeant TV documentary2015 K Rd Stories Homeless Guy Episode Broke 2016 Hillary Auckland Grammar School Teacher Episode Standing Tall 2015 2017 Find Me a Maori Bride Maurice Partridge Episodes 1 8 God s Game Respect Weddings 20 Ork Land TV film completedReferences Edit a b Bruce Hopkins Biography 1955 a b NZ On Screen Bruce Hopkins NZ On Screen nzonscreen com Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 Retrieved 15 May 2021 External links EditShort Bio ABC Radio National interview 2018 Bruce Hopkins at IMDb This article about a New Zealand actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruce Hopkins actor amp oldid 1133072261, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
