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BruceHopkins

  • Actor
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Bruce Hopkins did time as a crayfisherman and eight years as a professional dancer, before switching to acting in the mid 1980s. Despite having appeared in literally dozens of movies and TV shows since, he is probably best known for a single role: that of Gamling, loyal fighter for King Theoden in the second and third Lord of the Rings films. In 2011 Hopkins set up agency Action Actors with Anthony Hurst, a temping company for actors between acting gigs. 

Screenography

Class Act
2019 Subject Series
2019 - 2026 As: Tony Danovich Series
Sail Away
2018 Actor Short film
2017 As: Thomas Richards (episode 4) Television
2016 As: Auckland Grammar teacher Television

Awards

2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards
Best Supporting Actor - International: for Rotting Hill

2004 Paris Film Festival
Best Actor: for Henchman

“My role grew from what was to be one week to about 50 days throughout nine months in 1999. I then did two or three days in 2001 and 2002 for pick-ups on Two Towers and Return of The King.”

Bruce Hopkins, on his role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy