Tom Hopper’s credits jump from fantasy drama to pirate adventure to military thriller, which makes him hard to file under one genre. Hopper was born on 28 January 1985 in Coalville, Leicestershire, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record), and this page separates his confirmed credits from claims that still lack solid sourcing.
Full name: Thomas Edward Hopper · Born: 28 January 1985, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) · Nationality: British · Known roles: Sir Percival (Merlin), Billy Bones (Black Sails), Dickon Tarly (Game of Thrones) · Current role: Raife Hastings in The Terminal List
Quick snapshot
- English actor born 28 January 1985 in Coalville, Leicestershire, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Sir Percival in BBC’s Merlin, 2010–2012, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Billy Bones in Starz’s Black Sails, 2014–2017, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, season 7 (2017), per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Black Sails episode counts range from 34 to 38 across listings (TVmaze (episode-level credits database))
- No verified child count appears in the sources reviewed, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) (TVmaze (episode-level credits database))
- Dark Wolf episode totals differ, with 7 in some databases and 15 in TMDB (TMDB (film and TV database))
- Casualty debut as Hugh ‘Chewy’ Mullen in 2007, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) (Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice))
- The Umbrella Academy run as Luther Hargreeves, 2019–2024, across 36 episodes, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) (Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice))
- Raife Hastings in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, 2025 (Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice))
- Hopper was set to reprise Raife Hastings in True Believer, per the series announcement, according to the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice) (TVLine (entertainment trade reporting))
- Season 2 of The Terminal List reportedly returns with all eight episodes on Prime Video (TVLine (entertainment trade reporting))
- Season 2 release dates differ across listings, per AlloCiné (French film database)
Eight fixed facts, one pattern: Hopper’s strongest credits come from long-running series on major networks, with Game of Thrones as the single-season exception.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Edward Hopper, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) |
| Born | , Coalville, Leicestershire, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) |
| Nationality | British (Numéro Netherlands (magazine interview)) |
| Training | Credited as a student of Rose Bruford College (IMDb (film and TV credits database)) |
| Casualty debut | Hugh ‘Chewy’ Mullen, episode ‘Stitch’, 2007, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) |
| Feature debut | Tormented (2009), as Marcus, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) |
| Known roles | Sir Percival (Merlin); Billy Bones (Black Sails); Dickon Tarly (Game of Thrones), per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record) |
| Current role | Raife Hastings, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, per Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice) |
Who did Tom Hopper play in Black Sails?
Hopper played William ‘Billy’ Bones Manderly as a main role in Starz’s Black Sails from 2014 to 2017, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record). The series is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and was filmed on location in South Africa.
Hopper’s wider credits include Barbarians Rising (2016), where he played Arminius, a Roman soldier, across two episodes, per IMDb (film and TV credits database).
Billy Bones in Black Sails
- Role: William ‘Billy’ Bones Manderly, a main role, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Run: 2014–2017 on Starz, per TVLine (entertainment trade reporting)
- Entry point: Hopper became the first actor to join Black Sails, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Episode count: listings range from 34 to 38 episodes, per TVmaze (episode-level credits database)
Hopper’s own reading of the part is on record. He said he played Billy as a ‘selfless person, looking out for his crew’, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record).
Sir Percival in Merlin
- Role: Sir Percival in BBC’s Merlin, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Run: 2010–2012, recurring from series 4–5 after a guest role in series 3, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Film link: Merlin co-star Eoin Macken wrote and directed Cold (2013), released in the US as Leopard, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
The implication: Hopper’s Black Sails and Merlin parts were multi-season jobs, so anyone scanning his CV sees sustained screen time rather than a cameo.
Is Tom Hopper in Game of Thrones?
Yes. Hopper played Dickon Tarly in HBO’s Game of Thrones in season 7 (2017), appearing in four episodes, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record). He took over the role from Freddie Stroma, who played it in season 6, per TVLine (entertainment trade reporting).
Game of Thrones is a separate HBO series from Black Sails, so the two credits sit on different networks and in different stories.
Hopper’s Game of Thrones credit is short, so it is a weak anchor for judging his range. The multi-season runs in Merlin, Black Sails and The Terminal List carry far more of his track record, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record).
Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones
- Season: season 7, 2017, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Episodes: four, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Predecessor: Freddie Stroma, season 6, per TVLine (entertainment trade reporting)
- Awards claim: TV Insider says Hopper was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2018 for the role, a single low-confidence source (TV Insider (TV news and awards coverage))
The catch: a four-episode run in one season is a small slice of a long series, so anyone who remembers Hopper from this role is remembering a supporting part.
What is Tom Hopper doing now?
Hopper plays Raife Hastings, a Navy SEAL character from Jack Carr’s novels, in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (2025), a prequel series on Prime Video, according to the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice). The series is set five years before the events of The Terminal List.
Numéro Netherlands (magazine interview) describes his career as spanning British and American productions across television, streaming and film.
Raife Hastings in The Terminal List
- Role: Raife Hastings, a series regular, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
- Co-stars: Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
- Casting history: Jack Carr describes the Hopper casting question as the most frequently asked one, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
- Alias: Hopper’s Umbrella Academy character Luther Hargreeves is also called Number One or Spaceboy, per TVLine (entertainment trade reporting)
Return for True Believer
- Status: Hopper was set to reprise Raife Hastings for True Believer, according to the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
- Verification: the sources reviewed do not confirm whether he appeared as announced
- Season 2 timing: release dates reportedly differ across listings, with AlloCiné (French film database) giving inconsistent timing
What this means: Hopper’s current work sits inside a franchise that is still expanding, so the next confirmed date will carry more weight than the announcements on file.
How many kids does Tom Hopper have?
The sources reviewed do not confirm a child count, so no number is given here. Any figure circulating elsewhere should be treated as unverified.
A single 2025 feature article reports that Hopper has a spouse, and no second source in the review corroborates that account.
Who is Tom Hopper’s wife?
- Source base: one 2025 feature article, with no second corroborating source found
- Marriage date: the feature gives 2014, which remains unconfirmed
- Spouse name: withheld until a second source confirms it
The trade-off: a personal-life answer built on one feature is thin, so readers should look for a primary interview before repeating the claim.
What is Tom Hopper’s physique like?
Physique talk around Hopper comes mostly from fan commentary on his characters’ builds, not from any production statement in the sources reviewed. A forum thread on the character’s build is the main source of that opinion, and it appears here only as labeled reader commentary.
Fan debate about Hopper’s build is loud, but no sourced production statement answers the muscle-suit question. Treat physique as opinion, not as a documented fact.
Did Tom Hopper wear a muscle suit?
- Production record: no confirmed muscle-suit claim appears in the sources reviewed
- Fan view: forum commentary discusses the character’s build, labeled as opinion
- Status: the question stays open
The pattern: physique questions get answered by fans, while the production record offers no way to confirm a costume or body choice.
Confirmed facts and open questions
Five points are confirmed across the sources, and more are still open, so the open list is the longer one.
Confirmed
- Hopper was born 28 January 1985, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Sir Percival in Merlin, 2010–2012, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Billy Bones in Black Sails, 2014–2017, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, season 7, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Raife Hastings in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
Still open
- Spouse and children: no verified figures in the sources reviewed, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
- Height: no figure in the sources reviewed
- Net worth: no figure in the sources reviewed
- Ethnicity and accent: no sourced statement in the sources reviewed
- Black Sails episode count: 34 to 38 across listings, per TVmaze (episode-level credits database)
- Dark Wolf episode count: reportedly 7 or 15, depending on the database, per TMDB (film and TV database)
- Feature count: aggregator summaries put the total at roughly 13 to 14 films (publicwatch.uk (film aggregator summary))
- Name confusion: Tom Hooper, the director, is a different person, and this article covers only Hopper
Why this matters: the confirmed list is short, which means any bio that answers family or physique questions with confidence is going past the record.
What the people involved say
“A selfless person, looking out for his crew.”
Tom Hopper, on playing Billy Bones, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record)
“Thank you for the keys to Raife Hastings Defender 110.”
Tom Hopper, in a post on the author’s site, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
“Jack Carr is probably the most disciplined writer I know, incredibly prolific.”
Eddie (David) DiGilio, Terminal List producer, per the Jack Carr official site (author’s casting notice)
What this means: the quotes show how Hopper talks about craft and how the series’ producers talk about the author, not anything about his personal life.
Where the record stands
Hopper’s record runs from a fantasy series to a pirate drama to a military thriller, and the confirmed credits carry most of the weight. Family, height, net worth and physique remain open because no primary source in the review resolves them. Viewers following Hopper’s Raife Hastings work should check Prime Video’s own listings before planning around season 2 dates, because the sources reviewed disagree on them.
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Frequently asked questions
How tall is Tom Hopper?
No height figure appears in the sources reviewed, so this article does not give one.
How much is Tom Hopper worth?
No net worth figure appears in the sources reviewed. Any published estimate should be checked against a named financial source before use.
What ethnicity is Tom Hopper?
The sources reviewed contain no sourced statement on his ethnicity, so this article makes no claim.
What accent does Tom Hopper have?
No sourced statement on his accent appears in the sources reviewed, so none is given here.
Which role did Tom Hopper play in Merlin?
Hopper played Sir Percival in BBC’s Merlin, in a run from 2010 to 2012, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record).
Did Tom Hopper appear in The Umbrella Academy?
Yes. He played Luther Hargreeves across 36 episodes from 2019 to 2024, per Wikipedia (encyclopedic career record), a character also known as Number One or Spaceboy, per TVLine (entertainment trade reporting).
George Harry Howard Bennett is a staff writer for Public Journal UK, specializing in UK news, policy analysis, and public affairs coverage. He works under Editor-in-Chief Margaret Ellison, maintaining high standards of sourcing, verification, and fact-checking. Bennett reports on Westminster, government policy, and societal issues, providing balanced and accurate journalism with timely insight.