Neil Edward Hopkins (born May 13, 1977) is an American television and film actor. He is a trained actor and singer, best known for his portrayal of Charlie's heroin-addicted brother Liam on Lost.

Neil Hopkins
Born
Neil Edward Hopkins

(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977 (age 47)
EducationCollege of the Holy Cross (BA)
American Conservatory Theater (MFA)
Years active2002–present
Spouse
(m. 2007)

Early life and education

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Hopkins was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Later, he and his family moved to Aurora, Colorado, where he graduated from Regis Jesuit High School in 1995. He then attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1996 to 1999. He is a graduate of the American Conservatory Theater's MFA program.[1]

Career

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Hopkins has portrayed characters in several television shows including a "Specialist" in Birds of Prey, "Lester" in Crossing Jordan, and has had appearances in Dragnet, Charmed, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, My Name Is Earl, Point Pleasant and Ghost Whisperer. Hopkins has also starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as "Donny Drummer" and had a recurring role on Lost as Charlie's older brother and former heroin addict Liam Pace. He also made appearances in two episodes of Big Love as "Ken Byington" and in an episode of The 4400 as "Nick Crowley". Hopkins plays musicians in several series, appearing as a rock star in The 4400 and Lost, and as a promising musician on Ghost Whisperer.

As well as his television appearances, Hopkins has also had roles in feature films, such as main character Chris in Philip Zlotorynski's Walkentalk, and a guest role in My Big Fat Independent Movie, as the "Lanky Man". In both films, Hopkins did an impersonation of Christopher Walken, a skill he is known for.

Hopkins has also appeared in Aimée Price as "Kevin" and in the 2005 remake of the silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as "Alan". He also starred in the film Because I Said So as "Rafferty", which was released in 2007.[2]

He co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in the pilot Hit Factor, which took the Best Drama award at the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) in New York City. Hopkins also starred in the Brothers Strause science fiction thriller Skyline.[3]

In 2020, Hopkins was cast in a recurring role on DC Universe's Stargirl as supervillain Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock, also known as Sportsmaster during the shows first and second season (where it moved to The CW).[4] In 2021, Hopkins was upped to a series regular for the third and final season.[5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Lanky Man
2005 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Alan
2010 Skyline Ray
2011 Losing Control Scott Foote
2013 Detour Jackson Also co-producer
2019 Portals Adam / Mirror Adam Segment "The Other Side"

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Birds of Prey Specialist Guest role
2003 Crossing Jordan Lester Corrigan Guest role
Dragnet Bella Dawson Guest role
2004 Charmed Sarpedon Guest role
NCIS Jeremy Davison Guest role
2004-2010 Lost Liam Pace Recurring; 6 episodes
2005 Point Pleasant Preston Hodges Guest role
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Donny Drummer Guest role
2006 Big Love Ken Byington 2 episodes
The 4400 Nick Crowley Guest role
Ghost Whisperer Brandon Roth Guest role
2007 Dirty Sexy Money Norman Exley Guest role
Shark Garrett Blake Guest role
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mr. Harris Guest role
Women's Murder Club Andy McCarthy Guest role
Hit Factor Chase Lucas TV Movie; executive produce and writer
The Cleaner Teddy Souplos Guest role
Criminal Minds Angel Maker Guest role
CSI: NY Yert Yallawac Guest role
2009 My Name is Earl Zeke Guest role
Crash Kieran 2 episodes
Nip/Tuck Brendan McNamara Guest role
2010 Castle Ted Carter Guest role
CSI: Miami Steve Raymer Guest role
2011 True Blood Claude Crane Guest role
Femme Fatales Charles Soloman Guest role
2012 Bones Kevin Silver Guest role
Grimm Ian Harmon Guest role
Leverage James Kanack Guest role
The Mentalist Isaac Goodwin Guest role
2013 Necessary Roughness Jimmy Guest role
Witches of East End Doug 2 episodes
2014 Matador Noah Peacott Main role; 13 episodes
2015 The Good Wife Vince Dalton Guest role
2015-2016 Code Black Gary 2 episodes
2016 CSI: Cyber Jared Atchley Guest role
2018 For the People Carl Wayne Clarke Guest role
2020-2022 Stargirl Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock /Sportsmaster Recurring (Season 1-2)

Main role (Season 3) 16 episodes

2024 The Rookie Eric Ramsey Guest role

References

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  1. ^ IMDB.com Biography - Neil Hopkins
  2. ^ IMDB.com Movies - Because I Said So
  3. ^ First Look Behind-the-Scenes of 'Skyline'!
  4. ^ Boucher, Geoff (2018-12-20). "'Stargirl' Casting: Meet Three Members Of Injustice Society". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  5. ^ Rosario, Alexandra Del (2021-08-27). "'DC's Stargirl': Neil Hopkins & Joy Osmanski Promoted To Series Regulars For Season 3". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  6. ^ "Neil Hopkins". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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