Hopper was cast in
As You Like It at the
Watford Palace Theatre and has appeared in various television programmes and films including
Saxon,
Casualty,
Kingdom and
Doctors. Hopper portrayed Marcus in the comedy-horror film,
Tormented about a bullied teenager who comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates. The film was released in May 2009. In 2010, he was in an episode of
Doctor Who. After
Merlin ended in 2012, he featured in
Good Cop in 2012. In 2013, Hopper starred in
Cold, directed and written by his
Merlin co-star
Eoin Macken. The film was later released in the United States as
Leopard. In 2014, Hopper starred as Asbjörn in
Northmen: A Viking Saga. Hopper became the first actor to join the
Starz series
Black Sails, in which he portrayed
Billy Bones. The pirate drama serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's
Treasure Island. Hopper deliberately chose to play Bones as a "selfless person, looking out for his crew", believing that the character would have changed dramatically in the time period between
Black Sails and
Treasure Island. The show was filmed on location in
South Africa. In 2016, Hopper appeared in the thriller
Kill Ratio and an episode of
Barbarians Rising. The following year, he joined the cast of the
HBO series
Game of Thrones in
season 7 as
Dickon Tarly, replacing
Freddie Stroma who had previously appeared in the role in
season 6. In 2018, Hopper appeared alongside
Amy Schumer in
I Feel Pretty. In 2019, Hopper appeared as
Luther Hargreeves in
The Umbrella Academy. For the role, Hopper wore a muscle suit to achieve the correct look and underwent martial arts training. Hopper appeared in the 2020 film
SAS: Red Notice. In March 2019, he joined the cast of ''
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'', which was released in 2021. Hopper starred in the
Netflix film
Love in the Villa which premiered 1 September 2022. In 2021, he starred as
Captain Albert Wesker, leader of S.T.A.R.S., and secondary antagonist of
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. An adaptation of the popular Resident Evil franchise's early stories, it included elements from the mansion incident, Raccoon Police Station attack, and bombing of Raccoon City from the first PlayStation games. He has expressed interest in returning to the role, stating in an interview about the film's reception, "I certainly hope to go back and play Albert Wesker again. It ended in a way where I was like 'Oh, I can get used to this guy.'" ==Personal life==