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

Early life[]

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 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[]

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, NCIS, 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]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Walkentalk Chris Short film
2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Lanky Man
Aimée Price Kevin Short film
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Alan
2006 The Net 2.0 James Haven Video
2007 Shadowbox Michael - Alpha Man Short film
2008 I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face Russell the AD Short film
Distrust Marty Short film
Hit Factor Chase Lucas TV Movie
How My Dad Killed Dracula Dracula Short film
2009 The Barbecue Rich Video
2010 Skyline Ray
3B David Short film
2011 Losing Control Scott Foote
Oblivion Ethan Short film
2013 Detour Jackson
The Key Neil Short film
Time Capsule Zion Short film
2019 Portals Adam / Mirror Adam Segment: "The Other Side"

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Birds of Prey Specialist Episode: "Nature of the Beast"
2003 Crossing Jordan Lester Corrigan Episode: "Sunset Division"
Dragnet Unknown Episode: "The Magic Bullet"
2004 Charmed Sarpedon Episode: "Someone to Witch Over Me"
NCIS Jeremy Davison Episode: "Forced Entry"
2004–2010 Lost Liam Pace 6 episodes
2005 Point Pleasant Preston Hodges Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Donny Drummer Episode: "4x4"
2006 Big Love Ken Byington 2 episodes
The 4400 Nick Crowley Episode: "The Ballad of Kevin and Tess"
Ghost Whisperer Brandon Roth Episode: "The Curse of the Ninth"
2007 Dirty Sexy Money Norman Exley Episode: "The Lions"
Shark Garrett Blake Episode: "Eye of the Beholder"
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mr. Harris Episode: "Queen's Gambit"
Women's Murder Club Andy McCarthy Episode: "Father's Day"
The Cleaner Teddy Souplos Episode: "Chaos Theory"
Criminal Minds Angel Maker Episode: "The Angel Maker"
CSI: NY Yert Yallawac Episode: "The Triangle"
2009 My Name Is Earl Zeke Episode: "Randy's List Item"
Merrime.com Patrick Unknown
Crash Kieran 2 episodes
Nip/Tuck Brendan McNamara Episode: "Benny Nilsson"
2010 Castle Ted Carter Episode: "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind"
2011 CSI: Miami Steve Raymer Episode: "Hunting Ground"
Starf*ckers Jack Denning Unknown
True Blood Claude Crane Episode: "She's Not There"
Femme Fatales Charles Solomon Episode: "Angel & Demons"
2012 Bones Kevin Silver Episode: "The Don't in the Do"
Grimm Ian Harmon Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
Leverage James Kanack Episode: "The First Contact Job"
Date-A-Max Joey V. Episode: "Joey V."
The Mentalist Isaac Goodwin Episode: "Cherry Picked"
2013 Necessary Roughness Jimmy 2 episodes
Witches of East End Doug 2 episodes
2014 Matador Noah Peacott 13 episodes
2015 The Good Wife Vince Dalton Episode: "Undisclosed Recipients"
2015–2016 Code Black Gary 2 episodes
2016 CSI: Cyber Jared Atchley Episode: "5 Deadly Sins"
D-Sides Neil 5 episodes
2018 For the People Carl Wayne Clarke Episode: "Rahowa"
20202022 Stargirl Lawrence "Crusher" Crock / Sportsmaster 16 episodes

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