Steve Hope Wynne is an English Actor of Scot-Irish genes in Television comedy and drama, Feature Film, Theatre, Radio and is a Voice Talent for Games and Animation. Steve is vocalist songwriter and producer of avant-garde rock band SkyQuaker whose recordings feature Mike Garson
Mike Garson, David Bowie's career pianist
David Bowie. Steve is known for his game-roles as Richard Croft, father to Lara Croft in
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) starring
Camilla Luddington and
Earl Baylon, and
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring
Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Deep Roy,
Christopher Lee,
James Fox,
Missi Pyle and
Freddie Highmore,
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002),
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) plus
Shongram (2014) starring
Anupam Kher and
Asia Argento and other Game/Movie titles. Steve's character range of voices have been applied in major Studio Games & Movies for Directors such as
Tim Burton in
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) for Warner Bros. Steve has also been a voice impressionist in stand-up and comedy writing with Alex Lowe
Alex Lowe and
Lewis Macleod in 'Barry from Watford' and is co-creator of numerous award-winning radio comedy shows including 'Damn the Torpedoes' for BFBS.
Steve served with British Army, Royal Corps of Signals as Communications Specialist Detachment Commander. after serving with Royal Navy Reserve. As a musician he played French horn in the Middlesex Yeomanry Band and is frontman / composer-founder of the avant-garde rock band SkyQuaker with co-writer / movie composer and producer George McFarlane
George McFarlane of The Quick with multiple US top ten hit records.
Training: Steve earned a working-scholarship to ALRA Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, London in its initial year.
After graduating from ALRA London UK in 1986, Steve Hope-Wynne moved from London to Vienna and parts of Europe where his career began at Vienna's International Theatre playing roles by great American playwrights including
John Steinbeck 'Of Mice and Men'. In
Vienna he played The Times Columnist in
Marvin J. Chomsky Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) starring
Amy Irving,
Edward Fox,
Omar Sharif,
Christian Bale and
Claire Bloom. Steve returned to London in 1987 to work on a police TV series
The Bill (1984) later
Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) for
Andy Hamilton and
Guy Jenkin, then
Holby City (1999). multiple roles in successive Shakespeare and Greek classical plays while working for new writers and independent film producers including
Sue Pomeroy and Denis Saunders in Good Company touring Production of 'The Pepyshow' starring
Peter Woodward and new wave of TV Writer-Directors as
James Strong in Strong's 'Lady Jane' and in
Hustle (2004). Steve is a specialist rower of historic boats called skiffs and cutters and often rows in motion features and TV series such as
Sanditon (2019) by
Jane Austen,
Wolf Hall (2015), and
Robin Hood (2010) with
Richard Carless of Marine Film Services.