Neil Hopkins

Neil Hopkins is an American actor and singer who trained at the American Conservatory Theater, where he earned an MFA. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he grew up in Aurora, Colorado, and attended the College of the Holy Cross before his conservatory training. He is best known for playing Liam, the heroin-addicted older brother of Charlie, on Lost, and he has appeared in many television series, among them Birds of Prey, Crossing Jordan, The 4400, Big Love and Ghost Whisperer, often as musicians. On film, he starred as Chris in Walkentalk and had a role in Because I Said So (2007), and he appeared in the science fiction thriller Skyline. He co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the Hit Factor pilot, which won Best Drama at the New York Television Festival, and from 2020 he played the supervillain Sportsmaster on Stargirl.