Hulme completed his secondary-schooling at Melbourne's Wesley College, graduating with honours in drama, appearing in school theatrical productions such as South Pacific and Rover in 1988.

The film's premise was inspired by the real-life comedy event staged by Andrew Denton back in the 1990s on his late-night show Denton in which he had staged a telethon called Chase for Skase to raise funds to hire a kidnapper to bring fugitive businessman Christopher Skase back to Australia[5] from Spain where he had moved following the collapse of his business empire in 1991.

[6] The film was a satirical comedy in which Hulme played the leader of a rag-tag gang of hired kidnappers who plan to break into Skase's Spanish mansion and smuggle him back to Australia to face his creditors.

Returning to the small screen in 2008, Hulme starred in the Australian TV comedy series The Hollowmen, produced by Working Dog Productions.

In 2010, Hulme became a regular cast member on the drama series Offspring, playing the role of the brilliant but eccentric Dr. Martin Clegg in seven seasons.

[21] He returned to the big screen in 2011, appearing as a rogue SAS soldier in the action-thriller The Killer Elite, directed by Gary McKendry.

Hulme, having lost most of the weight he gained in 2011 for the filming of Beaconsfield (for the sake of his other acting commitments with the Fundamental Amish Theatre Company of Frankston), was again obliged to regain more girth to play the role of the heavy-set famous businessman.

[31] The miniseries aired in September and Hulme received good reviews, one critic praising his "forceful performance" although ratings were disappointing.

[34] In 2017, Hulme was cast as Blake Farron, leader of white nationalist group Patriot Blue in the television series Romper Stomper, a follow-up to the 1992 film.