Hugh Bonneville
November 10, 1963 (62 years old) in Paddington, London, England, UK
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963) is an English stage, film, television and radio actor. He was born in Paddington in west London in 1963. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School in south-east London and at Sherborne School in Dorset. After reading theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Jacob Marley
- 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Robert Crawley
- 2024 · The Secret Lives of Animals as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · The Agency: Central Intelligence as James Richardson
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Henry Brown
- 2024 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
- 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
- 2023 · The Gold as DCI Brian Boyce
- 2023 · Dead Cat Film as Clio
- 2022 · The Amazing Maurice as The Mayor (voice)
- 2022 · I Came By as Hector Blake
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Robert Crawley
- 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
- 2021 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
- 2021 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2020 · Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as Mr. Delacroix
- 2020 · Staged as Hugh
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2019 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2019 · Amphibia as Wigbert (voice)
- 2019 · The Corrupted as Hammond
- 2019 · Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) as The Narrator
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Henry Brown
- 2017 · DuckTales as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2017 · Viceroy's House as Lord Mountbatten
- 2016 · The Grand Tour as Self
- 2015 · Stick Man as Santa (voice)
- 2015 · Galavant as Pirate King
- 2014 · Paddington as Henry Brown
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self - Guest Star
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Irish Journalist
- 2014 · W1A as Ian Fletcher
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
- 2013 · Da Vinci's Demons as
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Book Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Secret Library (voice)
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Gloucester
- 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Ian Fletcher
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as Lord Harrington
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
- 2009 · Knife Edge as Charles Pollock
- 2009 · From Time to Time as Captain Oldknow
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Miss Austen Regrets as Rev Brook Bridges
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Five Days as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Tony Whittaker
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Gerry
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
- 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
- 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
- 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
- 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
- 2003 · The Commander as
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Biographer as Eric
- 2002 · Right Under My Eyes as James
- 2001 · Iris as Young John Bayley
- 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mr. Rushworth
- 1999 · Notting Hill as Bernie
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
- 1995 · Bugs as
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Schiller
- 1994 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1994 · Cadfael as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Dominic Kent
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Edward Masterman
- 1987 · Dispatches as Self - Narrator
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- Future · Go Away! as
- 2025 · Born to Be Wild as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Sir Charles
- 2025 · JAMES & Co as Self - Video message
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
- 2024 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2022 · The Secret Life of Our Pets as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Secret Life of the Forest as Narrator (Voice)
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2020 · The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Sandylands as One-eyed man
- 2019 · DNA Journey as
- 2019 · Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
- 2018 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
- 2017 · Breathe as Teddy Hall
- 2017 · Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie as Merlin (voice)
- 2015 · The Secret World of LEGO as Narration
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Narrator
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2010 · The Silence as
- 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
- 2009 · Getting On as Philip Moore
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · French Film as Jed
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Mr. Bennet
- 2008 · Bonekickers as Gregory Parton
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
- 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
- 2002 · Tipping the Velvet as Ralph Banner
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Yevgraf Zhivago
- 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Henleigh Grandcourt
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Ivo Pettifer
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
- 2001 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
- 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- Future · Legally Mad as Gordan Hamm
- 2025 · Great British Train Journeys from Above as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · A Sisyphean Task as The Headmaster
- 2024 · Alpine Train at Christmas as Narrator
- 2024 · The Real History of Communism as الراوي
- 2023 · Peter Sellers: Genius at Work as Narrator
- 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 2022 · The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · Secrets of the Royal Gardens as Narrator
- 2021 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
- 2021 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
- 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
- 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
- 2020 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · Her Majesty's Cavalry as Narrator - Self
- 2018 · A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville as Self
- 2018 · Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
- 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 2017 · A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy as Narrator
- 2017 · Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
- 2015 · All Change at Longleat as Narrator
- 2015 · Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis as
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · TB: Return of the Plague as Himself
- 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Leonard Orlov
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
- 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Turn Back Time as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1997 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
- 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
- 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Inspector Dawson
- 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Set Tour: The Browns' House as Self